By Lucy Santiago
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Melina Eleni Kanakaredes Constantinides (Greek: Μελίνα Ελένη Κανακαρίδη Κωνσταντινίδη; born April 23, 1967) is an American actress. She is widely known for her roles in U.S. primetime television dramas as Dr. Sydney Hansen in Providence (1999–2002), as Detective Stella Bonasera in CSI: NY (2004–2010), and on the American daytime television drama series Guiding Light as Eleni Andros Cooper (1991–1995).
EARLY LIFE
Kanakaredes was born in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of Connie (née Temo), a candy company owner, and Harry Kanakaredes, an insurance salesman. She is a second-generation Greek-American and speaks Greek fluently. Her two maternal uncles own and run a candy store in Akron called “Temo’s Candy Company”, a chocolate store established in its current location by Kanakaredes’s grandfather, Christ Temo.
At age eight, Kanakaredes made her stage debut in a production of Tom Sawyer at Weathervane Playhouse in Akron, Ohio. She graduated from the Firestone High School in Akron. She attended Ohio State University for a short time, and then transferred to Point Park College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she performed roles in the professional theatre scene there, including the role of Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar at Pittsburgh Musical Theater. She graduated from Point Park in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater arts.
PERSONAL LIFE
Kanakaredes married Peter Constantinides on September 6, 1992. Together, they have two daughters: Zoe (b. 2000) and Karina Eleni (b. 2003).[11] She and her husband, a former restaurant consultant, owned the “Tria Greek Kuzina” in Powell, Ohio, but it has since closed.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
This full Moon heralded the appearance of the moss pink, or wild ground phlox (one of the first spring flowers). It is also known as the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and the Fish Moon. Historically, Native Americans living in what is now the northern and eastern United States kept track of the seasons by giving a distinctive name to each full Moon. This name was used to refer to the entire month in which the Moon occurred. With some variations, the same Moon names were used throughout the Algonquian tribes from New England to Lake Superior. Learn more about the Full Moon for April.
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Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- William Shakespeare (playwright) –
- James Buchanan (15th U.S. president) –
- Lester Pearson (Canadian prime minister) –
- Shirley Temple Black (actress) –
- Roy Orbison (musician) –
- Lee Majors (actor) –
- Tony Esposito (hockey player) –
- Judy Davis (actress) –
- Valerie Bertinelli (actress) –
- George Lopez (comedian & actor) –
- Melina Kanakaredes (actress) –
- Kal Penn (actor) –
- Chloe Kim (Olympic snowboarder) –
Died
- William Shakespeare (playwright) –
- William Wordsworth (poet) –
- Harold Arlen (composer) –
- Howard Cosell (sports journalist) –
- Paul K. Keene (pioneer of organic farming in U.S.) –
- Boris Yeltsin (president of Russia) –
- David Halberstam (Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter) –
Events
- Church of England annulled the marriage between Catherine of Aragon and King Henry VIII–
- First postage stamps issued in Canada–
- Guelph, Ontario, incorporated as a city–
- Hank Aaron hit his first major league home run–
- Ranger 4 spacecraft launched–
- Natalie Wood made Harvard history when she became the first performer voted the year’s worst by the Harvard Lampoon to show up and accept her citation–
- The first YouTube video, “Me at the zoo,” was uploaded –
Weather
- Denver received 23 inches of snow in 24 hours–
- Ice out, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH–
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