Known for Acting
Oana Dariana Pellea (born 29 January 1962, Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian actress and daughter of Amza Pellea. She graduated from the "I.L. Caragiale" Theatre and Film Institute in 1984 and has worked in theatre, film, and television for over four decades. Her most internationally recognized film role is Marichka in Children of Men (2006); other credits include High Tension (2003) and The Gambler (2015). She is a long-standing member of the National Theatre Bucharest (since 2019) and also made her directorial debut in 2023. Among her awards are the Grand Cross and Sash of the Order of the Star of Romania, multiple UNITER Best Actress prizes, and Best Actress honors at the Geneva and San Marino film festivals for State of Things (1995).
Born
January 29, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Bucharest, Romania
Filmography
22 films


The Moromete Family 3: Father and Son
2024 · 1h 50m
country: Romania
The story of Niculae, Moromete's youngest son, who in the 1950s becomes an acclaimed young writer who lives his life and complicated love stories in a charged atmosphere tainted by suspicion.


Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time
2018 · 1h 50m
country: Romania
A sequel to one of Romanian cinema’s most lauded adaptations, The Moromete Family, film tells the tale of Ilie Moromete and his family and focuses on his youngest son, Niculae. The entire order of the world of the village, where the most important thing is to own land and work it, changes upon the arrival of the Communist regime and collectivization.


The Gambler
2015 · 1h 45m
country: Hungary
The story of a wealth Eastern European family in Las Vegas, whose misunderstanding of American ways results in the loss of their dignity and self-respect.


Bibliothèque Pascal
2010 · 1h 45m
country: Germany
A single mother's struggle to support her child leads her into the surreal netherworld of illegal sexual enterprises, with her finally ending up in the Bibliothèque Pascal; an elegant but bizarre house of prostitution in which men can re-enact sexual scenarios inspired by great works of literature for a hefty fee.


Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles
2008 · 1h 24m
country: Romania
Princess Luisa and knight Gabriel must face a dragon to save their kingdom.


I Really Hate My Job
2007 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
While anticipating the arrival of a famous Hollywood star, five employees at a mediocre restaurant in London's Soho must deal with rats, arguments and kitchen-based power struggles.


Children of Men
2006 · 1h 49m
country: United Kingdom
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.


White Palms
2006 · 1h 37m
country: Hungary
Having suffered as a boy under a brutal Communist-era coach, champion Hungarian gymnast Miklos moves to Canada years later in search of a new start - only to find himself unwittingly perpetuating the very same cycle of abuse among his own pupils.
Never Enough
Never Enough
2004 · 1h 15m
country: Unknown
Sebastian (Rutger Hauer) sets up an ingenious plan to transform a woman from an unknown to a star by appearing together in the television show "Hidden Camera Live".


High Tension
2003 · 1h 31m
country: France
Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.


State of Things
1995 · 1h 29m
country: Romania
A story of revolution, betrayal, corruption and wrongful imprisonment, as well as human character and strength while facing them.


Nostradamus
1994 · 1h 59m
country: France
A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to his time at the court of Catherine de Medici, after he became famed for his prophetic almanacs. Stars Rutger Hauer and Julia Ormond.


Fox: Hunter
1993 · 1h 42m
country: Germany
Set in the period prior to the revolt in Timisoara in December 1989 and mirroring the events that led to the downfall of the dictator Ceausescu.


Where It Is Cold in the Sun
1991 · 1h 32m
country: Romania
Along the Black Sea coast, we see a man and a woman arguing. They are apparently vacationers. Before long, the man has gotten back into their car and driven off, stranding the woman in a remote area. She hitches a ride with a delivery truck driver. At one of his stops, she gets off his truck to go to get some water. When the driver comes back to his truck and sees her gone, he assumes she has found another ride, and leave her. Once again, she is stranded. This time, the location is a lighthouse. She and the keeper have no recourse but to become acquainted, and for the next few days, that is what they do. Eventually, the man who left her in the lurch comes back to look for her, and finds her at the lighthouse.


Who Is Right?
1990 · 1h 19m
country: Romania
A breakdown occurs in a factory on the banks of the Danube and a ministerial team begins an investigation. Alexandru Nedelcu is the inspector who came to investigate and has the complicated mission of finding the truth.


François Villon: The Maverick Poet
1987 · 3h 23m
country: France
The film is a novelized biography of François Villon (1431-1463), known as the Wandering Poet, who led a troubled life due to the fact that he supported the free expression of people in a coercive climate.
Home
Home
1985 · 1h 34m
country: Romania
A peasant went to work in constructions for a few years in Bucharest. He's thinking of returning home, but only after overturning his father's unfair sentence.


Der Mann mit dem Ring im Ohr
1984 · 1h 27m
country: Germany
For years, the carpenter Tillmann Rutenschneider has moved around. In 1932, at the age of thirty, he returns to his village in the Mark Brandenburg with a foreign wife. He builds a house and starts a family. It wasn't long before he became a victim of the new racial laws. His house is set on fire, his wife and child burn to death in the flames. He himself is sent to a concentration camp. After liberation, he returned to his home village, started a new family and built a new house. He joins forces with resettlers to form a cooperative, enforcing the land reform in his very own way. Tillmann falls into debt, gets into trouble and ends up in prison. He has to sell his house to pay off his debts. Released from prison, Tillmann Rutenschneider makes his way back to his village.


Sand Cliffs
1983 · 1h 33m
country: Romania
Hristea, a surgeon, spends his holidays at the seaside. While on the beach his belongings are stolen. The surgeon tells the policeman that the thief is a young man he had seen nearby. Although the accused doesn't admit to the wrongdoing, Hristea insists he should be punished. His obstinance will affect his marriage with his beautiful wife.


Life Like Laughing
1983 · 1h 31m
country: Romania
Three youngsters are sent to "re-education through labor" on a hydro dam construction site. They prove in the end to fare much better than some of their colleagues.


Contest
1982 · 1h 35m
country: Romania
An outdoors orientation contest turns into a journey to the participants' self and conscience.


The Power and The Truth
1972 · 2h 58m
country: Romania
This is a communist propaganda movie that follows the life of an engineer who is in conflict with power hungry apparatchiks.