Early Life
Dimakos was raised in the rural town of Shelburne, Ontario, an hour north of Toronto. Her family ran a restaurant in the nearby town of Primrose, Ontario. She began working at the restaurant as a seating hostess, dishwasher and garlic bread cook at the age of 6, during the 1980s. Her family later sold the restaurant to relatives and opened another restaurant down the street in 1991.
Dimakos later attended Centre Dufferin District High School and starred in productions of Guys and Dolls and Bye, Bye Birdie. She graduated with honours and continued on with a partial scholarship to York University.
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