Popular Aussie sitcom star Mary Coustas joins Season 2 of hit Aussie series Strife
Beloved actress Asher Keddie led the way at the exclusive launch party held at Island Radio restaurant in Redfern with her co-stars Matt Day, Emma Lung, Maria Angelico, Tina Bursill and Bryony Skillington also walking the red carpet.
One star set to steal the show this season is Mary Coustas, who was rose to fame on the 90s sitcom Acropolis Now.
In Season 2 of the BINGE series, which follows the messy and relatable life of digital publisher Evelyn Jones (played by Keddie), Coustas plays the media mogul's psychologist Sylvie, who she consults regularly after Evelyn's former deputy and friend launches a rival website.
Coustas, who hosted the event's Q&A with the stars and creatives behind the show, looked unlike the loud and flashy character of Effie Stefanidis she portrayed on Acropolis Now.
The OTT bouffant hairdo and thick Greek accent were no more as 60-year-old Coustas took to the stage with Keddie, screenwriter Sarah Scheller and executive producers Bruna Papandrea and Mia Freedman (the Mamamia founder whose 2017 memoir, Work Strife Balance, is based on the book). Instead, Coustas now 60, rocked sleek hair and looked chic in a baby blue power suit.
'I love that this [show] is about a woman trying to do something that hadn't been done before on a very large scale,' she told The Daily Telegraph in a separate interview over the weekend.
'I know Mia. I was around when that was all happening for [Mia] at the beginning,' Coustas added as she recalled the launch of Freedman's Mamamia website.
'I know what it's like for any woman that juggles a lot. To just get through the day is a miracle, let alone pull off something miraculous, like an online platform with a million people working for you and getting into trouble a lot.'
As for Keddie, she too loves how the series embraces the calm and the chaos women juggle every day.
'I found so much of the story relatable and knew it would be relatable to many women no matter what industry they're working in, not just the media industry,' Keddie previously told news.com.au.
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