Biography
Gia Carides is an Australian actress. She played Liz Holt in the 1992 film Strictly Ballroom.
She began acting at the age of twelve, with her first film role in The Love Letters from Teralba Road (1977). Carides received Australian Film Institute Award nominations for best supporting actress in Strictly Ballroom (1992) and best actress in Brilliant Lies (1996). She is also known for playing Cousin Nikki in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding films (2002, 2016, 2023) and for roles in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and the television series Big Little Lies (2017).
Carides has worked in both Australian and American film and television. She is sometimes credited as Georgia Carr.
