Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri (Greek: Μαρία Αμαλία "Μελίνα" Μερκούρη, 18 October 1920 – 6 March 1994) was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. She came from a prominent political family for multiple generations. She received an Academy Award nomination and won a French Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for her performance in the film Never on Sunday (1960) and an Italian David di Donatello for Topkapi. Mercouri was also nominated for one Tony Award, three Golden Globes, and two BAFTA Awards in her acting career. In 1987 she was awarded a special prize in the first edition of the Europe Theatre Prize. Mercouri was a member of the Hellenic Parliament, elected as a representative of PASOK. In October 1981, she became the first female Minister of Culture and Sports. She has the longest tenure of any of Greece's Ministers of Culture, having served from 1981 to 1989, and then from 1993 until her death in 1994, during PASOK governments. Mercouri's political activism included her long campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles. One of her greatest achievements was the establishment of the European Capitals of Culture, with Athens chosen as the first capital in 1985. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melina Mercouri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. 멜리나 메르쿠리(1920년생, Athens, Greece) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 The Marbles, 페드라, 원스 이즈 낫 이너프가 있으며, 그 외에도 조니 카슨의 투나잇 쇼, The Merv Griffin Show, Die Drehscheibe, What's My Line?, Les Rendez-vous du dimanche, Le Grand Échiquier, Discorama, Samedi soir, Cinépanorama, V.I.P. Schaukel, À bout portant, Dim Dam Dom 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2025년 The Marbles에 출연했다. 2020년 Μελίνα στοπ καρέ – Αναζητώντας τη σύγχρονη ελληνικότητα에 출연했다. 2017년 Ο αγώνας της Μελίνας για τα γλυπτά του Παρθενώνα에 출연했다.