[3][4] On September 25, 2024, at the age of 86, she suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke while performing at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens, collapsing on stage.

From the age of four years singing on the radio broadcast in "Pediki Ora (Children's Hour)" and later did ads for shops such as "Melka" in Thessaloniki, earning her first pocket money.

[9] At age 15, she gave up her budding career to finish school, but by seventeen, her passion for the theatre returned and she joined the artistic group of Mary Laurent, a "mpoulouki" (so called then the singer troupes that traveled Greece end-to-end for performances) and plays small roles.

On October 24, 1970, the Billboard wrote "Marinella from Greece, knows audiences in Athens clubs, carries enchantment in her songs and the warmth of the sun in her voice" (by Henry Johnston).

[11] Marinella was the first Greek singer to participate in the International MIDEM Festival of 1973 in Cannes with three new songs composed by Stavros Xarchakos.

[citation needed]On 10 April 2003, The New York Times critic wrote about Marinella, "Her voice was earthy and strong, and she had the presence of an actress as she danced a few teasing steps or brought dignity to longing" (by Jon Pareles).

[17] In March 2004, she released a brand new album with new songs by Nikos Antypas and Lina Nikolakopoulou, entitled "Ammos Itane (Sand it's what it was)".

In the same year, on 29 August, she performed at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics, along with Dimitra Galani, Haris Alexiou, Yiannis Parios and George Dalaras.

In December 2005, she released a new album titled "Tipota Den Ginete Tihea (Νothing happens by chance)", composed by Giorgos Theofanous.

The album reached gold status and includes duets with famous Greek singers, such as Antonis Remos and Glykeria.

In 2006, two new compilations of Marinella were officially released, the first titled "Sti Skini (On stage)" and containing older live recordings and the second one titled "Ta Logia Ine Peritta – 50 Chronia Tragoudi (Words are pointless – 50 Years of song)", which is a complete eight CDs boxset with Marinella's greatest hits from the beginning of her career until her collaboration with Kostas Hatzis at "Recital".

[7][8] Marinella's first appearance in the cinema was with Stelios Kazantzidis - the most popular artistic couple of the time - in the 1960 film "I kyria dimarhos" (The Mayoress).

[21] In 1962 she appears again with Kazantzidis in the melodramatic film "Klapse ftohi mou kardia" (Cry my poor heart) singing their hit "Fevgo me pikra sta ksena".

In 1968 she would appear in two films with two songs that marked her career: in the comedy "O pio kalos o mathitis" (The best student) she sang Giorgos Zampetas's "Stalia-stalia" - which gave the title to her first solo album, [24] and in the musical "Gorgones kai magkes" when she sang "Anixe Petra", with music by Mimis Plessas and lyrics by Lefteris Papadopoulos.