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Oana Pellea

Oana Pellea

Birthday: 1962-01-29 | Place of Birth: Bucharest, Romania

Oana Dariana Pellea (born 29 January 1962, Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian actress and daughter of Amza Pellea. She graduated from the "I.L. Caragiale" Theatre and Film Institute in 1984 and has worked in theatre, film, and television for over four decades. Her most internationally recognized film role is Marichka in Children of Men (2006); other credits include High Tension (2003) and The Gambler (2015). She is a long-standing member of the National Theatre Bucharest (since 2019) and also made her directorial debut in 2023. Among her awards are the Grand Cross and Sash of the Order of the Star of Romania, multiple UNITER Best Actress prizes, and Best Actress honors at the Geneva and San Marino film festivals for State of Things (1995).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2010
Bibliothèque Pascal

as    Rodica Paparu

2008
Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles

as    Queen Remini

2007
Children of Men

as    Marichka

2007
I Really Hate My Job

as    Rita

2006
White Palms

as    Mom

2005
High Tension

as    Alex' Mother

2004
Never Enough

as    Pusi

1995
State of Things

as    Alberta Costineanu

1990
Who Is Right?

as    Lidia Dumitru

1985
Home

as    Crina

1983
Sand Cliffs

as    Amira