Houkli was born in
Serres (Σέρρες), in northern Greece on 19 July 1961. She graduated from the University of
Thessaloniki, and worked as a lawyer for two years. In 1987 she began her career on
ERT3, worked on private TV channels and in 2000 returned to national television. In 2007, she hosted the political debate before the September elections. She also hosted three political debates in both spring and autumn 2009. Houkli had worked as a radio announcer. In 2009, she participated in the TV show
Great Greeks as a celebrity supporter of
Georgios Papanikolaou. It was announced in July 2010 that Houkli had signed on to present
ANT1 Channel's nightly news program starting 1 September 2010. As of January 2017, she is no longer working for ANT1. == Television career ==