Cast
Maia Morgenstern
1962
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1992–1995
- Schools and movements
- Balkan CinemaContemporary European Art CinemaSlow and Contemplative Cinema
Directors worked with
Biography
Maia Emilia Ninel Morgenstern is a Romanian film and stage actress. Internationally, 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 role as Nela in the 1992 film Balanța, 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. In 2007, she was described by Florin Mitu of AMOS News as "a symbol of Romanian theater and film".
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Awards and honours
International
- European Film Award for Best Actress 1993
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit
National / local
- Commander of the National Order of Merit
3 films on this site
- The Oak 1992 · Lucian Pintilie · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
- Trahir 1993 · Radu Mihăileanu · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
- Ulysses' Gaze 1995 · Theo Angelopoulos · IMDb 7.6 · Cast