Eleni Menegaki
Eleni Menegaki | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 29, 1969 |
| Occupation | TV Hostess |
| Years active | 1991-present |
| Spouses | Stavros Garderis
(m. 1989; div. 1990)Giannis Latsios
(m. 2001; div. 2010)Makis Pantzopoulos (m. 2015) |
| Children | Aggelos Latsios Laura Latsiou Valeria Latsiou Marina Pantzopoulou |
| Relatives | Zeta Menegaki (mother) Thodoris Misokalos (brother) Grigoris Bithikotsis (great-uncle) |
Eleni Menegaki (Greek: Ελένη Μενεγάκη; born October 29, 1969), is a Greek TV hostess, actress, model and businesswoman. After she started her modeling career in mid 80's as a commercial model for different television spots, magazines video clips and promotions she pursued a career as actress and co-hostess in different popular tv shows as Cocktail and Mega Banca.
In 1994 she had the lead role in the ANT1 sitcom Our Father (1994-1996) next to the popular protagonist Kostas Karras. In 1995 she started her successful longtime career on daytime television, hosting popular shows as Morning Coffee (1995-2005), Coffee with Eleni (2005-2011) and Eleni with Eleni Menegaki (2011-2020; 2021-2024). Also from 1996 to 2005 she was hosting the National Beauty Pageant of Greece, the most successful beauty contest of the country, on ANT1 being the most long-running hostess of the show. In 2010, Forbes ranked Menegaki as the second-most powerful and influential celebrity in Greece and top-ranked female. On July 2024, she announced that she stops her presence on daytime television after 33 years.