Fotini Baxevani was born in Athens, Greece. She is a graduate of the Greek Νational School of Dramatic Art (GNT Drama School) and a graduate of the National School of Music with a BA in music and composition.
She is currently an MA student of the School of Film Studies (Fine Arts of the Aristotle University).
Since 1992, she has appeared in more than 70 theatre productions in Greece and abroad, and starred in 40 TV series and films: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1052133/
She also works as a theatre director and a film-theatre music composer.
From 2010 she is teaching acting in drama schools.
In 2009 she directed the play “Prime Numbers” by Gianni Skaragas in an Off Broadway production in New York – Greek Cultural Center (New York Innovative Theatre Awards).
Baxevani has served as the Deputy Artistic Director at the National Theatre of Greece (2013-14) and has received the Greek Critics Union award for her performance in 2012 (Loxandra, National Theatre of Northern Greece) and honorary distinction for an actress in a leading role for her performance in the film «Ourania» by Despoina Kourti (40th Greek Short Film Festival in Drama 2017).
Fotini Baxevani stars on the popular crime series “Act Like You’re Asleep,” (ERT1) winner of the 2023 Seoul International Drama Award for Best Television Series.
She is on world tour with the monologue “The Lady of Ro” by Gianni Skaragas. The one Woman show opened in Athens to great acclaim in October 2017. The show was a prodigious hit and garnered an enthusiastic response from audiences on its seven-year tour in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Western Australia and the United States. It received invitations from leading international art institutions as the UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance in Los Angeles.
She is the Deputy Mayor for Culture of the Municipality of Pallni, Attica, Greece.
ABOUT THE FAMOUS PERFORMANCE “THE LADY OF RO”
“The Lady of Ro”
Performed by Fotini Baxevani
Written by Gianni Skaragas
Directed by Stavros Litinas
“After all, there are many homelands: the smell of my mother; the years
I believed I would always look at the world from a distance; the footsteps of my husband coming home, and the mystery of that embrace that matches breath with breath; the eyes sparkling in the light of Easter candles. Most of all, the smiles of your loved ones whenever they look at you. Whenever they look at you and, in spite of their dashed hopes for you, smile with gratitude.”
Written by the acclaimed author and winner of the 2023 Seoul International Drama Award, Gianni Skaragas, The Lady of Ro is the story of one woman’s struggle to shape her own truth and destiny— but also a chronicle of ordinary people, who learn to live and love in the most desperate of circumastances.
The story is inspired by the life of Despina Achladioti, the Greek widow known as the Lady of Ro, after the deserted island where she took refuge during the Second World War. After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, the Lady of Ro became a hero and folk legend.
The Lady of Ro opened in Athens to great acclaim in October 2017. The show was a prodigious hit and garnered an enthusiastic response from audiences on its seven-year tour in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Western Australia and the United States. It received invitations from leading international art institutions as the UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance in Los Angeles.
Performed in Greek with English supertitles
“The Lady of Ro” Cast & Crew:
Written by Gianni Skaragas
Directed by Stavros Litinas
Performed by Fotini Baxevani
Set/Costume Designer: Stavros Litinas
Music-Sound Design: Fotini Baxevani
The songs of the show are performed by Violeta Ikari
Violin/Viola: Fotis Siotas
Ney flute/Kaval flute: Nikos Paraoulakis
Guitars/Tzouras: Dimitris Lappas
Links (click on) : The Lady of Ro is based on Gianni Skaragas’s novel published by Kritiki S.A. (2017)
Facebook: Η Κυρά της Ρω – The Lady of Ro / Θεατρική Παράσταση
Instagram: kyratisro_theladyofro Video Trailer – YouTube
*All proceeds from the songs of the Performance “Erimopouli” “Kastellorizo mou” are used for the artistic education of children and for the recording and preservation of the island’s stories and traditions, through the Puzzle Museum of Castellorizo