Maia Morgenstern

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1962-05-01 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Bucharest, Romania

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maia Morgenstern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1995

Ulysses' Gaze

as Ulysses' Wives

2004

Damen tango

as Alexandra

1993

Betrayal

as Maia Morgenstern

2016

1992

The Oak

as Nela

2010

Eva

as Maria

2004

2005

15

as Irene

1996

The Seventh Room

as Edith Stein

2010

2013

Miss Christina

as Mrs. Moscu

2002

Bed of Procust

as Doamna T

1984

Chained Justice

as Floraea

2003

2004

Orient Express

as Amalia Frunzetti

2024

Like Girls

as Silvia

1995

Mail life

as Mother

2016

High Strung

as Markova

1997

The Witman Boys

as Mrs. Witman

2017

The Crucifixion

as Dr. Funar

-

Revival

as Araksi Arakelian

2006

Mansfeld

as Mrs. Mansfeld

2003

2015

Exodus to Shanghai

as Mrs. Morgenstern

2019

The Bra

as Fidan

2024

What About Love

as Sister Martina

1999

The Death Triangle

as Regina Maria

2005

L'homme pressé

as Bonne de Bois de Rose

2018

Fault Condition

as Dr. Salid Blumberg

2019

Isha

as Mother

2006

1994

Nostradamus

as Helen

1988

1989

1992

2019

Lucania

as Argenzia

2013

Carmen

as Dr. Janos

2017

2020

The New Gospel

as Mother Mary

2009

Black Sea

as Madalina

2020

Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait

as Mother (segment "Isha")

-

High Grounds

as Stella Petrescu

1997

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