Maia Morgenstern

Maia Morgenstern

Known for
Acting
Born
May 1, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Bucharest, Romania

Biography

A Romanian film and stage actress,  described by Florin Mitu of AMOS News as "a symbol of Romanian theater and film".  In the English-speaking world, she is probably best known for the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. In Romania, she has been nationally known since her 1992 role as Nela in Balanţa, a film known in the United States as The Oak, set during the waning days of Communist Romania. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maia Morgenstern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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A House in Kosovo

A House in Kosovo

Movie

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Revival poster

Revival

Movie · as Araksi Arakelian

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High Grounds poster

High Grounds

Movie · as Stella Petrescu

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Planurile iubirii poster

Planurile iubirii

Movie · as Mama

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I'm Moving in with Mom poster

I'm Moving in with Mom

Movie

2024
Like Girls poster

Like Girls

Movie · as Silvia

2024
What About Love poster

What About Love

Movie · as Sister Martina

2024
Rusalka

Rusalka

Movie

2023
Omul fără Linia Vieții poster

Omul fără Linia Vieții

Movie

2023
Terezín poster

Terezín

Movie

2022
The Goat and Her Three Kids poster

The Goat and Her Three Kids

Movie · as Goat

2022
Mihai Viteazul: Prințul intrat în legenda Europei poster

Mihai Viteazul: Prințul intrat în legenda Europei

Movie

2020
The New Gospel poster

The New Gospel

Movie · as Mother Mary

2020
Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait poster

Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait

Movie · as Mother (segment "Isha")

2019
The Bra poster

The Bra

Movie · as Fidan

2019
Isha poster

Isha

Movie · as Mother

2019
Lucania poster

Lucania

Movie · as Argenzia

2019
The Goat and Her Three Kids poster

The Goat and Her Three Kids

Movie · as Capra

2019
The Sacrifice poster

The Sacrifice

TV · as Eva · 54 eps

2018
Fault Condition poster

Fault Condition

Movie · as Dr. Salid Blumberg

2017
The Crucifixion poster

The Crucifixion

Movie · as Dr. Funar

2017
Far from Here poster

Far from Here

Movie · as Donna

2016
Kidnapped in Romania poster

Kidnapped in Romania

Movie · as Daniela

2016
High Strung poster

High Strung

Movie · as Markova

2015
Exodus to Shanghai poster

Exodus to Shanghai

Movie · as Mrs. Morgenstern

2013
Miss Christina poster

Miss Christina

Movie · as Mrs. Moscu

2013
Carmen poster

Carmen

Movie · as Dr. Janos

2012
Iubire Elenă poster

Iubire Elenă

Movie

2012
Las Fierbinti poster

Las Fierbinti

TV · as Rapidoaica · 14 eps

2011
The End of Silence poster

The End of Silence

Movie · as Anne

2011
Transylvania Girl poster

Transylvania Girl

Movie

2010
Eva poster

Eva

Movie · as Maria

2010
The Green Moon poster

The Green Moon

Movie · as Simona

2010
In the Name of Honour poster

In the Name of Honour

TV · as Marieta Stuttman · 76 eps

2009
One second of life poster

One second of life

Movie

2009
Black Sea poster

Black Sea

Movie · as Madalina

2009
Aniela poster

Aniela

TV · as Maica Irina · 59 eps

2008
My Mother, My Bride And I poster

My Mother, My Bride And I

Movie · as Bogdana

2006
Mansfeld poster

Mansfeld

Movie · as Mrs. Mansfeld

2006
Margo poster

Margo

Movie

2005
15 poster

15

Movie · as Irene

2005
L'homme pressé poster

L'homme pressé

Movie · as Bonne de Bois de Rose

2004
The Passion of the Christ poster

The Passion of the Christ

Movie · as Maria

2004
Damen tango

Damen tango

Movie · as Alexandra

2004
The Big Question poster

The Big Question

Movie · as Self

2004
Orient Express poster

Orient Express

Movie · as Amalia Frunzetti

2004
ABC Primetime: Mel Gibson's Passion poster

ABC Primetime: Mel Gibson's Passion

Movie · as Self

2003
Fool's Song poster

Fool's Song

Movie · as Gina

2003
Rose's Songs poster

Rose's Songs

Movie · as Olga

2002
Bed of Procust poster

Bed of Procust

Movie · as Doamna T

2000
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula poster

Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula

Movie · as Woman at Fountain

1999
The Death Triangle poster

The Death Triangle

Movie · as Regina Maria

1999
Face to Face poster

Face to Face

Movie

1997
The Witman Boys poster

The Witman Boys

Movie · as Mrs. Witman

1997
The Man of the Day poster

The Man of the Day

Movie

1997
O zi

O zi

Movie

1996
The Seventh Room poster

The Seventh Room

Movie · as Edith Stein

1995
Ulysses' Gaze poster

Ulysses' Gaze

Movie · as Ulysses' Wives

1995
Mail life poster

Mail life

Movie · as Mother

1994
Nostradamus poster

Nostradamus

Movie · as Helen

1993
Betrayal poster

Betrayal

Movie · as Maia Morgenstern

1993
The Earth's Most Beloved Son poster

The Earth's Most Beloved Son

Movie · as Matilda

1992
The Oak poster

The Oak

Movie · as Nela

1992
Casa din vis poster

Casa din vis

Movie · as Vica

1990
Remainders poster

Remainders

Movie

1990
Marea sfidare

Marea sfidare

Movie · as Barbara Jaworska

1989
Only the memories… poster

Only the memories…

Movie

1989
Those Who Pay with Their Lives poster

Those Who Pay with Their Lives

Movie · as Maria Sineşti

1988
Maria and the Sea

Maria and the Sea

Movie · as Maria

1987
The Season of Love poster

The Season of Love

Movie

1984
Chained Justice poster

Chained Justice

Movie · as Floraea

1984
The Secret of Bacchus poster

The Secret of Bacchus

Movie · as Coca

1984
Too Hot for May poster

Too Hot for May

Movie · as Dorina