Iris grew up in Corfu, Greece. She is a director and performer. As a performer, she has won the Grand Prix Europa 2015 with AndCompany&Co for the performance Orpheus in der Oberwelt and has performed in numerous international theatres and festivals, including: HAU Hebbel am Uffer (Berlin), Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt), Forum Freis Theater (Dusseldorf), Hippodrome (France), steirischer herbst (Austria), and Belluard Bollwerk International (Switzerland). She has also participated in documenta 14, in the performance Round-up by Mary Zygouri. A firm believer in the therapeutic potential of the performing arts, Iris expanded her knowledge by studying dramatherapy in Berlin. Goads, her first film as a director, has received numerous prizes and special mentions in a number of international film festivals, including: the Drama International Short Film Festival (Greece), the Athens International Film Festival (Greece) and the Trieste Film Festival (Italy), while it was named Best Short Film at the BUFF International Film Festival in Sweden. In addition, Goads was officially selected by the ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao (Spain), the Riga International Film Festival (Latvia), the Go Short –International Film Festival Nijmegen (the Netherlands), and the Rhode Island International Film Festival (USA). She has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS (2021). In her filmmaking practice, Iris is interested in examining the liberating power of trauma as an expression of the journey of our soul and of our human nature.