Eleni Roussinou was born on August 21, 1975 in Athens. She studied at the Athens University of Economics and Business (1994-1998) and at the Drama School of Contemporary Theater of Athens (1999-2002). From 2003 to 2009 she performed in several plays of both classical and modern repertoire at the National Theater of Greece. She continued to perform in other stage productions until 2012 when she met director Alexandros Avranas who casted and directed her in Strindberg's monologue "Little Catechism for the Upper Classes". Roussinou's first leading role in a feature film was in Avranas's directed award winning and critically acclaimed "Miss Violence." Eleni speaks fluent Greek, English, French and Italian.