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She was born on the island of [[Corfu]], the fifth of nine children. Her introduction to the arts was the piano, taught by her father, Giannis Vlachopoulos. When she turned ten, she begun singing at a local bakery. In [[1938]], Vlahopoulou fell in love with an [[AEK FC|AEK]] footballer, [[Kostas Vasiliou]].
They later arrived in [[Athens]] and Rena had her first wedding in the summer of [[1937]]. In Athens, at a variete Oasis in Zappeio where [[Mimis Traiforos]] presented her new works, Rena begun singing there. In the winter of 1930-40, she sang at the World Theatre of Kostas Makedos at [[Panepistimiou Street]]. Later, the [[Sisters Kalouta|Kalouta sisters]] representing [[Kyriakos Mavreas]], [[Iro Chanta]] and Giannis Fleury. She was married to G. Lafazanis . In the winter of [[1940]], the Italian Army bombed Corfu where she lost two of her relatives. The marriage with Vasiliou ended and in [[1942]] married her second husband, a banker named Gianni Kostopoulos .
She later continued her career with [[Giannis Spartakos]] at the Pantheon where she composed jazz songs. The press called her Jazz Queen. Her big luck went beyond the greek singing borders with her song ''Tha Se Paro Na Fygoume'' which went number one at Wellcome by [[Alekos Sakellarios]] and [[Dimitris Evangelidis]] during the summer of [[1944]] at [[Kyveli theatre]]. She continued her discography with the [[Odeon]] (oh-deh-OHN). With Spartakos they singed for a few years. She divorced Kostopoulos in [[1946]]. She began singing with Spartakos in Lebanon, Iran and North America. They also spoke English, French, Spanish and Italian. In Greece, between July 1946 and the summer of [[1951]], she practiced at [[Samartzi theatre]] in Athens. On [[August 24]], [[1951]] she attended the Festival in Athens with [[Orestis Makris]], [[Koulis Stoligas]], [[Nikos Stavridis]] and the Kaloutas brothers. She filmed in the movie with a Turkish actor ''Anatolitikes Nychtes'', she later starred in ''Tha Se Paro Na Fygoume''. She appeared in musicals including ''Vasilissa tis Nychtas'', ''Na Ti Tha Pei Athina'', ''Kai o Minas Echei Ennia'' and ''Poulia ston Aera'' with [[Vasilis Bournelis]] . She played with other persons including [[Vasilis Argyropoulos]] , [[Giannis Prineas]] with [[Spyridionas Trichas]] , [[Paraskevas Oikonomou]] , [[Orestis Makris]] with Spyros Patrikios and Mimis Kokkinis with [[Georgia Vasiliadou]] and [[Kostas Doukas]]. In the summer of [[1952]], she acted at the [[Acropole]] with Bournelis. In [[1953]], she acted with [[Alekos Leivaditis]], [[Marika Krevvata]] and [[Georgios Gavriilidis]].
