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.

Anamaria Marinca
Marinca in 2024
Born (1978-04-01) 1 April 1978 (age 46)
Iași, Romania
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present

Life and career

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Otilia Mihărtescu Romanian: 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile
2007 Youth Without Youth Hotel Receptionist
2008 Boogie Smaranda Ciocăzanu Also released as Summer Holiday
2009 Five Minutes of Heaven Vika
2009 Storm Mira Arendt
2009 The Countess Anna Darvulia
2010 The Aviatrix of Kazbek The Aviatrix of Kazbek Dutch: De vliegenierster van Kazbek
2010 The Pizza Miracle The Madonna of the Eels Short film
2010 Look, Stranger Anna
2011 Perfect Sense Street performer
2011 Ouroboros Eva Short film
2012 A Cloud in a Glass of Water Anna French: Un Nuage Dans Un Verre D'Eau
2013 Europa Report Rosa Dasque
2014 Fury Irma
2015 Floride Ivona Also 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
2020 The Bike Thief Elena
2022 You Won't Be Alone Maria
2023 Housekeeping For Beginners Dita Macedonian: Домаќинство за почетници

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Sex Traffic Elena Visinescu Miniseries; 2 of 2 episodes, Main Role
2006 Hotel Babylon Natasha TV Series; 1 episode: (S01 Ep03)
2008 The Last Enemy Yasim Anwar Miniseries; 5 of 5 episodes
2009 Sleep with Me Sylvie Television film[4]
2010 Holby City Mother TV series; 2 episodes: My No. 1 Fan (S13 Ep05) & The Lying Kind (S13 Ep09)
2011 Holby City Nadiya Tereschenko TV series; 1 episode: Wise Men (S14 Ep11)
2012 Wallander Inese TV series; 1 episode: The Dogs of Riga (S03 Ep01)
2012 Doctor Who Darla von Karlsen TV series; 1 episode: Asylum of the Daleks (S07 Ep01)
2013 The Politician's Husband Dita Miniseries; 3 of 5 episodes (Parts 1, 2, & 3)
2013–2015 Hinterland Meg Mathias TV 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 Dalca TV series; 3 episodes: Gone Fishing (S01 Ep04), Molly (S01 Ep05), & Till Death (S01 Ep08)
2015 River Ema Miniseries; 1 of 6 episodes (Part 5)
2016-2018 Mars Marta Kamen TV series; 12 episodes, regular
2017 Inspector George Gently Eve Liddell TV series; 1 Episode: Gently Liberated (S08 Ep01)
2018 Midsomer Murders Petra Antonescu TV Series; 1 episode: Death by Persuasion (S19 Ep05)
2019 Tin Star Sarah Nickel TV series; 8 episodes, Season 2 regular
2019-2021 Temple Suzanna TV series; 9 episode, recurring role
2022 The Chelsea Detective Astrid Fischer TV 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

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Title Year Role Production Notes
Measure for Measure 2006 Mariana National Theatre, London
4:48 Psychosis 2009 Young Vic Theatre, London. Sarah Kane's final play, directed by Christian Benedetti[5]
Routes 2013 Anka Royal Court Theatre

Radio credits

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Title Year Role Production Notes
Burying the Typewriter 2012 narrator Sweet Talk Productions BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
Angielski 2015 narrator Sweet Talk Productions BBC Radio 4 series
Barbeque 67: The Original Summer of Love 2022 Tereza International Arts Partnership BBC Radio 4 play

Awards and nominations

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Scott, A.O.; Dargis, Manohla (27 May 2007). "Romania rules at Cannes Film Festival". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 4 June 2007.
  2. ^ Levy, Emanuel (10 July 2007). "4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days to be Shown in French Schools". Emanuellevy.com. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ^ McCarthy, Todd (29 May 2007). "Croisette compromises". Daily Variety. p. 15.
  4. ^ "Sleep With Me". Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Young Vic Theatre". Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  6. ^ Staff (5 November 2007). "European Film Awards nominees". Variety. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Castigatori 2008". Asociaţia pentru Promovarea Filmului Românesc. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  8. ^ Kemp, Stuart (15 December 2007). "London critics like the look of 'Blood'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  9. ^ "33rd annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards". Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  10. ^ Saperstein, Pat (13 January 2008). "Found wins big at Palm Springs". Variety. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  11. ^ "VINNARFILM – 4 MÅNADER, 3 VECKOR OCH 2 DAGAR". Stockholm Film Festival. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
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