Awards & Winners

Melina Mercouri

Date of Birth 18-October-1920
Place of Birth Athens
(Attica, Greece, Central Athens)
Nationality Greece
Also know as Μελίνα Μερκούρη, Maria Amalia Mercouri, Mercouri, Melina, Melina Mercury, The last Greek Goddess, The last Greek Goddess, María Amalía Merkoúri, Melína Merkoúri, Μαρία Αμαλία Μερκούρη, Maria Amalia Merkuri, Melina Merkouri, Merkouri, Melina, Maria Amalia Mercouri, María Amalia Merkoúri
Profession Politician, Actor, Singer
Melina Mercouri, born as Maria Amalia Mercouri, was a Greek actress, singer and politician. As an actress she made her film debut in Stella and met international success with her performances in Never on Sunday, Phaedra, Topkapi, and Promise at Dawn. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, and she was also nominated for an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two BAFTA Awards. A political activist during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974, she became a member of the Hellenic Parliament in 1977 and the first female Minister for Culture of Greece in 1981. Mercouri was the person who, in 1983, conceived and proposed the programme of the European Capital of Culture, which has been established by the European Union since 1985. She was a strong advocate for the return to Athens of the Parthenon Marbles, which were removed from the Parthenon, and are now displayed in the British Museum.

Awards by Melina Mercouri

Check all the awards nominated and won by Melina Mercouri.

1971


Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama Promise at Dawn
role: Nina Kacew

1968


Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Illya Darling

1967


Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Personalities
Honored for : Illya Darling

Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Personalities Illya Darling

1965


David di Donatello Golden Plate Award
Honored for : Topkapi
(For her performance.)

Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Topkapi

1963


Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress Phaedra
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama Phaedra
role: Phaedra

1961


Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress Pote tin Kyriaki

1960


Cannes Best Actress Award
Honored for : Pote tin Kyriaki

Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress Pote tin Kyriaki
Role: Ilya