Her father is of Greek Australian descent, with his forebears having migrated around the 1910s, having origins in Ikaria, Kastellorizo, and Levissi.
She went on stage for the first time as a ballerina in a "chorus of baby chicks", in a performance of Peter and the Wolf in Port Pirie Town Hall.
[7] In 2004, Carapetis appeared in a production of Translations[8] and Hot Fudge with the State Theatre Company of South Australia.
[21][22] She has worked extensively as a voice-over artist on advertising campaigns, including for Commonwealth Bank, Sunday Mail, and Stone's Ginger Beer, and for corporate videos.
Presented by The Other Ones, it was directed by Corey McMahon, and featured Eugenia Fragos, Renato Musolino, Adriana Bonaccurso, and Demitrios Sirilas.
[27][28] The Gods of Strangers, set in Port Pirie, is based on the oral histories of Greek, Cypriot and Italian people who migrated to regional South Australia after World War II.
It was staged by the State Theatre Company South Australia in 2018,[29][30] playing at the Dunstan Playhouse in Adelaide as well as in Port Pirie.
[31] Carapetis' rewritten version of Antigone, described as a response to the original written by Sophocles, portrays a feminist theme.
The play consists of a series of monologues and vignettes, which together rail against the silencing and devaluing of women in society.
[34] Blame the Rabbit recently won the Grand Jury Prize at the South Australian Screen Awards in 2024.
[6] Carapetis recently won SA Life Magazine's South Australian Artist of the Year for 2024.
She loves reading, knitting, music (especially Kate Bush), and cooking Greek food for her friends.