Vanessa Christodoulou was born in Germany and grew up in Greece. She studied communication, media, and cultural management at Panteion University in Athens and holds an M.A. degree in theatre studies from the Open University of Cyprus. Her dissertation entitled “Theaterdiskurs: Five Important Berlin Theatres and Some Issues Concerning Contemporary German Theatre” (2017) was supervised by Dr. Avra Sidiropoulou, and dealt with the contemporary Berlin theatre scene. She has been an active member of various theatre ensembles as an actor, director, and researcher, among which, the Center of Classical Drama and Spectacle (KEDRA). In the past, she was closely involved in the Greek contemporary music scene and business, hosting a TV show on MTV Greece. She currently works at the Press and Cultural Department of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Athens.