Maria Vacratsis

Maria Vacratsis

Born: July 28, 1955
in Canada

Movies for Maria Vacratsis...

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Title: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Character: Aunt Freida
Released: September 7, 2023
Type: Movie
Following the death of their patriarch Gus, the Portokalos family travels to Greece for a family reunion, and to deliver Gus' journal to his old friends.
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Title: Something Undone
Character: Aunt Hannah
Released: March 26, 2021
Type: TV
When a foley artist goes home to settle her late mother’s estate, she discovers a dark family secret and becomes obsessed with finding the truth.
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Canadian Strain
Title: Canadian Strain
Character: Barbara Banting
Released: December 7, 2019
Type: Movie
When cannabis becomes legal in Canada, boutique weed dealer Anne Banting is swiftly run out of business by the biggest gangsters in town - the government.
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Title: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Character: Sofia
Released: July 9, 2018
Type: Movie
Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.
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Title: Save Me
Character: Luana
Released: April 10, 2017
Type: TV
Save Me drops us into random lives, mid-sentence. We get to know people through storylines that unravel with humour and pathos and a built-in ticking time bomb - that one of them at some point will be blindsided by a medical emergency. And all of it is rooted in the on-going stories of our regular cast of EMTs who come to the rescue.
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Title: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Character: Aunt Freida
Released: March 23, 2016
Type: Movie
The continuing adventures of the Portokalos family. A follow-up to the 2002 comedy, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."
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Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
Title: Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
Character: Animal Shelter Employee
Released: October 18, 2015
Type: Movie
Police Chief Jesse Stone now presides over the quiet, seaside village of Paradise, Massachusetts. When the facts don't add up in a brutal Boston-area murder case, Jesse opens an investigation filled with surprises, unlikely suspects and grave danger. Though it's widely believed the murder was committed by an incarcerated serial killer, Jesse suspects another killer is at large and is hell-bent on bringing him to justice.
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A Date with Miss Fortune
Title: A Date with Miss Fortune
Character: Señora Maria
Released: August 13, 2015
Type: Movie
When a struggling writer meets a superstitious Portuguese beauty, he has no idea that his life and luck are both about to change. A romantic comedy about cross-cultural relationships.
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Title: Schitt's Creek
Character: Darlene's Cousin
Released: January 13, 2015
Type: TV
Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing town they once bought as a joke.
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88
Title: 88
Character: Sally
Released: January 6, 2015
Type: Movie
A young woman comes to in a roadside diner with no idea where she is or how she got there. Split between two timelines, she gets taken on a violent journey as she seeks out the person responsible for her lover's death.
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Salem Falls
Title: Salem Falls
Character: Delilah
Released: November 19, 2011
Type: Movie
A man with a troubled past tries to settle down in a small town, finds love and then ends up being the target of a witch hunt.
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Title: Lost Girl
Character: Ms. Sizemore
Released: September 12, 2010
Type: TV
The gorgeous and charismatic Bo is a supernatural being called a succubus who feeds on the energy of humans, sometimes with fatal results. Refusing to embrace her supernatural clan and its rigid hierarchy, Bo is a renegade who takes up the fight for the underdog while searching for the truth about her own mysterious origins.
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Shoot 'Em Up
Title: Shoot 'Em Up
Character: Pawnshop Owner
Released: July 26, 2007
Type: Movie
A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.
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Title: Rent-a-Goalie
Character: Firstman
Released: October 1, 2006
Type: TV
Rent-a-Goalie is a half-hour comedy television series from Canada that aired on Showcase from 2006 - 2008. Its third season premiered 20 October 2008. The first season was nominated for three Gemini Awards, including Best Comedy Series. It was also nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada Award, the CFTPA Indie Award for Best Comedy Series, an ACTRA Award for Best Male Performance for Christopher Bolton, and four Canadian Comedy Awards, winning two. The second season was nominated for six Gemini Awards, including Best Comedy Series, Best Ensemble Performance, Best Directing, Best Writing, Best Cinematography and Best Casting. It has also been nominated for three Canadian Comedy Awards.
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Penguins Behind Bars
Title: Penguins Behind Bars
Character: The Warden
Released: June 20, 2003
Type: Movie
Penguins Behind Bars is an Adult Swim special, adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Janet Perlman, that aired only once on July 20th 2003. The Short follows Doris Fairfeather, a female penguin who is framed for robbery by her boyfriend and sent to an all-girl prison.
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Title: Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
Character: Aunt Hattie Roland
Released: October 13, 2002
Type: TV
Based on a true story, this family-friendly series follows the adventures of a young, hearing impaired woman who has a special gift and goes to work for the FBI in Washington, D.C. She's one hard-headed, soft-hearted woman whose talent for reading lips helps crack crimes and bag the bad guys in places listening devices can't penetrate. With her hearing-ear dog, Levi, Sue's a glutton for jeopardy – and there's (almost) nothing she won't do to bring notorious criminals to justice. This remarkable, edge-of-your-seat drama is an inspiring tribute to the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity and achieve great things.
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Guilt by Association
Title: Guilt by Association
Character: Old Lucy
Released: March 13, 2002
Type: Movie
Life is good for Susan, her two children and new boyfriend Russell. But life abruptly changes when she discovers her perfect boyfriend is a drug dealer. Realising the danger this could bring to her family she tells him to leave. Suddenly her house is raided and Susan is arrested as a co-conspirator in Russell's drug business. Her situation goes from bad to worse when she finds herself behind bars with violent criminals. How will she ever prove her innocence when the system seems against her? Guilt By Association is a disturbing story based on true events.
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Title: Degrassi
Character: Sheila
Released: October 14, 2001
Type: TV
The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.
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Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
Title: Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
Character: Driver's Public Defender
Released: June 23, 1999
Type: Movie
Fact-based story about a Bible-quoting woman who in 1990 murdered a camp counselor, whom she learned molested her 7 year old son. Seeking revenge, she turns to murder when she learns the man had previously been convicted of the same crime in 1983 and got off with probation.
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Goosebumps: Deep Trouble
Title: Goosebumps: Deep Trouble
Character: Janet
Released: November 16, 1998
Type: Movie
Billy and Sheena visit their Uncle Harold on an island in the Caribbean, but while exploring under water they find something terrible lurking deep below the sea.
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Giving Up the Ghost
Title: Giving Up the Ghost
Character: Maria
Released: September 7, 1998
Type: Movie
After a woman's husband dies while jogging in the park, the young widow's deep grief helps to awaken his ghost. The ghost urges her to commit suicide to join him in the afterlife. While the young woman is making up her mind about suicide, her husband's ghost helps with a current murder case.
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Hayseed
Title: Hayseed
Character: Auntie Prudence
Released: September 17, 1997
Type: Movie
In this Canadian Candide update, orphan Gordie (Jamie Shannon) lives with his hippie aunts at a quiet Porridge Glenn farm. When his beagle Speedoh is lost, a call from a psychic suggests a search in Toronto, where hayseed meets hooker wannabe Heidi (Sarain Boylan). She introduces him to two past-porn performers (Shelly Mars, Scott Thompson), the former stars of "Who's Afraid of Vagina Woolf?" Hick Gordie seems destined for street hustling and boogie nights after encountering a gay band that raises AIDS-research money by selling Gordie off to a sleazeball pimp (Alex Karzis). At this juncture, however, Heidi hatches a plan to reunite Gordie and Speedoh.
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Radiant City
Title: Radiant City
Character: Sylvia
Released: March 31, 1996
Type: Movie
Driven to the brink by her overworked and insensitive husband and horrendously selfish children, Brooklyn-based housewife Gloria Goodman seeks a meaning to life.
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Title: Goosebumps
Character: Big Edna
Released: October 27, 1995
Type: TV
Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and how they work to confront and overcome their fears.
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Title: Goosebumps
Character: Janet
Released: October 27, 1995
Type: TV
Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and how they work to confront and overcome their fears.
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Tommy Boy
Title: Tommy Boy
Character: Helen
Released: March 31, 1995
Type: Movie
To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.
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Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
Title: Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
Character: Emma Goldman
Released: March 8, 1995
Type: Movie
Nurse Margaret Sanger became a pioneering crusader for women's reproductive rights after she published a booklet on birth control techniques that flew in the face of a law established by Anthony Comstock forbidding the dissemination of information on contraception. Sanger later helped to establish America's first birth control clinic in 1916, and in 1925 was one of the founders of Planned Parenthood.
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Title: Due South
Character: Charmain
Released: September 22, 1994
Type: TV
Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.
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The Rosey & Buddy Show
Title: The Rosey & Buddy Show
Character: (voice)
Released: May 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Rosey and Buddy, the animated alter-egos of husband and wife comedy duo, Roseanne and Tom Arnold cause trouble in Cartoon Land.
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Title: Mosquito Lake
Character: Ramona
Released: September 10, 1989
Type: TV
Mosquito Lake was a short-lived Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CBC Television in the 1989-90 television season. The show, a family sitcom, starred comedian Mike MacDonald as the father of a family spending the summer in a dilapidated cottage on Mosquito Lake. The cast also included Mary Long, Tara Strong, Maria Vacratsis, Bradley Machry and Dan Redican. The show was created by Paul Willis. The show was cancelled after 19 episodes. Reruns of the series, including the remaining unaired episodes aired on CBC in the early summer of 1991.
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Title: Four on the Floor
Released: June 13, 1986
Type: TV
Four on the Floor was a sketch comedy series aired on CBC Television in 1986. Consisting of only 13 episodes, the series was a showcase for The Frantics, a comedy troupe comprised of Paul Chato, Rick Green, Dan Redican, and Peter Wildman. In the U.K., it aired in Channel 4's traditional Friday night comedy slot, 10 June-2 September 1988. The introduction was voiced by Dan and Rick alternating each line, with video clips and sound effects interspersed in the opening. Although the series was quickly cancelled due to CBC budget constraints, it was an important influence on later Canadian sketch comedy, such as The Kids in the Hall and the Red Green Show.
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Turning to Stone
Title: Turning to Stone
Character: Inmate
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Alison Campbell was sentenced to seven years after trying to smuggle drugs into Canada. This hard-hitting film tells the story of how she survived the prison system,and sacrificed herself to protect her inmates and saved her own sanity.