Anna Rezan

In 2005, Rezan made her first professional appearances on Greek television in the Greek adaptation of The Nanny. She appeared as a minor dancer in various Greek feature films and TV series such as Woman is a Tough Person, a comedy by Antonis Kafetzopoulos, and Loufa kai Paralagi, a television series by the Greek veteran director Nikos Perakis. In 2008, she worked as the production runner of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.[12] In July of the same year, Rezan performed at the DJ set of Armin van Buuren in Cavo Paradiso on the Island of Mykonos.[14] She represented Greece (As Miss Young) at the beauty pageant Miss European Union at the Pallazo di Congressi in Rome, Italy. Seeking financial freedom as a teenager, she also worked as a waitress, a promotional model, and a bartender. Additionally, she was also choreographing other minors in Disney commercials in Greece, on occasion.

In 2008, Rezan appeared in the comedy Greek TV series The Red Room as Svetlana, in which she performed in Russian. Her noteworthy appearance of the year though, was portraying Artemitsa in Farewell Anatolia, the TV adaptation of Dido Soteriou's bestseller by Greek director Kostas Koutsomutis. During the summer, she starred in the world tour of the rock opera 300 Spartans.[15] In 2009, after spending some time in London, Rezan moved to New York City. She landed a part in the Indie film Daft Queens and took classes at New York Film Academy.[16] At the end 2009, she enrolled in the Panteion University of Athens to study journalism and co-starred as Babe, the underaged girlfriend in Fokion Bogris gangster feature film Katharsi, which released at the end of that year to mixed reviews. Concurrently she was working as a model, a restaurant hostess or a bartender to be able to pursue her career further. She also guest-starred in the comedy TV series Lola in her native, Greece.[17] During that summer, Rezan moved to Los Angeles and took some more acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. In the same year, she co-produced and co-starred in "Love at First Sight", a romantic comedy short film by Patricia di Salvo, which was selected at the 2010 Cannes film festival.

Since she was a child, she loved to change her style, hair color, look and artistic direction to create and develop different personas, depending on the project she is working on, such as Anna, Anna The Kid, LadyLight, ARK and Anna Rezan. She co-starred in La Commedia di Amos Poe with Roberto Benigni, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, in the same year. In October 2010, she starred in Nikos Zervos's (Greek veteran filmmaker) parody of show business, ShowBitch, portraying a teenage rock singer who turns into a Rockstar. The film premiered at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival to mixed reviews. She also made a guest appearance on the Greek TV series I zoi tis allis.[14] In 2011, she debuted as a vocalist with the European release of "Let There Be Rain" and co-produced the music video in Brooklyn, New York City.[18] The song aired for the first time in the U.S. market during her interview on the CBS radio show Zodiac Divas by Colby Jensen.[19] In 2012, Rezan starred and co-produced The Story of My Life, a comedy film by Dimitris Koukas and Dimitris Nakos in Athens, Greece. She portrayed a dancer in (Italian director) Paolo Genovese's comedy Immature: Il Viaggio.[13] In March 2013, she guest-starred in Constantinos Isaias's public service announcement "We Love Cyprus"[20] that took place in Los Angeles[21] and began to be featured in magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and Esquire.[13]

Rezan walking the runway at NYFW

In 2014, Rezan reunited with Paolo Genoveze in Milan, Italy, for Ever Been to the Moon? as fashion industry's It Girl. The film was made a box office success and was acquired by Netflix .

In April 2015, she started filming Dance Fight Love Die - With Mikis on the Road in Athens. The film is the work of Asteris Koutoulas[22] [23] and includes footage of his world tours with Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis.[8][22] In October 2015 she reunited with Amos Poe.[24] Along with Ali Ozan Akin, they filmed a public service announcement to raise awareness for breast cancer. The film features Rezan's performance in "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" by the Beatles.[25][22] In January 2016, Rezan hosted the awards ceremony of Hellas Film Box[26][27] in Berlin, Germany.[28] In 2016 her song "Let there be Love" and in 2017 "My Summer Night", a duet with Barbara Sassari was released internationally by Universal Music Group.[29] Same year Dance Fight Love Die - With Mikis on the Road premiered in Hof International Film Festival to rave reviews. The film opened in theaters in 2018 and Rezan 's performance was praised by Mikis Theodorakis and George Dalaras.[30] In 2019 the film was acquired by Amazon. In 2017 Rezan portrayed supermodel character Kate in Victoria Larimore's TV project Open House that is set in New York but is filmed in Los Angeles.

Rezan's directorial debut, My People,is a documentary about the Jews of Greece during WW2 produced by her, Greek filmmaker Zafeiris Haitidis, Mitchell Block and Kim Magnusson that was completed in 2022.[9][10][31] In April 2019, Rezan directed an English comedy fiction short film, title "Beauty before Age", produced by her and veteran producer, Jason Piette which is set be released in 2022.

Rezan studied Journalism at the Panteion University of Athens and holds a BA in communication, Media and Culture.[33] As a teenage journalist, indie magazines featured her articles on love, therapy, films and musicians such as David Bowie, Nick Cave and The Cure.[16] In March 2011, "love brings love" and it "love is the greatest power of all" became one of her trademark lines.[32] In 2013 Rezan promoted the right to equal opportunities in education for girls when she walked the runway as a special guest at the 4th J’adore la mode Gala charity fashion show in Philadelphia.[34] From 2012 until the present, she has been a patron of MMA, an organization dedicated to ending the stigma of addictions.[35][24] In 2015 she released a PSA, directed by Amos Poe that features her "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" performance to raise awareness for breast cancer. In February 2020, Rezan held a lecture, as a guest Professor, at the Athens School of Fine Arts, titled Beauty...shall reunite with Art.[36] In the same year, she gave a speech to support the International Medical Brigade of Henry Reeve [37] as Velissarios Kossivakis, along with the Cuban Ambassador in Greece, began a petition to nominate Cuban doctors of Cuban medical internationalism for a Nobel peace prize at the official ceremony of the initiative in Athens, Greece.[38]

Rezan at Cuban Embassy in Athens (2020)

Rezan's father died in August 2007.[39]

In 2020, she overcame on and off depression, panic attacks, and anxiety by exploring and committing to different forms of therapy for many years. Rezan has not shared details, but she implied that her early life was uneasy, not joyful, with many traumatic events until 2019. She openly speaks about the process of self-healing, believing that it can urge other people to open up and seek therapy to improve their lives.[40] She is also a reiki therapist.[39]

Rezan has been sincerely private about her personal life, which her peers admire. She could have revealed specific personal life details during her first steps in the industry to advance her career and cover the tabloids, but chose not to.[41]

As a teenager, she dated Greek performer Panos Mouzourakis.[42] While studying in New York City, she dated The Durrells actor Alexis Georgoulis.[43] During the filming of ShowBitch rumors spread, that she was more than an on-screen couple with her Co star, Survivor Greece contestant, Nassos Papargyropoulos.[44] During the summer of 2011, she was seen holding hands with Greek actor Panagiotis Bougiouris in Peloponnese.[45][41] Rumors had it that she and Alexander Payne were an item,[46] but she stated that he is a friend that she admires.[47] She was in a relationship with Mitch Kuntz, the bass player and creator of the heavy metal band Godiva. In 2015, she dated the Neighbours star Carter Doyle after meeting at the Cannes Film Festival.

Rezan has repeatedly said that she is more of a love at first sight kind of person, stating that: I date or I'm with a man, when I'm in love with him.[39]