Alexandra Dinu

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Alexandra Dinu (born 3 January 1981) is a Romanian actress and television presenter. Her most notable roles are Tatiana in Final Score, Grace in Bullet Head and Agent Rossi in 211 .

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Early life, family and education

Dinu was born in Bucharest, Romania.[ citation needed ] She studied at the Jean Monnet language school in Bucharest.[ citation needed ]

Career

Her first appearance on television was as a host in 1999 as part of a program for Romanian TVR2 and, shortly after for TVR1. As an actress, Dinu is known in Europe for Second-Hand (2005), Garcea si oltenii (2001) and Examen (2003).

In 2017 Dinu appeared in Bullet Head , a crime thriller starring Adrien Brody, Antonio Banderas, and John Malkovich. [1] She appeared with Dave Batista and Pierce Brosnan in action film Final Score , set during the final match played by West Ham United at their Boleyn Ground preposterously hosting a European semi-final, as Tatiana, a terrorist kidnapper. [2] [3]

Dinu appears as Agent Ross in 211 with Nicolas Cage. [4] A film written and directed by Roberto Leoni entitled The Serpent's Gift, in which she participated together with Dinu and Guglielmo Scilla, will be released in 2020. [5]

Personal life

From 2001 to 2003 she was married to the footballer Adrian Mutu with whom she has a son, Mario. [6] Mutu said the depression he fell into following his divorce from Dinu led to the cocaine use which caused his sacking by Chelsea FC in 2004, [7] despite first claiming he only failed a drugs test due to supplements designed to improve his sexual performance. [8]

References

  1. "'Bullet Head' Review". The Hollywood Reporter . 6 December 2017.
  2. "Pierce Brosnan joins Dave Bautista in 'Final Score'".
  3. "The Final Score - A Starring Role for the Boleyn Ground". 6 September 2018.[ dead link ]
  4. "'211' Review". The Hollywood Reporter . 7 June 2018.
  5. "The Serpent's Gift (De Serpentis Munere) - films ready - films & docu".
  6. "Alexandra Dinu e Il Tris di Fiction per la Rai".
  7. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/mutu-played-high-on-cocaine-6965248.html%3Famp [ dead link ]
  8. "Mutu: I didn't take cocaine". TheGuardian.com . 22 October 2004.