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My Take
Anamaria Marinca is one of those actors whose breakthrough still gives me chills. Winning a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress on her screen debut, the Channel 4 film Sex Traffic, is almost unheard of, and it told me right away this was serious talent. Then came 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, a performance so raw and restrained it anchored one of the defining films of the Romanian New Wave. I admire that she moves fluidly between stage and screen rather than chasing pure celebrity. Her quiet intensity is the sort of thing I gravitate toward, and her trajectory feels driven by craft above all.
Overview
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 Actr…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Anamaria Marinca
- Name (Japanese)
- アナマリア・マリンカ
- Reading
- あなまりあ・まりんか
- Born
- April 1, 1978 (age 48)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Horse
- Origin
- Iași, Iași County, Romania
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- British Academy Television Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.