Effie

Effie, the larger-than-life Greek Goddess with big hair and even bigger personality has held a place in our hearts for decades.

It started with Wogs Out of Work and then morphed into the popular TV sitcom Acropolis Now.

She has played to full theatres across the country, leaving audiences crying with laughter.

For so many Australians in the late ’80s and early ’90s, Effie wasn’t just a character but part of the language. The name was interchangeable with being strong and sassy, of taking the barbs of racial slurs and owning the term ‘wog’ with pride, of refusing to be shamed for being a working-class woman.