Anamaria Marinca

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Anamaria Marinca
Anamaria Marinca in a presentation on November 24, 2007 in Panji.jpg
Marinca in 2007
Born (1978-04-01) 1 April 1978 (age 45)
Iași, Romania
OccupationActress
Years active2004–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 , earning several awards for her performance, and was nominated for the 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 presented the Shooting Stars Award by the European Film Promotion.

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Life and career

Marinca was born in Iași, Romania. She grew up with a strong foundation in the arts. Her mother was a classically trained violinist while her father was a theatre professor at the university level. She studied the violin all throughout her childhood when, at around the age of seven, she had announced she wanted to become an actress.

Marinca graduated from the University of Fine Arts, Music and Drama "George Enescu" in Iași.

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.[ citation needed ]

In 2007, she starred in the Romanian film 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile ( 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days ) by Cristian Mungiu, which won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, [1] and two other awards (the Cinema Prize of the French National Education System and the FIPRESCI Prize). [2] [3] She also appeared in the Francis Ford Coppola film Youth Without Youth . In 2008, she appeared as Yasim Anwar in the BBC 5-episode miniseries The Last Enemy . Marinca appeared in the Romanian drama Boogie and Oliver Hirschbiegel's acclaimed Five Minutes of Heaven . She later had a prominent role in the 2014 film Fury , in which she played a German woman named Irma who meets up with an American tank crew during World War II. She is a regular in the Welsh TV detective series Hinterland .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Otilia MihărtescuRomanian: 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile
2007 Youth Without Youth Hotel Receptionist
2008 Boogie Smaranda CiocăzanuAlso released as Summer Holiday
2009 Five Minutes of Heaven Vika
2009 Storm Mira Arendt
2009 The Countess Anna Darvulia
2010The Aviatrix of KazbekThe Aviatrix of KazbekDutch: De vliegenierster van Kazbek
2010The Pizza MiracleThe Madonna of the EelsShort film
2010Look, StrangerAnna
2011 Perfect Sense Street performer
2011OuroborosEvaShort film
2012A Cloud in a Glass of WaterAnnaFrench: Un Nuage Dans Un Verre D'Eau
2013 Europa Report Rosa Dasque
2014 Fury Irma
2015 Floride IvonaAlso released under English title Florida
2016 The Girl with All the Gifts Dr. Jean Selkirk
2017 Ghost in the Shell Dr Dahlin
2017 Nico, 1988 Sylvia
2020 The Old Guard Dr. Meta Kozak
2020The Bike ThiefElena
2022 You Won't Be Alone MariaPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Sex Traffic Elena VisinescuMiniseries; 2 of 2 episodes, Main Role
2006 Hotel Babylon NatashaTV Series; 1 episode: (S01 Ep03)
2008 The Last Enemy Yasim AnwarMiniseries; 5 of 5 episodes
2009Sleep with MeSylvieTelevision film [4]
2010 Holby City MotherTV series; 2 episodes: My No. 1 Fan (S13 Ep05) & The Lying Kind (S13 Ep09)
2011 Holby City Nadiya TereschenkoTV series; 1 episode: Wise Men (S14 Ep11)
2012 Wallander IneseTV series; 1 episode: The Dogs of Riga (S03 Ep01)
2012 Doctor Who DarlaTV series; 1 episode: Asylum of the Daleks (S07 Ep01)
2013 The Politician's Husband DitaMiniseries; 3 of 5 episodes (Parts 1, 2, & 3)
2013–2015 Hinterland Meg MathiasTV series; 4 episodes: In the Dead of Night - Part 1 (S02 Ep01), In the Dead of Night - Part 2 (S02 Ep02), Ceredigion - Part 1 (S02 Ep03), & Ceredigion - Part 2 (S02 Ep04)
2014 The Missing Rini DalcaTV series; 3 episodes: Gone Fishing (S01 Ep04), Molly (S01 Ep05), & Till Death (S01 Ep08)
2015 River EmaMiniseries; 1 of 6 episodes (Part 5)
2016-2018 Mars Marta KamenTV series; 12 episodes, regular
2017 Inspector George Gently Eve LiddellTV series; 1 Episode: Gently Liberated (S08 Ep01)
2018 Midsomer Murders Petra AntonescuTV Series; 1 episode: Death by Persuasion (S19 Ep05)
2019 Tin Star Sarah NickelTV series; 8 episodes, Season 2 regular
2019-2021 Temple SuzannaTV series; 9 episode, recurring role
2022The Chelsea DetectiveAstrid FischerTV series; 4 episodes: The Wages of Sin (S01 Ep01), Mrs Romano (S01 Ep02), The Gentle Giant (S01 Ep03), & A Chelsea Education (S01 Ep04)

Stage credits

TitleYearRoleProductionNotes
Measure for Measure 2006Mariana National Theatre, London
4:48 Psychosis2009 Young Vic Theatre, London.Sarah Kane's final play, directed by Christian Benedetti [5]
Routes2013Anka Royal Court Theatre

Radio credits

TitleYearRoleProductionNotes
Burying the Typewriter2012narratorSweet Talk Productions BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
Angielski2015narratorSweet Talk ProductionsBBC Radio 4 series

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2005 BAFTA Award Best Actress Sex Traffic Won
Golden Nymph Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a MiniseriesWon
Gemini Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or MiniseriesNominated
Royal Television Society Award Best Actor – FemaleWon
2008 European Film Award [6] Best Actress 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Nominated
Gopo Awards [7] Best Actress in a Leading RoleWon
International Cinephile Society AwardBest ActressWon
London Film Critics Circle Award [8] Actress of the Year Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award [9] Best ActressRunner-up
National Society of Film Critics Award Best ActressNominated
Palm Springs International Film Festival Award [10] Best Actress (shared with Laura Vasiliu)Won
Stockholm Film Festival Award [11] Best ActressWon
Village Voice Film Poll Best ActressWon
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award Best Actress Nominated
2009 Gopo Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Boogie Won
Romanian Filmmakers Union Award Best ActressWon

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