{{Short description|Belgian-born Greek actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Daphné Patakia | image = Daphné Patakia.jpg | caption = Daphné Patakia in ''Djam'' (2017) | birth_name = Daphne Ioakimidou-Patakia | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|06|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Brussels, Belgium | occupation = Actress }}
'''Daphné Patakia''' ({{langx|el|Δάφνη Πατακιά}}; born 8 June 1992) is a Belgian-born Greek actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=744258.html?nopub=1|title=Allocine entry|lang=fr}}</ref>
==Life== She was raised in Brussels, where she had been born to Greek parents. She then began her actress training at the National Theatre of Greece in Athens, graduating from there in 2013 and acting in a number of Greek films before moving to Paris and shifting to an international career.<ref>[http://cinepivates.com/who-is-daphne-patakia-european-shooting-star/ « Who is Daphne Patakia, European Shooting Star »], ''cinepivates.com'', 23 February 2016.</ref>
In 2017 she and Maryne Cayon starred in the main roles in the film ''Djam'', directed by Tony Gatlif.<ref name="RTBF">{{in lang|fr}} [https://www.rtbf.be/culture/cinema/detail_tony-gatlif-filmer-l-exil-tout-en-pudeur?id=9675969 « Tony Gatlif : filmer l'exil tout "en pudeur" »], RTBF, 4 August 2017.</ref><ref>{{in lang|fr}} Sophie Joubert, [https://www.humanite.fr/cinema-deux-filles-sans-toit-ni-loi-sur-la-route-des-migrants-640215 « Deux filles sans toit ni loi sur la route des migrants »], ''L'Humanité'', 9 August 2017.</ref><ref>{{in lang|fr}} Corinne Renou-Nativel, [http://www.la-croix.com/Journal/Le-chant-exiles-2017-08-09-1100868551 « Le chant des exilés »], ''La Croix'', 9 August 2017.</ref> In 2021 she appeared in Paul Verhoeven's ''Benedetta'' alongside Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling and Lambert Wilson. The same year she gained one of the main roles in the French TV series ''OVNI(s)''.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} {{cite web |first=Quentin |last=Girard |title=Daphné Patakia, l'odyssée de l'espace |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/series/daphne-patakia-lodyssee-de-lespace-20220218_XHAP3DZZVNHGPDY6RYXZGTVFEI/ |access-date=2022-03-22}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|fr}} {{cite web |title=''Ovni(s)'' sur Canal+ : Daphné Patakia, la tête dans les étoiles |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/series/ovnis-sur-canal-daphne-patakia-la-tete-dans-les-etoiles-14-03-2022-2FJ6N23Z4VCF5JPC5WT5EDR4LU.php |date=2022-03-14 |access-date=2022-03-22}}</ref>
== Filmography == === Shorts=== * 2015 : ''Akryliko'', directed by Nikos Pastras : Myrto * 2016 : ''3000'', directed by Antonis Tsonis : Daphné * 2017 : ''Glister'', directed by Vincent Tricon : Lucica * 2019 : ''Nimic'', directed by Yorgos Lanthimos : Mimic
=== Features === * 2015 : ''Interruption'', directed by Yorgos Zois : fille de la troupe * 2015 : ''L'Éveil du printemps'' (''Το ξύπνημα της άνοιξης'' / ''Spring Awakening''), directed by Constantínos Giánnaris : Ioanna * 2016 : ''Nima'', directed by Alexandros Voulgaris : la fille muette en roller * 2017 : ''Rattrapage'', directed by Tristan Séguéla : Mélanie * 2017 : ''Djam'', directed by Tony Gatlif : Djam * 2018 : ''A Paris Education'', directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac : invitée à la soirée * 2019 : ''Meltem'', directed by Basile Doganis : Elena * 2019 : ''Winona'', directed by Alexander Voulgaris : Eiko * 2021 : ''Benedetta'', directed by Paul Verhoeven : Bartolomea * 2021 : ''Tout le monde m'appelle Mike'', directed by Guillaume Bonnier : Isotta * 2021 : ''Les Cinq Diables'', directed by Léa Mysius : Nadine * 2025 : ''Chien 51'', directed by Cédric Jimenez : Amel * 2025 : ''Our Wildest Days'', directed by Vasilis Kekatos, selected in the Generation 14plus section at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it will have its world premiere in February 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/472379/ |title= This year’s Berlinale Generation titles “wrest meaning from the world” |first= Davide |last= Abbatescianni |date=16 January 2025|access-date=27 January 2025 |website= Cineuropa |language=en}}</ref>
===TV films=== * 2020 : ''Paris-Brest'', directed by Philippe Lioret : Élise
=== TV series === * 2018 : ''Versailles'': Eleanor of Austria * 2021–2022 : ''OVNI(s)'', directed by Antony Cordier : Véra Clouseau
== References == <references/>
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Patakia, Daphne}} category:1992 births Category:Actresses from Brussels category:Belgian people of Greek descent category:Belgian film actresses category:Belgian television actresses category:21st-century Belgian actresses category:Greek film actresses category:Greek television actresses category:21st-century Greek actresses category:Living people