Fani Gemtou is an actress, theatre scholar, and performer. She graduated with distinction from the Karolos Koun Art Theatre Drama School, holds a degree in Theatre Studies from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), and an MA in Musical Theatre from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She is currently completing her postgraduate studies in Creative Writing at the Hellenic Open University, focusing her research on jukebox musical dramaturgy and collective memory.

Throughout her extensive career on stage, she has collaborated with directors and theatre companies, including the National Theatre of Greece, the Art Theatre (Theatro Technis), and the Thessalian Theatre, performing roles from both the classical and contemporary repertoire. During the current theatre season, she is playing Ella Rentheim in Henrik Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman, directed by Manolis Ionas at Alkmene Theatre.

She has studied classical and contemporary singing and has performed in concerts and musical theatre productions in Greece and the UK. Alongside her performing career, she is active in writing, directing, and dramaturgical composition for music-theatre productions. She also has extensive experience teaching acting and improvisation. She writes about theatre for Larissanet, where she has her own column, “On Theatre” (Peri Theatrou).