Maria Protopappa (Korydallos, February 28, 1971) is a Greek television, theater and film actress.

She was born and raised in Korydallos, Attica. In her teens, she enrolled in an amateur troupe and, later, studied at the "Karolos Koon" Art Theater, from where she graduated in the mid-1990s. For the next six years, she worked as an actor in the theater, exclusively in its performances.

Her television debut took place in 1999, through her participation in the drama series "Blood libel" on ET1. In the following years, she took part in the detective series "Surface" and "Forget Me" by Vassilis Tselemegou, starred in Alpha's social series "To Deka", which was based on the novel of the same name by Karagatsis, and played in the series " "Friends forever" and "Kiss for life". Better known are her collaborations with Thodoris Papadoulakis in the series "The Island" on Mega in the 2010-11 season and "The word you don't say" on Alpha in the 2016-17 season. In the 2021-2023 season she plays in the Sasmos series of Alpha.

At the same time, during the 2000s, she acted in the movies: "2000 +1 Moments", "One and One", "No one loses at all", "Brazilero", "The Theaters" ", "Before the Night", "Parties" and "Dancing on Ice". The most recent films in which she participated are: "The Signature" in 2011 and "Adults in the Room" in 2019.

Η Μαρία Πρωτόπαππα (Κορυδαλλός, 28 Φεβρουαρίου 1971) είναι Ελληνίδα ηθοποιός της τηλεόρασης, του θεάτρου και του κινηματογράφου. Η Μαρία Πρωτόπαππα γεννήθηκε και μεγάλωσε στον Κορυδαλλό της Αττικής. Στην εφηβεία της, γράφτηκε σε ερασιτεχνικό θίασο και, αργότερα, σπούδασε στο Θέατρο Τέχνης «Κάρολος Κουν», απ' όπου αποφοίτησε στα μέσα της δεκαετίας του 1990. Τα επόμενα έξι χρόνια, εργάστηκε ως ηθοποιός στο θέατρο, αποκλειστικά σε παραστάσεις του.