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.
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 ) 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 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 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 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: 2010 The Pizza Miracle The Madonna of the Eels Short film 2010 Look, Stranger Anna 2011Perfect Sense Street performer 2011 Ouroboros Eva Short film 2012 A Cloud in a Glass of Water Anna French: 2013 Europa Report Rosa Dasque 2014 Fury Irma 2015 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 2020The Bike Thief Elena 2022 You Won't Be Alone Maria 2023Housekeeping For BeginnersDitaMacedonian: Домаќинство за почетници
Television YearTitleRoleNotes 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 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 2019-2021Temple Suzanna TV series; 9 episode, recurring role 2022 - PresentThe 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 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 BenedettiRoutes2013AnkaRoyal Court Theatre
Radio credits Title Year Role Production NotesBurying the Typewriter2012narratorSweet Talk ProductionsBBC Radio 4 Book of the WeekAngielski2015narratorSweet Talk ProductionsBBC Radio 4 seriesBarbeque 67: The Original Summer of Love2022TerezaInternational Arts Partnership BBC Radio 4 play
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2005 BAFTA Award Best Actress Sex Traffic Golden Nymph Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries Gemini Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries Royal Television Society Award Best Actor – Female 2008 European Film Award Best Actress 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Gopo Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role International Cinephile Society Award Best Actress London Film Critics Circle Award Actress of the Year Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award Best Actress Palm Springs International Film Festival Award Best Actress (shared with Laura Vasiliu) Stockholm Film Festival Award Best Actress Village Voice Film Poll Best Actress Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award Best Actress 2009 Gopo Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Boogie Romanian Filmmakers Union Award Best Actress
See also Romanian New Wave
References
External links
2008 interview in The Guardian 2011 Interview