Toula Portokalos

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Toula Portokalos is the shy, self-deprecating Greek-American woman who transforms her life and challenges her traditional family's expectations in the romantic comedy film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."

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Toula Portokalos canonical 5
Toula 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
appearsIn My Big Fat Greek Wedding ⓘ
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 ⓘ
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 ⓘ
associatedWith Portokalos family ⓘ
basedOn Nia Vardalos's one-woman play My Big Fat Greek Wedding ⓘ
characterArc challenges traditional family expectations ⓘ
gains self-confidence ⓘ
characterTrait insecure ⓘ
kind ⓘ
self-deprecating ⓘ
shy ⓘ
creator Nia Vardalos ⓘ
culturalTheme Greek diaspora ⓘ
ethnicity Greek-American ⓘ
familyName Portokalos ⓘ
father Gus Portokalos ⓘ
firstAppearance film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre romantic comedy character ⓘ
givenName Fotoula ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
loveInterest Ian Miller ⓘ
mother Maria Portokalos ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
nickname Toula ⓘ
linked to: Toula Portokalos
occupation travel agent ⓘ
waitress ⓘ
parentOf Paris Miller ⓘ
portrayedBy Nia Vardalos ⓘ
religion Greek Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
setting Chicago ⓘ
sibling Nick Portokalos ⓘ
spouse Ian Miller ⓘ
weddingType Greek-American intercultural wedding ⓘ
worksAt Dancing Zorba's ⓘ
Portokalos Travel ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding → character → Toula Portokalos ⓘ
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 → mainCharacter → Toula Portokalos ⓘ
Toula Portokalos → nickname → Toula ⓘ
linked to: Toula Portokalos
Ian Miller → spouse → Toula Portokalos ⓘ
Ian Miller → loveInterest → Toula Portokalos ⓘ