# Eleni Rantou

Eleni Randou or Helen Rantou (Greek: Ελένη Ράντου) is a Greek actress. She was born in 1963 in Egaleo, an Athens suburb, and is a graduate of the National Theater of Greece. She initially participated in TV shows of the Greek national television in the '80s, and rose to stardom through TV series in which she co-starred and in many cases co-edited the script. She is married to Greek rock star Vasilis Papakonstantinou. Their daughter Nikoleta was born in 1995. She is currently head of the "Diana" theater. In 2009 she prepared a new comedy show in "Diana" theater that later continued as a TV comedy series Ergazomeni Gynaika.

## Early career

Her TV debut was in 1983, when she was 20 years old, through the TV show "Ouranio Toxo"(Rainbow) in which she had a starring role. In the same year she also appeared in the TV show "I Kiria Ntoremi" with the role of "Eleftheria". In 1984 she participated in the TV show "Paramithia piso apo ta kagkela" and in 1985 in the tV show "Xaire Taso Karataso. In 1987 she appeared in "Apodrasi" and the next year in the TV show "Stavrosi horis anastasi".

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1983-1984 | The Rainbow | Mina | Series regular, 17 episodes |
| 1983-1984 | Mrs. Doremi | Eleftheria Zikou | 3 episodes |
| 1985 | Tales behind bars | Koula | Episode: "The idealist" |
| 1985-1986 | Hello Tasos Karatasos | Kalliopi Karatasou | Series regular, 13 episodes |
| 1987 | The escape | Eleni | Main role, 13 episode |
| 1988 | Atheon Street | Elsa | Main role, 13 episodes |
| 1989 | Who came to our house tonight? | | Main role, 8 episodes |
| 1989 | The Workshop | | 1 episode |
| 1989-1990 | Crucifixion Without Resurrection | Maria | Main role, 27 episodes |
| 1990-1992 | Not the Ant1 News | Herself (host) | Main role, 80 episodes |
| 1991 | Wrong Angel | Sonia | Episodes: "First disappointment" |
| 1991-1992 | The male cat game | Aliki | Main role, 21 episodes |
| 1992-1993 | Ah Eleni! | Eleni Papanikolaou | Main role, 32 episodes; also writer |
| 1993 | Deside! | | 1 episode |
| 1994 | Moral Department | Kiki | Episode: "I saw him" |
| 1995 | Moral Department | Olga Ioannou | Episode: "In heaven without return" |
| 1995-1996 | Shampoo | Maira | Main role, 14 episodes; also writer |
| 1998-2000 | Konstantino's & Eleni's | Eleni Vlachaki | Main role, 69 episodes |
| 2000-2001 | What Soul Will You Deliver, You Fool Woman? | Dominique Cesar | Main role, 7 episodes |
| 2001 | Red Circle | Stella | Episode: "By luck" |
| 2002 | Red Circle | Katy | Episode: "Trojan War" |
| 2003-2004 | Saturday-born | Bia Bekou | Main role, 33 episodes |
| 2005 | Safe Sex TV Stories | Anna Triantafyllou | Episode: "Anastasia" |
| 2005 | The Red Suite | Marina Chatzi | Episode: "The bet" |
| 2009-2010 | Working Woman | different roles | Main role, 20 episodes |
| 2021-2022 | Take your jacket | Fouli Danou | Main role, 38 episodes |
| 2025 | Maria became Callas | | Upcoming tv series |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1983 | Rematch | nurse | Film debut |
| 1986 | Knock out | Eleni | |
| 1990 | 16 days moon | | Short film |
| 1990 | The last game | Isavella | Videomovie |
| 2009 | I die for you | Zoe | Also writer |

## Theatre

* 2000-2002: Mageirevontas me ton Elvis
* 2002-2005: Mama min treheis
* 2005: Eklissiazouses
* 2005-2006: Alli mia votka molotof
* 2006-2008: Nyhta radio...fonon
* 2009-2010: 33 Fores na figeis
* 2011-2014: Katadikos mou