Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
5/1/1962
Place of Birth
Bucharest, Romania
Also Known As
Maia Morgenstern IstodorMaia IstodorMaja Morgenstern
Maia Morgenstern
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.
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Known For
The Crucifixion
as Dr. Funar
The Passion of the Christ
as Maria
The Bra
as Fidan
What About Love
as Sister Martina
Terezín
Unknown Role
The Oak
as Nela
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
as Woman at Fountain
The Seventh Room
as Edith Stein
Like Girls
as Silvia
Nostradamus
as Helen
Mansfeld
as Mrs. Mansfeld
Black Sea
as Madalina
Chained Justice
as Floraea
Forgotten by God
Unknown Role
Ulysses' Gaze
as Ulysses' Wives
The Witman Boys
as Mrs. Witman
L'homme pressé
as Bonne de Bois de Rose
Far from Here
as Donna
High Strung
as Markova
Exodus to Shanghai
as Mrs. Morgenstern