Maia Morgenstern
Maia Morgenstern ( born May 1, 1962 in Bucharest ) is a Romanian actress.
Morgenstern began her career as an actress in the theater. She still plays in the Romanian National Theatre in Bucharest and in the Jewish Theatre Bucharest.
About the borders of Romania, it became known through the film Tree of Hope. For her role in this film, she received the 1993 European Film Award for Best Actress. This recognition made sure that it was occupied in international productions. In 1994, she played in Nostradamus beside Rutger Hauer and F. Murray Abraham; In 1995, she occupied Theo Angelopoulos in Ulysses' Gaze alongside Harvey Keitel. Mel Gibson they occupied then in 2004 The Passion of Christ as Mary, mother of Jesus. In June 2012, she appeared in a short film, which was released on the Internet and turns against the largest gold - mining project in Romania's Rosia Montana.