During a career that spans over 35 years, Olympia Dukakis has assumed many roles, as actress, director, producer, teacher and an activist. She has been a major Hollywood star. She received an Academy Award for Best Actress, the New York Film Critics Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Award, and the Golden Globe Award for her work in the Norman Jewison film "Moonstruck". Apart from being a major figure in motion pictures, Olympia Dukakis has also starred in plays. Her London debut on stage was made in 1999 at the Royal National Theater, in Martin Sherman's one-woman play "Rose". She earned two Obbie Awards for Bertolt Brecht's "A Man's a Man", and for Christopher Durang's "The Marriage of Bette and Boo". She has been a founding member and Producing Director of the World Theater in Montclair, New Jersey, for 19 years (1971-1990). Dukakis has appeared in over 125 productions Off-Broadway and regionally. She has taught acting at the New York University and she is also the founder of the National Museum of Women in the Arts.