Currently serving as President of Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) from 2019.

Angela Gerekou was born in Corfu, in the Ionian Sea, Greece.

Her good looks got her noticed in the 1980s by producers and directors of the then-flourishing Greek cinema.

Angela Gerekou served as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Sport in the cabinet of George Papandreou from 2009 to 2010.

Angela Gerekou married Greek actor and singer Tolis Voskopoulos, with whom she had a daughter named Maria in 2001.