Maria Vacratsis

{{short description|Canadian actress}}

Maria Vacratsis (born July 28, 1955) is a Canadian actress. She has been featured in several Canadian television series, including Degrassi: The Next Generation, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Tactical Girls, and Rent-a-Goalie. In addition to her work on television, she has appeared with Chris Farley and David Spade in the 1995 film Tommy Boy and as Aunt Frieda in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise (2002-2023). She also voiced Queen Metaria (aka Negaforce) in the original English dub of Sailor Moon.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/sailor-moon/cast/|title=Sailor Moon Cast|accessdate=2014-07-26|publisher=TV.com}}{{Cite book |last=Parliament |first=Roland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N8JTBAAAQBAJ&dq=Maria+Vacratsis&pg=PA55 |title=Sailor Moon Reflections: The inside story of the original recordings of the English version of Sailor Moon |date=2014 |publisher=FriesenPress |isbn=978-1-4602-4164-6 |language=en}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" | Notes

1989

|Destiny to Order

|Lisa

|

rowspan="2"| 1995

|Tommy Boy

|Helen

|

data-sort-value="Michelle Apartments, The" | The Michelle Apartments

|Hotel Manager

|

1997

|Hayseed

|Auntie Prudence

|

1999

|Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story

|Driver's Public Defender

|

2002

|My Big Fat Greek Wedding

|Aunt Freida

|

2007

|Shoot 'Em Up

|Pawnshop Owner

|

2009

|Saturday

|Maria

|

2014

|Guidance

|Mrs. Kim

|

rowspan="3"| 2015

|88

|Sally

|

data-sort-value="Date with Miss Fortune, A" | A Date with Miss Fortune

|Señora Maria

|

data-sort-value="Rainbow Kid, The" | The Rainbow Kid

|Meredith

|

2016

|My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

|Aunt Freida

|

2018

|Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

|Sofia

|

rowspan="2"| 2019

|Heavy

|Grandmother

|

Canadian Strain

|Barbara Banting

|

2023

|My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

|Aunt Frieda

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= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" | Notes

1984

|Hangin' In

|Mrs. Kaplan

|Episode: "Oy Vey, Mike's Going Away"

rowspan="3"| 1985

|Night Heat

|Union Goon

|Episode: "Poison"

Turning to Stone

|Inmate

| rowspan="2" |Television film

data-sort-value="Boys from Syracuse, The" | The Boys from Syracuse

|Corporal

1986

|Four on the Floor

|Various roles

|10 episodes

1987

|Street Legal

|Judge Feldman

|Episode: "Desperate Alibi"

1988

|Katts and Dog

|Woman

|Episode: "Hostages"

1991

|E.N.G.

|Patty

|Episode: "Tyger, Tyger"

1993

|Candles, Snow and Mistletoe

|Wife

|Television film

rowspan="3"| 1994

|Dan Redican Comedy Hour

|Various roles

|Television film

data-sort-value="Mighty Jungle, The" | The Mighty Jungle

|Jerry

|2 episodes

Sodbusters

|Beth Poulet

|Television film

1994–1995

|Ready or Not

|Ms. Kozmuchka

|3 episodes

rowspan="4"| 1995

|data-sort-value="Great Defender, The" | The Great Defender

|Dimitria

|Episode: "Pilot"

data-sort-value="Shamrock Conspiracy, The" | The Shamrock Conspiracy

|Mrs. Lombardo

| rowspan="2" |Television film

Choices of the Heart

|Emma Goldman

Side Effects

|Magda Pantazzi

|Episode: "Rust Proof"

1995–2000

|Sailor Moon

|Various roles

|16 episodes

1996

|Radiant City

|Sylvia

|Television film

rowspan="3"| 1997

|Due South

|Charmain

|Episode: "Eclipse"

Wind at My Back

|Mrs. Foster

|Episode: "Never Sleep Three in a Bed"

Major Crime

|Mary Ann McInnis

|Television film

1997-1998

|Goosebumps

|Janet / Big Edna

|3 episodes

1998

|Giving Up the Ghost

|Maria

|Television film

1998-1999

|Mythic Warriors

|Atropos / Hecate

|2 episodes

1998; 2001

|Made in Canada

|J.W. Anderson

|2 episodes

1999

|Sealed with a Kiss

|Mrs. Papaportiliou

|Television film

2000

|data-sort-value="Zack Files, The" | The Zack Files

|Queen of Hearts

|Episode: "Library of No Return"

2001

|Leap Years

|Aunt Blanca

|Episode #1.18

rowspan="3"| 2002

|Guilt by Association

|Old Lucy

|Television film

Odyssey 5

|Elaine Wilkerson

|Episode: "Pilot"

Street Time

|Receptionist

|2 episodes

2002–2003

|Degrassi: The Next Generation

|Sheila

|7 episodes

2002, 2004

|Puppets Who Kill

|Various roles

|2 episodes

2003

|Profoundly Normal

|Hemlock Nurse

|Television film

rowspan="2"| 2004

|Doc

|Riker's Landlady

|Episode: "Modelrageous"

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

|Aunt Hattie Roland

|Episode: "Concrete Evidence"

rowspan="3"| 2005

|Slings & Arrows

|Witch #1

|3 episodes

Odd Job Jack

| rowspan="2" |Various roles

|Episode: "A Christmas Coma"

Sons of Butcher

|5 episodes

2006–2008

|Rent-a-Goalie

|Firstman

|12 episodes

2007

|Little Mosque on the Prairie

|Mother Hamoudi

|Episode: "Mother-in-Law"

2008

|Testees

|Hot Dog Lady

|Episode: "Herfume"

rowspan="2"| 2010

|Lost Girl

|Ms. Sizemore

|Episode: "Dead Lucky"

Being Erica

|Joan

|Episode: "Jenny from the Block"

rowspan="2"| 2011

|Skins

|Brown Paw

|Episode: "Abbud"

Salem Falls

|Delilah

| rowspan="2" |Television film

rowspan="4"| 2014

|data-sort-value="Day Late and a Dollar Short, A" | A Day Late and a Dollar Short

|Esther

Rick Mercer Report

|Old Lady

|Episode #12.3

Murdoch Mysteries

|Miss Glenys Moore

|Episode: "The Keystone Constables"

Guidestones

|Olga Tarski

|Episode: "A Small Tragedy"

rowspan="2"| 2015

|Rookie Blue

|Warden Justine Ordower

|Episode: "Uprising"

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

|Animal Shelter Employee

|Television film

rowspan="2"| 2016

|data-sort-value="ZhuZhus, The" | The ZhuZhus

|Secretary

|Episode: "Walter-Gate/Janitor Day"

data-sort-value="Beaverton, The" | The Beaverton

|Regina Thompson

|Episode #1.2

2016–2018

|Tactical Girls

|The Boss

|4 episodes

rowspan="3"| 2017

|Running with Violet

|Daddy

|5 episodes

Schitt's Creek

|Darlene's Cousin

|Episode: "Friends & Family"

Save Me

|Luana

|Episode: "Neck Trauma"

2017–2019

|Hotel Transylvania: The Series

|Additional voices

|14 episodes

rowspan="3"| 2019

|Odd Squad

|Nana Banana

|Episode: "Odds and Ends"

Boombats

|Mrs. Scrota

|2 episodes

Diggstown

|Olympia Laertes

|Episode: "Renee Joy"

2020

|Dino Dana

|Grandma

|17 episodes

2021

|Big Blue

|Krelly

|2 episodes

2021–2022

|Something Undone

|Aunt Hannah

|3 episodes

2022

|data-sort-value="Kids in the Hall, The" | The Kids in the Hall

|Winnie

|1 episode

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