Are Michael and Olympia Dukakis related?

Michael and Olympia Dukakis are related. Olympia Dukakis and former US presidential candidate Michael Dukakis are cousins.

Her cousin Michael was a governor and the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee. Olympia Dukakis hails from Lowell, Massachusetts, United States.

Olympia Dukakis has performed in over 130 stage productions, 60 films and 50 television series. Olympia Dukakis was raised alongside a brother named Apollo Dukakis.

Olympia Dukakis graduated from Arlington High School in Arlington, Massachusetts. She was educated at Boston University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in physical therapy. She later earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in performing arts at Boston University.

Olympia Dukakis began her career working in 1961 in productions at the Williamstown Summer Theater, in Massachusetts.

Olympia Dukakis received a Golden Globe nomination for Sinatra (1992) and Emmy Award nominations for Lucky Day (1991), More Tales of the City (1998) and Joan of Arc (1999).

Olympia Dukakis’ autobiography, Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress, was published in 2003.