Katerina Gogou was born in Athens, Greece. Her acting career started when she was still very young. She participated in over 20 movies. On 1977 she won the "Best Staring Actress" Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival for her acting in the movie "To vari peponi". Apart from her film work she was best known as a poet. Her poetry works include the book "Three Clicks Left" which was translated in english by Jack Hirchman and published by "Night Horn Books". On 1993 she commited suicide at the age of 53.