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Nana Veneti is a professional actress and entrepreneur.<\/p>\n

She was born and raised in Athens.<\/p>\n

She\u00a0 initially studied linear drawing\u00a0 and\u00a0 later\u00a0 fine art, aiming at the School of Fine Arts and attended classes at the School of Free & linear drawing in “Plaka” as well as private lessons with the curator of the School of Fine Arts Mr. Vrasidas Vlachopoulos ” \n\n\t 1981-1982 <\/span><\/p>\n

Her dream was to study in the School of Fine Arts in Florence but\u00a0 her parents would not allow her to go\u00a0 because they did not allow her\u00a0 to reside out of Greece away from the family.Greek fathers \u00a0used to be very conservative .<\/p>\n

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In the same year when she graduated from high school she was hired after an audition and appeared for the first time as an actress in the play “PLUTUS” by Aristophanes with the LAIKO Theatre of Piraeus , where she played the role of Hermes as well as in children’s scenes with the performances “Robin Hood”, “Maya The Bee” and “Little Red Riding Hood”\u00a0where she played the\u00a0main\u00a0roles .<\/p>\n

She was hoping to secure\u00a0 her financial independence\u00a0 with the intention of leaving\u00a0 Athens to study at the School of Fine Arts in Florence.<\/p>\n

During this time , her plans \u00a0changed as she discovered that the field of acting and Theatre allowed her a degree of personal expression and was what exactly she would like to pursue as a profession.<\/p>\n

Painting and free drawing continued to be part of her life \u00a0, with undiminished intensity as another mode of expression but\u00a0 only as a hobby\u00a0.<\/p>\n

In \n\n\t1993<\/span> she made her debut in the cinema with smaller roles in the films called \u201cDragon wanted” with Dimitris Piatas, “Gate\u00a0 7 the great moment” by Nikos Foskolos, “The circuit of death” with Dionysis Xanthos, “I am acting as a macho man” with Sotiris Moustakas and Katerina Gioulaki<\/p>\n

In \n\n\t1984<\/span>, while already working as a professional actress \u00a0at the “Chatzichristos Theatre”(the actors license had been abolished by then) She decided to take exams at the “TRAGA Drama school” where she studied near great teachers such as Thanos Kotsopoulos, Mitsos Efthymiadis, Nikos Papakonstantinou and many others.<\/p>\n

She graduated from drama school in \n\n\t1987<\/span> and was already a professional actress.<\/p>\n

At the same time as studying at the the drama school, she attended modern dance , jazz & tap dancing lessons in various colleges and later at Kiki Maniatis\u2019s dance school , as well as private lessons of elecution and speech education with Professor Nikos Papakonstantinou (who also her\u00a0 teacher at the drama school) and vocal lessons in London\u00a0 \n\n\t1984 & 1985<\/span> next to the great teacher William Pleeth (https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/william-pleeth-mn0001793142\/biography<\/a>\u00a0)<\/p>\n

In \n\n\t1984<\/span> she began her professional career from the ” Chatzichristou ” Theatre next to the famous Comedian \u00a0Costas Chatzichristos\u00a0 & George Papazisis,Titika Stasinopoulou, Erica Broyer , Danos Lygizo, Nikos Tsoukas , Dimitra Nomikos, Sasha Kastoura, George Loukakis while at the same year 1984 she began studying in the first year of the Drama School.<\/p>\n

Since then she began to visit London frequently ,attending performances and\u00a0 to procure unique theatrical fabrics that she used for her wardrobe in the theatre.<\/p>\n

In the same year , she played her first starring role in cinema in the film\u00a0 “ROCKSTAR IN\u00a0 THE DAY\u00a0 AND SERVANT AT NIGHT ” , comedy next to famous actors Dinos Iliopoulos, Giannis Gionakis, Sotiris Tzevelekos, Ilias Logothetis, Costas Tsakonas, Giannis Vogiatzis Christos Callow etc.<\/p>\n

Covers, interviews, photographs and reports in the magazines ( TV ,TILETHEATIS,\u00a0 QUIZ ,DOMINO,VENDETA, TELERAMA , TV CONTROL ,\u00a0 ROMANTSO, RADIOTELEVISION, ATHINORAMA, TRUST, HELLO, OK, SOK, PENTHOUSE,DISCOMODA, KATERINA ,EIKONES\u00a0 IMAGES, 7 DAYS TV, ATHENIAN NIGHTS , TV PROGRAM<\/p>\n

Interviews, photographs and reports in the newspapers: APOGEVMATINI (the evening newspaper) , ELEFTEROS TYPOS ,ETHNOS\u00a0 , STAR,APOGEVMATINI TIS KIRIAKIS\u00a0 , SUNDAY AFTERNOON ,UPDATE, GREEN \u00a0NORTH , ELEFTHEROTYPIA, MESIMVRINI, AVGI, NEA, VRADINI, ELEFTEROS and\u00a0\u00a0 ACROPOLIS<\/p>\n

Since then she has played in the following theatres: ACROPOL, BOURNELI, ATHINAION,BRETAGNEA , BROADWAY,METROPOLITAN,CHATZICHRISTOU,VEMBO, SUPER STAR.<\/p>\n

In \n\n\t1987<\/span> she created a boutique with the distinctive title “MISS VENETI” which\u00a0 imported women’s clothes in Kolonaki\u00a0 area in the center of Athens and specifically at 36 Voukourestiou St, where she imported selected and unique clothes from Milan, London & Paris until \n\n\t1995<\/span> when she sold the business.<\/p>\n

Collaborations followed in theatre, cinema , TV, Video with: Costas Chatzichristos, Nikos Rizos, Giannis Gionakis, Dino Iliopoulos, Rena Vlachopoulou, Kostas Voutsas, Nikos Rizos, Giorgos Marinos, Haris Klyn, Dimitris Piatas, Giannis Michalopoulos , Sotiris Moustakas, Stathis Psalti, Grigoris Valtinos, Nikos Galanos ,Alekos Tzanetakos, Giannis Vouros, Costas Tsakonas, Sotiris tzeveleko, Giannis Zouganelis, Ilias Logotheti, Costas Rigopoulos, Mimi Denisi, Giorgos Marinos, Anna Panagiotopoulou, Rika Dialyna, Giannis Bezos, Vlasi Bonatso , Anna Anddianou, Giorgos Partsalakis, Spyros Papadopoulos , Dimitris Poulikakos, Giorgos Panzas, Katerina Youlaki, Sofia Vossou, Pavlos Kontogiannidis, Martha Karagianni, Giorgos Papazisis, Dimitris Kalivokas, Andreas Douzo, Christos Valavanidis, Panos Michalopoulos, Natasha Gerasimidou, Sperantza Vrana, Anna Matzourani, Dimitris Piatas, Nikos Apergi, Christos Zorba,<\/p>\n

Stavros Xenidis and others<\/p>\n

For two seasons and specifically \n\n\t91 ‘ -92 ‘<\/span> she appeared at the Music Hall “Fantasia” in L. Poseidonos (opposite Elliniko Airport) with a music Show.<\/p>\n

Cooperating\u00a0 with\u00a0 singers\u00a0 Makis Christodoulopoulos, Litsa Diamanti, Nikos Nomikos, Michalis Menidiatis\u00a0 &\u00a0 Season \n\n\t92 ‘ -93 ‘<\/span> \u00a0cooperating with Stamatis Gonidis, Pitsa Papadopoulou, Nikos Nomikos, Michalis Menidiatis , Sabrina, Efi Sarris etc.<\/p>\n

Here she presented a live music \u00a0and dance spectacular show by famous Hollywood musicals accompanied with\u00a0 28 \u00a0ballet dancers \u00a0and a 26 member orchestra where she appeared in roles as Merilyn Monroe and Julie Andrews.<\/p>\n

In \n\n\t1994<\/span> she decided to stop her professional career in the artistic field to give priority to her personal life and to be active in the field of business while she played last time in the theater “LAMPETI” Theatre \u00a0in the performance “Mind your step” Boulevar\u00a0 with: Grigoris Valtinos, Giannis Vouros, Christina Theodoropoulou & \u00a0Nefeli Orfanou<\/p>\n

Since then, she has decided to be \u00a0active in business.<\/p>\n

In \n\n\t1998<\/span> she aquired the exclusive representation for Greece of the Italian engineering company TCMs.r.l. trading with the\u00a0 private and\u00a0 public sector through tenders for commercial vehicle acquisition.<\/p>\n

In \n\n\t2001<\/span>, Nana Veneti as \u00a0TCM s.r.l.\u00a0 agent, \u00a0in cooperation with the company “KONDELIS” IVECO representative in Greece\u00a0 , supplied 36 new crane vehicles to the Greek police\u00a0 through a public tender\u00a0 to deal with\u00a0\u00a0 illegally parked vehicle\u00a0 in the center of Athens. She later cooperated with the organizations I.L.P.A.P.\u00a0 , O.A.S.A & the Fire Brigade.<\/p>\n

In the private sector she supplied ELPA, INTERAMERICAN and other private vehicle transport companies with TCM manufactured vehicles.<\/p>\n

In \n\n\t2002<\/span> she acquired\u00a0 the representation of the Italian company Pagliero S.r.l \u00a0a manufacture of hydraulic lifting platform\u00a0 vehicles which she supplied to D.E.H\u00a0\u00a0 ( Greek Energy Company) \u00a0 & O.A.S.A after winning\u00a0 a public tender.<\/p>\n

At this\u00a0 time Nana\u00a0 began a cooperation with the Italian company AIRO Tigieffe making self-propelled platforms with one of its main customers being the company “Aluminum of Greece” etc.<\/p>\n

In \n\n\t2003<\/span> she met\u00a0 the English businessman Nigel Dean on the yacht of a lifelong shipowner friend of hers and in 2004 they married and live between Athens and London.<\/p>\n

In \n\n\t2007<\/span> she gave birh to her beloved son Charles-Evangelos Dean.<\/p>\n

Since \n\n\t2010<\/span> she has been active in the field of real estate (construction and management) through a company she created with her husband where she is still busily engaged today.<\/p>\n

She loves to travel and has traveled to many countries with the most favorite being England and Kenya.<\/p>\n

Personal life<\/strong>
\nShe married in \n\n\t2004<\/span> to English businessman Nigel Dean and in \n\n\t2007<\/span> had her son Charles-Evangelos Dean.<\/p>\n

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