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{{Short description|Greek television presenter}}
'''Maria Bakodimou''' (Μαρία Μπακοδήμου) (b. 1965 in [[Missolonghi]]) is a Greek [[television personality]], [[talk show]] presenter and [[fashion designer]]. She co-hosted the [[Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007#National final|National Final]] to select the [[Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest|Greek representative]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2007]]. She had her own talk show with Fotis Sergoulopoulos in TV, which was called "Fotis & Maria Live".

Her cousin is the [[Greek people|Greek]]-[[French people|French]] journalist and entertainer [[Nikos Aliagas]].<ref>[http://www.tlife.gr/news/9/maria-mpakodimou-nikos-aliagas-kannes/0-7137 www.tlife.gr]</ref>

From 2017, Maria was selected to be one of the judges of [[Ellada Eheis Talento]] alongside [[Giorgos Kapoutzidis]] and [[Sakis Tanimanidis]].

From 2018 she presents the [[dating show|dating]] [[reality show]] of [[Skai TV]] 'Power of Love'.

==Filmography==

===Film===
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|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
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| 1999
! scope="row"|''[[:el:Θηλυκή_εταιρεία|Female Company]]''
| singer
| Film debut
|
|-
| 2003
! scope="row"|''[[:el:Η_Λίζα_και_όλοι_οι_άλλοι|Liza and all the others]]''
| magazine manager
|
|
|-
| 2008
! scope="row"|''[[Just Broke Up]]''
| Titika Karlatera
|
|
|-
| 2011
! scope="row"|''[[Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens at Land]]''
| Maria Bakodimou
|
|
|-
| 2017
! scope="row"|''[[:el:Success_Story|Success Story]]''
| Anna
|
|
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-  style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Role(s)
! Notes
|-
| 1991
| ''Almanac '91''
| Katina Karabourbouridou
| TV special
|-
| 1991-1992
| ''ET2 Hours Together''
| Gela Karnava
| Series regular / 6 episodes
|-
| 1992-1993
| ''What a mess on Saturday''
| various roles
| 26 episodes; also writer
|-
| 1998-1999 
| ''Behave Yourself''
| Herself (host)
| Tabloid talk show; season 3
|-
| 1999-2003
| ''Make yourself at home!''
| Herself (host)
| Daytime morning talk show; also co-creator
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| ''Music Awards Pop Corn''
| Herself (host)
| TV special
|-
| [[Ti Psyhi Tha Paradoseis Mori?|''What Soul Will You Deliver, You Fool Woman?'']]
| Aglaia
| 1 episode
|-
| 2001-2004
| ''Arion Music Awards''
| Herself (host)
| TV special
|-
| 2003-2004 
| ''By word of mouth''
| Herself (host)
| Late night talk show on [[Mega Channel]]; also co-creator
|-
| 2004
| [[List_of_foreign_adaptations_of_The_Nanny#Greece|''The Nanny'']]
| Herself
| 1 episode
|-
| 2004-2006
| ''I Love TV''
| Herself (host)
| Late night talk show on [[Mega Channel]]; also co-creator
|-
| 2006-2008 
| ''TV Tiglon''
| Herself (host)
| Late night talk show on [[Alpha TV]]; also co-creator
|-
| rowspan="2" |2007
| [[Eurovision Song Contest 2007|''Eurovision Song Contest'']]
| Herself (host)
| TV special
|-
| [[Loafing and Camouflage|''Loafing and Camouflage: The Series'']]
| Herself
| 1 episode
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008-2009
| ''Status Awards - Men of the year''
| Herself (host)
| TV special
|-
| ''Take it easy, don't sit down and run away!''
| Herself (host)
| Daytime talk show on [[Alpha TV]]; also co-creator
|-
| 2009-2016
| ''Fotis & Maria Live''
| Herself (host)
| Daytime talk show on [[Star Channel (Greek TV channel)|Star Channel]]; also co-cretor
|-
| 2017-2018
| [[Ellada Eheis Talento|''Greece's Got Talent'']]
| Herself (judge)
| Season 5-6
|-
| 2018-2019
| ''Power of Love''
| Herself (host)
| Trash television; season 1-2
|-
| 2019-2020
| ''One for all!''
| Herself (host)
| Daytime game show
|-
| 2020-2022
| [[Just the 2 of Us (Greek TV series)|''Just the 2 Of Us'']]
| Herself (judge)
| Season 3-5
|-
| 2020-2021
| ''Style me up''
| Herself (host)
| Reality television; season 1
|-
| 2022-2024
| ''Hello! with Maria Bakodimou''
| Herself (host)
| Weekend talk show on [[Skai TV]]; also creator
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| ''My Style Rocks''
| Herself (guest judge)
| Episode 112; season 5
|-
| ''Madame Figaro Awards - Women of the Year''
| Herself (host)
| TV special
|-
|}

== External links ==

*{{imdb name|0049197}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:People from Missolonghi]]
[[Category:Greek television talk show hosts]]
[[Category:Greek women television presenters]]
[[Category:Greek women fashion designers]]

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