Birth Name: Maria Popistașu
Birth Date: 1980-01-21
Birth Place: Bucharest, Romania, Romania
Details
Alternate Names: Maria Popistașu, Alina-Maria Popistașu
Physical Characteristics: N/A
Career
First Appearances: - Crash Test Dummies (2005) as Ana
Most Important Roles: - My Mother, My Bride And I (2008) as Irina
- Love Sick (2006) as Kiki
- A Perfect Match (2007) as Alina
- Promising the Moon (2011) as Dace Kalnins
- Tuesday, After Christmas (2010) as Raluca
- One Floor Below (2015) as Laura
- Taxi Drivers (2023) as Ilinca
- Crash Test Dummies (2005) as Ana
- Ink Wash (2024) as Simona
- Heidi (2019) as Roxi
Career Highlights: - My Mother, My Bride And I (2008)
- Love Sick (2006)
- A Perfect Match (2007)
- Promising the Moon (2011)
- Tuesday, After Christmas (2010)
- One Floor Below (2015)
- Taxi Drivers (2023)
- Crash Test Dummies (2005)
- Ink Wash (2024)
- Heidi (2019)
Awards
Awards: - Won Adolf Grimme Award - Fiction (2009)
- Won EFP Shooting Star (2007)
- Won Gemini - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series (2005)
- Won Best Actress (2010)
- Won Best Actress (2010)
- Nominated for 1 Warsaw Grand Prix (2025)
- Won Gopo Award - Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Cea mai buna actrita într-un rol secundar) (2024)
- Nominated for 1 Gopo Award - Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Cea mai buna actrita într-un rol secundar) (2022)
- Nominated for 1 Gopo Award - Best Actress in a Leading Role (2011)
- Nominated for 1 Gopo Award - Best Actress in a Leading Role (2007)
- Won Bronze Elephant - Best Romanian Short Film (2019)
Full Biography
Born on the 21 of January 1980 in Bucharest Romania, Maria Popistasu graduated in 1998 an art high school, stage design department and in 2002 graduates The National University of Theater and Film from Bucharest, the acting department. While still a student she collaborated with the National Theatre for three years. She played Sacha in "The Living Dead" (L. N. Tolstoi) and Irina in "Three Sisters" (A. P. Cehov). Her film career started with Lady Marie in the British production Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004) , that won the FIPA D'OR Grand Prize and she quits the theater as she acts in the harrowing British miniseries Sex Traffic (2004) . The part of a young Romanian sold into slavery got her a Gemini Award for best supporting act. Maria can later be seen in the film Crash Test Dummies (2005) as Ana, Austrian film that won the Special award of the Jury in Cinessonne Filmfestival and in 2005 stars in her first Romanian production, "Love Sick" Love Sick (2006) , that will be presented at the 2006 Berlinale.
