Elena Kampouris
- Actress
Elena is a multilingual Greek American actress starring in the upcoming film by director Gabriele Muccino (The Pursuit of Happyness) called Here Now and Fino Alla Fine. In a groundbreaking double film, where the same script was shot as two simultaneously, one in English and the second movie in Italian, removing the need for language dubbing. Elena reached fluency having managed to lead the second version of the film completely in Italian. She is also known for Lorenzo Di Bonaventura's highly anticipated superhero drama Jupiter's Legacy, based on the graphic novel from Mark Millar's Millarworld. She previously starred as Minnow Bly in Season 1 anthology of the Blumhouse produced Facebook Watch series Sacred Lies, from the executive producers behind Jessica Jones, True Blood and Breaking Bad. She was recently seen making her Broadway and stage debut starring in the revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses opposite Liev Schreiber and Janet McTeer directed by Josie Rourke of the Donmar Warehouse. Of Greek and French heritage, she is fluent in Mandarin, Italian and proficient in ASL. She premiered at Sundance Film Festival for Ry Russo-Young's YA film adaptation Before I Fall. Additional credits include My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, Jason Reitman's films Men, Women and Children alongside J.K Simmons, Jennifer Garner and Labor Day with Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin, Tom McCarthy's The Cobbler Elena most also lead the cast of the re-imagining of Stephen King's short story Children of the Corn, shot in Australia. Produced by Lucas Foster (Ford v Ferrari) Doug Barry (FML) John Baldecchi (Happy Death Day) and directed by Kurt Wimmer.
In addition, Elena can be seen on Netflix in Before I Fall, Summer Night, and Shoplifters of the World with Joe Manganiello and Thomas Lennon.