Ruxandra Porojnicu (born 5 July 1993) is a Romanian actress. She is known for her portrayal of

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in the British soap opera ''

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'' from 2019 until 2021.

Life and career

Porojnicu was born on 5 July 1993 in

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, Romania. While attending university, she spent time in America as part of her course; seeing a "different way of life" inspired her to move away. She received a degree in acting and puppetry from the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, and numerous theatre credits. At the age of 22, she left Romania to live in

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. Porojnicu stated that although she loves Romania, she left since she felt that career opportunities there are limited. Porojnicu has spoken about having to "start over" as she went to the United Kingdom. Upon moving, she had £300 to her name. She got a job at

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, and took acting classes. She also began working as an extra and doing modelling, some of which was unpaid, so that she could build a portfolio. Porojnicu got signed to an agency that specialised in advertisements with an acting department, where she received an audition for the role of

on the

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soap opera ''

''. She received the role, and has appeared as Alina since 2019. For her role, she was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2019 ''Inside Soap'' Awards.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Porojnicu, Ruxandra 1993 births Living people 21st-century Romanian actresses Actresses from Bucharest Actresses from London Romanian television actresses Romanian soap opera actresses Romanian expatriates in England