THIS iconic movie star is beloved my millions of fans, thanks to her hilarious role in a smash hit 00s rom com.
The much-loved actress looked unrecognizable when she was spotted in LA using a wheelchair – can you guess who it is?
Can you guess who this much-loved star is?[/caption]
The actress was seen being helped into wheelchair in LA[/caption]
This actress’ career started in the 60s[/caption]
Did you guess it was Lainie Kazan from My Big Fat Greek Wedding? (right)[/caption]
The star in question is non other than Lainie Kazan, now 85.
The actress is known for playing the no nonsense matriarch Maria in the smash hit 2002 film, My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
Lainie was this week spotted out in LA, being helped out of a car into a wheelchair.
She was dressed in a leopard-printed blouse with a shawl around her shoulders.
Lainie completed her look with dangling gold earrings and sunglasses.
The actress became one of the fan favourite stars to appear in My Big Fat Greek wedding.
The movie – which spawned two sequels – followed Toula Portokalos’s struggles to find love.
It was a massive success at the box office bringing in £296million from a budget of just £4m.
The cast, including Lainie, reunited for the third installment in 2023.
Meanwhile, former model Lainie was already a big name before appearing in the film and previously posed nude for Playboy.
The Brooklyn-native made her name in Broadway, before moving into movies.
One of her major film roles was the 1982 film, My Favorite Year, for which she earned a Golden Globe.
She previously revealed all about her early days in Hollywood.
“There wasn’t a man I met with that didn’t try to sleep with me,” she told Page Six in 2021.
Since playing Maria in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Laine has appeared in Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy, Modern Family and RuPaul’s Drag Race.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding burst onto screens in 2002 and was a surprising box office hit[/caption]
