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[[Image:Elena_nathanail_01.jpg|thumb|150px|left|[[Elena Nathanail]]]][[Image:Epixeirisis_Apollon_scene_1.jpg|thumb|350px|Scene from the [[19968]] ''Epiheirisis Apollon'' with co-star Thomas Fritsch]]
[[Elena Nathanail]] (Greek Έλενα Ναθαναήλ) was born in Athensin [[1941]], the daughter of a well-off textile designer and manufacturer.
Her impressive good looks got her noticed by producers and directors of the, then-blooming, Greek commercial cinema of the mid-sixties. After studying drama at the [[Pelos Katselis Drama School]], Elena got her first screen part in the 1963 movie ''Kati na kaiei'' (Something hot), directed by [[Yiannis Dalianides]]. Her second screen role came in [[1965]] in the German movie Walsungenblunt, directed by Rolf Thiele and based on a Thomas Mann novel.
After a seven year absence she made a comeback of sorts with a number of straight-to-video movies, usually light comedies. Her last role worthy of her beauty and acting abilities was that of Julia in the hugely succesful Thornbirds spin-off TV soap, ''Aggigma Psyhis'', in [[1998]].
In the later years of her life, she was living in [[Evia]] with her companion, former football player [[Tasos Mitropoulos]], where she was actively involved with wine production.
She died on [[March 4]], [[2008]], after a lengthy battle with cancer, attended by her life companion [[Tasos Mitropoulos]]. She left behind was survived by her daugther Inka.
==Filmography==
