'' My Big Fat Greek Wedding '' is a 2002 independent romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos , who also stars in the film as Fotoula " Toula " Portokalos , a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with non-Greek upper middle class White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Ian Miller . The film received generally positive reviews from critics and , at the 75th Academy Awards , it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
75th Academy Awards
75th Academy Awards
My Big Fat Greek Wedding