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Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (born 1983)

British-Greek actress

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name	Princess Theodora
house	Glücksburg
image	Princess Theodora 2012.jpg
caption	Theodora in 2012
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birth_place	St Mary's Hospital, London, England
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father	Constantine II of Greece
mother	Anne-Marie of Denmark
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occupation	Actress

Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (; born 9 June 1983), also known under her stage name Theodora Greece, is a British-Greek actress and member of the Greek and Danish royal families. She is the fourth child and younger daughter of deposed King Constantine II of Greece and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece. Theodora made her television debut in 2011 as Alison Montgomery in the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She has also acted in films, including minor roles in the 2009 romantic comedy The Lightkeepers and in the 2015 war-drama Little Boy.

Biography

Early life

Theodora with her parents and younger brother

Theodora was born on 9 June 1983 at St Mary's Hospital, London. She is the younger daughter and fourth of the five children of the deposed Greek king Constantine II and his wife, Anne-Marie of Denmark.

On 20 October 1983, she was christened in a Greek Orthodox ceremony at the Saint Sophia Cathedral, London.

Education

Theodora attended Woldingham School, an all-girls boarding school in Surrey, England, between 1994 and 2001. After a gap year spent at St Philip's College in Alice Springs, Australia, Theodora attended Brown University where she received her Bachelor of Arts on 28 May 2006 in Theatre Arts, having also attended Northeastern University in Boston. Subsequently, she undertook graduate studies at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

Career

In April 2010, Theodora moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, appearing in supporting roles under the stage name Theodora Greece. She previously had minor roles in the Danish film The Wild Swans and in the American romantic comedy film The Lightkeepers in 2009. She made her television debut as the secretary Alison Montgomery in the long-running American soap opera television show The Bold and the Beautiful, on 5 December 2011. She went on to act in films including Little Boy, June and The Great Awakening.

Personal life

On 16 November 2018, it was announced that Princess Theodora was engaged to American attorney Matthew Jeremiah Kumar. The wedding was due to take place in Spetses in May 2020, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The wedding was postponed a second time, in 2023, following the death of her father.{{cite web |url= https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/royals/princess-theodora-greece-royal-wedding-american-matthew-kumar/|title= Princess Theodora of Greece Marries American Matthew Kumar in Royal Wedding

On 28 September 2024, Theodora married Kumar in a Greek Orthodox ceremony officiated by Metropolitan Dorotheos II of Syros at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens. Two of her brothers, Crown Prince Pavlos and Prince Philippos, and her nephew Prince Achileas-Andreas, served as groomsmen. The veil and tiara have been worn by all of Queen Ingrid of Denmark's female descendants.

Οn 20 December 2024, Theodora, along with the other members of the former royal family acquired Greek citizenship, under the surname Theodora de Grèce. The family was deprived of citizenship in 1994 when the former King Constantine refused to acquire a surname, as required by law for all Greek citizens.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	De vilde svaner (The Wild Swans)	Elisa	film, voice role
2009	The Lightkeepers	Impressed Lady	film
2010	Sroloc	Sarah Park	TV series, 1 episode
2011	Nevan Saunders' Quest for Fame: A Documentary by Kip Griffen	Jen	film
2011-2018	The Bold and the Beautiful	Alison Montgomery	TV series, 88 episodes
2012	Amnesia	Rachel	film
2013	Shang	Brooke Sangreen	TV movie
2015	Little Boy	Eliza	film
2015	June	Ms. Wapos	film
2016	Killer Assistant	Lara Berkis	TV movie
2016	Blind Follow	Cricket II	short film
2017	Broken Slinky Presents	Theodora	TV series, 2 episodes
2017	Gates of Hades		TV movie
2017	Respect Greece		TV movie
2018	Static	Daphney	short film
2022	The Great Awakening	Savannah	film

Ancestry

Her paternal grandparents were King Paul of Greece and Frederica of Hanover. Her maternal grandparents are Frederik IX of Denmark and Ingrid of Sweden. As an agnatic descendant of Christian IX of Denmark Theodora is a Danish princess, and because King Christian's second son, Prince William of Denmark, was elected "George I, King of the Hellenes" in 1863, her father (George's great-grandson) inherited the throne of Greece in 1964.

References

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Streib, Lauren. (27 May 2008). "The 20 Hottest Young Royals – 13. Princess Theodora". [[Forbes]].
de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ''Le Petit Gotha''. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 539 (French) {{ISBN. 2-9507974-3-1
"HRH Princess Theodora's graduation". Greek Royal Family.
Foussianes, Chloe. (16 November 2018). "Princess Theodora of Greece Is Engaged to Lawyer Matthew Kumar". [[Town & Country (magazine).
Johnston, Harriet. (19 March 2024). "A royal wedding! Princess Theodora of Greece is 'set to marry her LA-based lawyer fiancé' in the autumn, after their nuptials were postponed twice". [[Tatler]].
Henni, Janine. (28 September 2024). "Princess Theodora of Greece Weds American Fiancé Matthew Kumar in Twice-Postponed Royal Wedding".
Johnston, Harriet. (1 October 2024). "Esteemed guests who attended Princess Theodora of Greece's wedding in Athens".
(19 December 2024). "Former Greek Royal Family Members Apply for Citizenship, Opt for Surname 'De Grece'".
Willis, Daniel A., ''The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain'', Clearfield Company, 2002, p. 414. {{ISBN. 0-8063-5172-1
Walter Curley. (1973). "Monarchs-in-Waiting". Dodd, Mead & Co..
Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Descendants. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. pp. 121, 128–132. {{ISBN. 91-630-5964-9

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