"This film was a challenge for me and I feel blessed to have met the director Nick Labot."
Talking to SBS Greek, actress Marisha Triantafyllidou who gives a moving performance in Nikos Labot's film "Her Job", and have impressed (and continues to impress) audiences and critics around the world.
The film will be screened at the 26th Greek Film Festival in Sydney and Melbourne.
The protagonist told SBS Greek that this film is about an incredible human being, 37-year-old Panayiota, who is recognized not only as a charismatic professional but also as a beautiful human by her family, her friends and her colleagues.
For her performance, Marisha Triantafyllidou received the Best Performance Award at Thessaloniki Film Festival, by the Hellenic Film Academy, and at the Los Angeles and New York Greek Film Festivals.
Mrs Triantafyllidou has close relations with Australia, as many of her loved ones live in our country.
Greek actress Marisha Triantafyllidou, in "Hey Job" film by Nikos Labot. Source: Supplied
Born in Tashkent
Ms Triantafyllidou was born in the Uzbekistan capital, Tashkent.
All four grandparents had fled there as exiled communists and political refugees in the decades followed the Civil War (1946-1949).
In fact, her grandfather was the secretary-general of the Greeks' Communist Party in Tashkent.
Her family returned to Greece and settled in the City of Thessaloniki.
She had no intention of becoming an actress, but her dream was to study Neuroscience in Paris.
In her student years, she joined the "Poupoulo" theatre group, and her teachers endorsed her on taking the exams for the Drama School of the Northern Greece State Theatre, where she completed her studies.
She is the mother of two kids, who, as she confesses to SBS Greek, give her all the strength to continue on her career on stage, films and TV.
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"My Job" summary
Thirty-seven-year-old Panayiota leads a quiet, modest life with her husband (a domineering presence who spends his meager unemployment income at gambling parlours), her rebellious teenage daughter, and her sensitive younger son.
Sacrificing and servile (and nearly illiterate) Panayiota is trapped within a domestic environment that prevents her from achieving independence. One day, an opportunity for employment as a cleaner at a nearby mall stirs in her the excitement of a new life.
Eager but introverted, she quickly becomes a model employee, gains financial independence, and expands her social life beyond the walls of her apartment. Back home, the family looks on with respect to Panayiota’s blossoming freedom.
Yet her newly gained autonomy stands to be prematurely pruned by a series of layoffs at work. 
Press Play on the main photo to listen the interview with "Her Job" protagonist Marisha Triantafyllidou (in Greek)
Greek actress Marisha Triantafyllidou, in "Hey Job" film by Nikos Labot. Source: Supplied
