My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) Nia Vardalos Toula Portokalos Louis Mandylor Nick Portokalos Ian Gomez Mike John Corbett Ian Miller Gia Carides Nikki Joey Fatone Angelo Andrea Martin Aunt Voula Bruce Gray Rodney Miller Michael Constantine Gus Portokalos Lainie Kazan Maria Portokalos Bess Meisler Yiaya Fiona Reid (II) Harriet Miller Christina Eleusiniotis Toula, aged 6 Kaylee Vieira Schoolgirl John Kalangis Greek Teacher Directed by: Joel Zwick Produced by: Norm Waitt, Paul Brooks, Steven Shareshian A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity. ========== Toula Portokalos' family from the suburbs of Chicago promotes exactly three traditional values - "Marry a Greek boy, have Greek babies, and feed everyone." From an early age, she is mortified by their patriotic 'over-the-top' ways. When she falls in love with Ian, a WASPy non-Greek, Toula struggles to get her family to accept her eager fiance while she herself comes to terms with her heritage, her cultural identity, and their meddlesome ways. ========== Toula Portokalos is 30, Greek, and works in her family's restaurant, Dancing Zorba's, in Chicago. All her father Gus wants is for her to get married to a nice Greek boy. But Toula is looking for more in life. Her mother convinces Gus to let her take some computer classes at college (making him think it's his idea). With those classes under her belt, she then takes over her aunt's travel agency (again making her father think it's his idea). She meets Ian Miller, a high school English teacher, WASP, and dreamboat she had made a fool of herself over at the restaurant; they date secretly for a while before her family finds out. Her father is livid over her dating a non-Greek. He has to learn to accept Ian; Ian has to learn to accept Toula's huge family, and Toula has to learn to accept herself. ========== Toula Portokalos is a single thirty years old Greek woman, living with her parents and brother in a Chicago Greek community. After convincing her father to go to the university, she meets the non-Greek Ian Miller and they decide to get married. Her father does not accept the wedding of his daughter with a non-Greek man.