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Maia Morgenstern
Person

Maia Morgenstern

Specialty
Acting
Birth
May 1, 1962 · 64 years
Origin
Bucharest, Romania

Technical Alias

Maia Morgenstern IstodorMaia IstodorMaja Morgenstern마이아 모건스턴マヤ・モルゲンステルン

Professional Trajectory

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.

Registered Filmography