Maia Emilia Ninel Morgenstern is a Romanian film and stage actress, described by Florin Mitu of AMOS News as "a symbol of Romanian theater and film". In the English-speaking world, she is best known for portraying the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. In Romania, she has been nationally known since her 1992 role as Nela in Balanța, a film known in the United States as The Oak, set during the waning days of Communist Romania. She received a star on the Romanian Walk of Fame in Bucharest on 1 May 2011.
Rosemary Ann Harris is an English actress. She is the recipient of such accolades as a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. In 1986, Harris was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
Amza Pellea was a Romanian actor noted for playing Romanian national heroes on film.
Saviana Stănescu is a Romanian-American award-winning playwright, ARTivist, and poet based in Ithaca, New York.
Zaharia Stancu was a Romanian prose writer, novelist, poet, and philosopher. He was also the director of the National Theatre Bucharest, the President of the Writers' Union of Romania, and a titular member of the Romanian Academy.
Elvira Popescu was a Romanian-French stage and film actress and theatre director. During the 1930s and 1940s, she starred in a number of French comedy films.
Răzvan Florin Fodor is a Romanian singer and actor, and TV personality. He was born on June 22, 1975 in Bucharest, Romania. He was the lead singer for the Romanian rock group Krypton from 2000 to 2006, as well as being a well-known actor on Romanian television.
Gábor Tompa is an internationally renowned Hungarian theater and film director, poet, essayist and teacher. Between 2007 and 2016 he was the Head of Directing at the Theatre and Dance Department of the University of California, San Diego. He is the general and artistic director of the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj since 1990, the theatre is member of the Union of the Theatres of Europe (UTE) since 2008. Founder and artistic director of the Interferences International Theatre Festival in Cluj, Romania. President of the Union of the Theatres of Europe since 2018.
Dina Cocea was a Romanian stage actress and occasional movie star with a career that spanned 50 years. Among other activities, Cocea was an actor in residence at the National Theatre Bucharest for 17 years, a professor and Dean at the University of Bucharest, writer and columnist, playwright, political activist, and representative to UNESCO.
Horațiu-Valentin Mălăele is a Romanian actor, cartoonist, writer, and theater and film director. In this last capacity he is often associated with the Romanian New Wave.
Violeta Andrei is a Romanian theater and film actress.
Emil Hossu was a Romanian actor.
Mircea Diaconu is a Romanian actor, writer, and politician. First appearing on stage in 1970, and on screen two years later, Diaconu pursued a lengthy career in both formats, working with a series of prominent directors. He acted in some sixty films through the 2000s, and continued to act in theatre during the ensuing decade. He took part in the Romanian Revolution. In 2008, he entered electoral politics, becoming a senator, and subsequently serving a term as a Member of the European Parliament. In 2019, he ran for president, placing fourth.
Andreea Bibiri is a Romanian film and stage actress, dubber and theatre director. She graduated from the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 1996 and has won two UNITER Prize awards as an actress. She is best known outside Romania for the role of Ana, in Tudor Giurgiu's "Of Snails and Men".
Dana Dogaru is a Romanian actress. She appeared in more than twenty films since 1977 and played at the Nottara Theater in Bucharest. In 2017 she received the Gopo Awards for best actress for her role in Sieranevada.
Alexandru Dabija is a stage director and actor in Romanian theater and film.
Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra was a Romanian actress and acting teacher. She is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of Romanian theater.
Irena Boclincă is a theater actress from Moldova who currently works and lives in Bucharest, Romania. She formerly played for the Eugène Ionesco National Theatre at Chișinău and is also a former television presenter.
Monalisa Basarab is a Romanian theater and film actress.
Constantin I. Nottara was a Romanian stage actor and director.
