Cast & creator

Mary Coustas

1964-09-16 (age 62) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Website IMDb

Best known for Water Rats, Rove, A Bite to Eat with Alice

Mary Coustas is an Australian actress, comedian and television personality and writer. Originally from Melbourne, Coustas often performs as the character "Effie", a stereotypical second-generation Greek Australian prone to malapropisms.

Also known as: Effie Stephanides

Movies

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

1989–2025 · acting roles

Credit score

6.8

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

★ 6.2

Water Rats

Hilary Kernaghan · 1996

★ 7.5

Rove

Self · 1999

A Bite to Eat with Alice

Self · 2024

★ 9.0

Always Greener

Chicken (Voice) · 2001

★ 5.5

Good Guys, Bad Guys

Madonna Kapello · 1997

Across film & television

Filmography (15)

Showing 15 of 15 credits

Series

★ 6.2

Water Rats

Hilary Kernaghan

1996

Series

★ 7.5

Rove

Self

1999

Series

A Bite to Eat with Alice

Self

2024

Series

★ 9.0

Always Greener

Chicken (Voice)

2001

Series

★ 5.5

Good Guys, Bad Guys

Madonna Kapello

1997

Series

★ 5.2

Wildside

Louise Arden

1997

Series

★ 6.9

Sunny Nights

Hazel

2025

Series

★ 7.5

Acropolis Now

Effie

1989

Series

Shaun Micallef's Eve of Destruction

Self

2024

Movie

★ 5.2

The Magic Pudding

Ginger (voice)

2000

Movie

★ 3.7

Mull

Helen

1989

Series

★ 8.0

Skirts

Julie Makris

Movie

★ 10.0

Blowing Hot and Cold

Jenny

1989

Movie

★ 7.0

Nirvana Street Murder

Helen

1990

Movie

★ 6.6

Hercules Returns

Lisa

1993