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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 by Cristian Mungiu, which won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, while she herself earned several awards for her performance, and was nominated for the Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress, European Film Award for Best Actress, London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year, Los Angeles Film Critics... MORE

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 by Cristian Mungiu, which won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, while she herself earned several awards for her performance, and was nominated for the Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress, 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 one of ten young European actors that were presented the Shooting Stars Award by the European Film Promotion. Marinca graduated from the University of Fine Arts, Music and Drama "George Enescu" in Iaşi. She speaks Romanian, English and French. 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 LESS