Anamaria Marinca

Anamaria Marinca
Born	Anamaria Marinca 1 April 1978 (1978-04-01) Iaşi, Romania
Residence	London, the United Kingdom
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present

Anamaria Marinca (born 1 April 1978) is a Romanian actress. She made her screen debut with the Channel 4 film Sex Traffic, for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. Marinca is also known for her performance in 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu, which won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, while she herself earned several awards for her performance, and was nominated for the Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress, European Film Award for Best Actress, London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress and National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. In 2008, at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, she was one of ten young European actors that were presented the Shooting Stars Award by the European Film Promotion.

Biography

Marinca graduated from the University of Fine Arts, Music and Drama "George Enescu" in Iaşi. She speaks Romanian, English and French.

In 2005, she won three Best Actress Awards (the BAFTA Television Awards, the Royal Television Society Award and the 'Golden Nymph' at 45th Festival de Télévision de Monte Carlo) for her role in Sex Traffic, a CBC/Channel 4 drama about human trafficking. As well as appearing on stage in Romanian theatre productions, she also acted in Measure for Measure at the National Theatre in London.

In 2007, she starred in the Romanian film 4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) by Cristian Mungiu, which won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, and two other awards (the Cinema Prize of the French National Education System and the FIPRESCI prize). She also appeared in the Francis Ford Coppola film Youth Without Youth. In 2008 she appeared as a supporting character in the BBC 5-episode miniseries The Last Enemy as Yasim Anwar, a human rights activist and the lead character's love interest. Marinca appeared in the Romanian drama Boogie and Oliver Hirschbiegel's acclaimed Five Minutes of Heaven.

Most recently, Marinca played the leading role in Storm by Hans Christian Schmid, starred in Julie Delpy's The Countess and acted in Sleep with me by Marc Jobst.

From 24 July - 8 August 2009 Marinca was in Sarah Kane’s final play 4:48 Psychosis, directed by Christian Benedetti in the Young Vic Theatre in London.

Marinca has also appeared in the ITV drama (UK) Sleep With Me as a budding French author with sinister designs on the character played by Adrian Lester.

Filmography

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Sex Traffic	2004	Elena Visinescu	(TV Film) British Academy Television Award for Best Actress Golden Nymph Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor – Female Nominated—Germini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries
Hotel Babylon	2006	Natasha	(TV Series; 1 episode)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	2007	Otilia	4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile Palm Springs International Film Festival Award for Best Actress Stockholm Film Festival Award for Best Actress Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actress Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year Nominated—Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
Youth Without Youth	2007	Hotel Receptionist
The Last Enemy	2008	Yasim Anwar	(TV Miniseries)
Boogie	2008	Smaranda Ciocazanu	Also released as Summer Holiday Romanian Filmmakers Union Award for Best Actress
Five Minutes of Heaven	2009	Vika	Lecce Festival of European Cinema Award for Best Supporting Performance
Storm	2009	Mira Arendt
The Countess	2009	Anna Darvulia
Sleep with Me	2009	Sylvie	(TV Film)
The Aviatrix of Kazbek	2010	The Aviatrix of Kazbek	De vliegenierster van Kazbek
The Pizza Miracle	2010	The Madonna of the Eels	(Short Film)
Look, Stranger	2010	Anna
Holby City	2010	Mother	(TV Series; 2 episodes)
Ouroboros	2011	Eva	(Short Film)
Holby City	2011	Nadiya Tereschenko	(TV Series; 1 episode)
A Cloud in a Glass of Water	2012	Anna	(Post–production)
Europa	2013	Unknown	(Pre–production)

Stage credits

Title	Year	Role	Production	Notes
Measure for Measure	2006	Mariana	National Theatre, London
4:48 Psychosis	2009		Young Vic Theatre, London

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
British Academy Television Awards	2005	Best Actress	Sex Traffic	Won
Chlotrudis Awards	2009	Best Actress	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	Nominated
European Film Awards	2007	Best Actress	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	Nominated
Gemini Awards	2005	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries	Sex Traffic	Nominated
Lecce Festival of European Cinema	2010	Best Supporting Performance	Five Minutes of Heaven	Won
London Film Critics Circle Awards	2008	Actress of the Year	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	2007	Best Actress	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	Nominated
Monte-Carlo Television Festival Awards	2005	Golden Nymph for Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries	Sex Traffic	Won
National Society of Film Critics Awards	2008	Best Actress	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	Nominated
Palm Springs International Film Festival	2008	Best Actress	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	Won
Romanian Filmmakers Union Awards	2008	Best Actress	Boogie	Won
Royal Television Society Awards	2005	Best Actor – Female	Sex Traffic	Won
Shooting Stars Awards	2008	Shooting Star	—	Won
Stockholm Film Festival Awards	2007	Best Actress	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	Won

See also

• Romanian New Wave

External links

• Anamaria Marinca at the Internet Movie Database
• 2008 interview in The Guardian