Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 29, 1962
Place of Birth
Bucharest, Romania
Credits
22 titles
Oana Pellea
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
The Moromete Family 3: Father and Son
Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time
Fica
The Gambler
Bibliothèque Pascal
Rodica Paparu
Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles
Queen Remini
I Really Hate My Job
Rita
Children of Men
Marichka
White Palms
Mom
Never Enough
Pusi
High Tension
Alex' Mother
State of Things
Alberta Costineanu
Nostradamus
Landlady
Fox: Hunter
Irina
Where It Is Cold in the Sun
Who Is Right?
Lidia Dumitru
François Villon: The Maverick Poet
Home
Crina
Der Mann mit dem Ring im Ohr
Sand Cliffs
Amira
Life Like Laughing
Angela
Contest
Oana
The Power and The Truth