Sophia Tavoularis (1843–1916), was a Greek stage actress. She belonged to the pioneers of the modern Greek theater of the 19th century. Tavoularis is noted to be active as a member of the travelling theater company of her spouse and colleague , who was the leader of a Greek theater company touring Istanbul and the Greek cities such as Athens, Syros and Smyrna. The modern Greek theater was founded after the Greek independence of 1830, and the capital of Athens in itself did not have a theater until the Skontzopoulos Theatre of in 1836 and no permanent theatre until the Boukoura Theatre. The Tavoularis couple is regarded as one of the pioneers of the 19th-century Greek theater. They enjoyed great success and belonged to the more known Greek actors of their generation, popular in the Greek c