{{Short description|Greek actress and politician}}{{Infobox politician | office = Member of the Greek Parliament | term_start = 25 January 2015 | term_end = 22 April 2023 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|06|15}} | birth_place = Larissa, Greece | party = Syriza | occupation = Politician, actress }}
'''Anna Vagena''' (Greek: Άννα Βαγενά; 15 June 1947, Larissa, Greece) is a Greek actress and politician.
== Artistic career == She is a graduate of the drama schools of the Karolos Koun Art Theatre and the National Theatre, while she has also studied at the Athens Law School.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-08 |title=Βαγενά Άννα {{!}} Vouliwatch |url=https://www.vouliwatch.gr/parliament_member/%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%AC-%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B1/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=vouliwatch.gr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308150626/https://www.vouliwatch.gr/parliament_member/%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%AC-%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B1/ |archive-date=2015-03-08 }}</ref> She has participated in many theatrical productions, including ''The Glass Menagerie'', ''Assemblywomen'', ''I Triseugeni'', ''Prometheus Bound'' and ''Camino Real''.
Her most notable cinematic role is the leading role in Pantelis Voulgaris' film ''The Matchmaking of Anna'', which earned her the Best Actress award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ΠΡΟΞΕΝΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΑΝΝΑΣ (ΤΟ) |trans-title=CONSULATE OF ANNA (THE) |url=http://tainiothiki.gr/v2/filmography/view/1/1959/ |website=tainiothiki.gr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195222/http://tainiothiki.gr/v2/filmography/view/1/1959/ |archive-date=2016-03-03 |language=el}}</ref> Other films she has appeared in include ''Visibility Zero'', ''The Great Lover'', ''To frourio ton athanaton'', ''Apo pou pane gia ti havouza'' and ''The King''.
In the 1980s, she participated in the comedic television series ''To Kanali Tis Vangelitsas'' on ERT2, the dramatic series "The Journey that Kills" (1992) on ET1, and played roles in various video films. During the 1996–1997 period, she was part of the successful Mega Channel series, ''Logo timis''. In 1999, she co-founded the "Metaxourgeio" Theater along with her husband, Loukianos Kilaidonis.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Άννα Βαγενά |url=https://biblionet.gr/%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%89%CF%80%CE%BF/?personid=65291 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=biblionet.gr |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2006, she published the book ''My Thessalian Theater'', released by Kedros Publications.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
== Political career == During her student years, she was actively involved in the Youth of Lambrakis organization. She has been elected as a municipal councilor in the Municipality of Larissa twice.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-18 |title=Αννα Βαγενά (υποψήφια βουλεύτρια νομού Λάρισας): / Άννα Βαγενά: Είμαστε όλοι χρήσιμοι σ' αυτή τη μάχη |trans-title=Anna Vagena (candidate for the Larissa prefecture council): / Anna Vagena: We are all useful in this battle |url=https://www.avgi.gr/arheio/126908_anna-bagena-eimaste-oloi-hrisimoi-s-ayti-ti-mahi |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=avgi.gr |language=el}}</ref>
In the 2009 elections, she was a candidate with the PASOK party in the Athens A constituency. She became a member of parliament on February 12, 2012, following the resignation of {{Interlanguage link|Πέμη Ζούνη|lt=Pemi Zouni|el}}. She was expelled the next day because she voted against the memorandum and remained an independent until the dissolution of the Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-13 |title=Αννα Βαγενά, βουλευτής του ΠαΣοΚ για 12 ώρες |trans-title=Anna Vagena, member of the PASOK for 12 hours |url=https://www.tovima.gr/2012/02/13/politics/anna-bagena-boyleytis-toy-pasok-gia-12-wres/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=tovima.gr |language=el}}</ref>
Subsequently, she collaborated with Syriza and was elected as a member of parliament for Larissa in the elections of January and September 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Κοινοβουλευτική Θητεία |url=https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/Vouleftes/Diatelesantes-Vouleftes-Apo-Ti-Metapolitefsi-Os-Simera/?MpId=38c8ea12-e1d0-4a0e-940b-cc54157ce17f |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=hellenicparliament.gr |language=el}}</ref> In September 2016, she stated that she would not run again in parliamentary elections.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-23 |title=Δεν θα είναι ξανά υποψήφια η Άννα Βαγενά |trans-title=Anna Vagena will not be a candidate again |url=https://www.avgi.gr/politiki/207920_den-tha-einai-xana-ypopsifia-i-anna-bagena |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=avgi.gr |language=el}}</ref> However, in the 2019 parliamentary elections, she ran again with SYRIZA in the Larissa region and was re-elected.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-28 |title=Οι υποψήφιοι/ες του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία στις εθνικές εκλογές {{!}} ΣΥΡΙΖΑ Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς |trans-title=The candidates of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance in the national elections |url=http://www.syriza.gr/article/id/81640/Oi-ypopshfioi-es-toy-SYRIZA---Proodeytikh-Symmachia-stis-ethnikes-ekloges.html |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=syriza.gr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628232445/http://www.syriza.gr/article/id/81640/Oi-ypopshfioi-es-toy-SYRIZA---Proodeytikh-Symmachia-stis-ethnikes-ekloges.html |archive-date=2019-06-28 |language=el}}</ref>
== References ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150628053642/https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/vouleftes/viografika-stoicheia/?MPId=38c8ea12-e1d0-4a0e-940b-cc54157ce17f CV on the Parliament's website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160201081902/http://metaxourgeio.com/anna_bagena.php CV at the "Metaxourgeio" Theatre] * {{imdbname|0883073}}
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