Luminita Gheorghiu

Luminita Gheorghiu was born on Sep 01, 1949 in Romania. Luminita Gheorghiu's big-screen debut came with Ahead of the Silence directed by Alexa Visarion in 1978. Luminita Gheorghiu is known for Aferim! directed by Radu Jude, Teodor Corban stars as Costandin and Mihai Comanoiu as Ionita. Luminita Gheorghiu has got 6 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Luminita Gheorghiu achieved is Gopo Awards, Romania. The upcoming new movie Luminita Gheorghiu plays is Aferim! which will be released on Jan 22, 2016.

Luminita Gheorghiu studied Ion Cojar's acting method under Ion Cojar himself at what is now called the National University of Theatre and Film from Bucharest. She had played in tens of movies and theatre shows since her graduation in 1972, but her real international breakthrough came with a role in the critically acclaimed La mort de Dante Lazarescu (2005), for which she won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress. For her performance in Mère et fils (2013), Luminita was nominated for Best Actress at the European Film Awards.