Antonia Eugenia Vardalos is a Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter who was born on September 24, 1962.
She is the daughter of Greek-Canadian land developer Constantine “Gus” Vardalos, who was born in Kalavryta, Greece, and Doreen Christakos, a bookkeeper and homemaker. She went to Ryerson University in Toronto after graduating from St. George School and Shaftesbury High School in Winnipeg.
Vardalos wed American actor Ian Gomez in September 1993. Vardalos and Gomez adopted Ilaria in 2008 after nine years of IVF and surrogacy failed to conceive them.
Ilaria was a three-year-old child in the foster care system at the time.
Vardalos published a New York Times bestseller about the event in 2013 titled Instant Mom, and all revenues from it are donated to adoption organizations. In The Huffington Post, Vardalos also published a piece with tips on the adoption procedure.
After 23 years of marriage and separation since June 2017, it was revealed on July 3, 2018, that Vardalos and Gomez had filed for divorce. Two months later, the divorce was formalized.
Who is Ilaria Gomez, Nia Vardalos’ daughter?
After nine years of IVF and surrogacy failure, Nia Vardalos’ daughter Ilaria Gomez was adopted by Nia and the actor Ian Gomez in 2008.
After years of trying, 13 unsuccessful IVF cycles, a failed surrogate, and numerous miscarriages, the couple realized that having a child was not going to happen.
For a long time, Vardalos kept the details of her adoption journey private.
She also zealously protected her daughter’s privacy and for that matter, little information has been provided about her daughter.
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