Maria Kallimani was born in Aigio in 1969. She studied Archaeology and Art History at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Athens. She then attended the Higher Drama School of the theater organization "Morphes", of the Embros Theater. In theater, she has collaborated with important directors at the Free Stage, the National Theater, as well as the Athens and Epidaurus Festival. She has participated in short and feature films and television series. In 2015, she won the Best Actress Award from the Film Academy for her performance in the film Sto Spiti by A. Karanikolas, and was nominated for Best Actress by the Film Academy for the films Macheteer by G. Economides, Notias by T. Boulmetis, Kreas by D. Nakos, as well as a Best Supporting Actress nomination for the film Ibi pou Zoume by S. Goritsa. In recent years, she has participated in popular television series, such as Agries Melisses, Oi Pantheoi, Milky Way. He also participates in the television series The Innocents, which will be broadcast on Mega in the fall of 2025. This year, he participated in the performance Glass World by T. Williams, directed by Antonio Latella, at the Art Theater in Frynichou. He also collaborated with director Argyris Papadimitropoulos on the film Electra 7, an initiative of the Film Academy and the Athens Epidaurus Festival, in which seven important Greek directors worked.