Catrinel Dumitrescu (born 11 October 1956) is a Romanian film and theater actress. Born in

Brăila Brăila (, also , ) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County. The ''Sud-Est'' Regional Development Agency is located in Brăila. According to the 2011 Romanian census there were 180,302 pe ...

, her debut came when she was 16, and was selected by director Alexandru Tocilescu to play a role at the local theater in the play ' by

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. She graduated in 1979 from the

Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film The Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Națională de Artă Teatrală și Cinematografică "I.L. Caragiale") is a public university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1954. It is named in honour of pla ...

, where she studied with

Octavian Cotescu Octavian Cotescu (14 February 1931 – 22 August 1985) was a Romanian actor. Activity Filmography * ''Diminețile unui băiat cuminte'' (1967) * ''Atunci i-am condamnat pe toți la moarte'' (1972) * ''Păcală (film), Păcală'' (1974) – the t ...

and . In her third year of studies she played at the

Bulandra Theatre The Bulandra Theatre ( ro, Teatrul Bulandra) in Bucharest, Romania was founded in 1947 as Teatrul Municipal; its first director was Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra, one of the leading Romanian stage actresses of her generation. Liviu Ciulei was director b ...

in ''Provincial Anecdotes'' by

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, next to

Tamara Buciuceanu Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez (10 August 1929 – 15 October 2019) was a Romanian stage, screen and television actress, as well a known TV personality. She was one of the most successful Romanian actresses of the 1960s–2000s who worked at Odeon Thea ...

, Ștefan Bănică, and . From 1974 to 1989 she played at the Lucian Blaga National Theater in

Cluj-Napoca ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

. Since 1991 she has played at the in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

. Dumitrescu is a professor at , Faculty of Arts, Acting department. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 1977. She was married to actor

Emil Hossu Emil Hossu (; 24 November 1941 – 25 January 2012) was a Romanian actor. Hossu was born into a Greek-Catholic family in Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County. He was a well-known actor of stage and screen in the 1980s and 1990s, having performed in ...

. In December 2002 she was awarded by

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the National Order of Merit, Knight rank. In 2012 she received the Gopo Award for best supporting actress for her role in the movie

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Selected filmography

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* 1956 births Living people People from Brăila 20th-century Romanian actresses 21st-century Romanian actresses Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film alumni Recipients of the National Order of Merit (Romania) {{Romania-actor-stub