简介： Olimpia Melinte, born in Romania, started her professional career in the Octav Bancila University theatre, where she made her debut as Wendla in Frank Wedekind’s ‘Spring Awakening’, directed by actor Nicholas Ionescu. For this role she received the Best Actress Award at the National Olimpic Theater, Timisoara in 2005.
After studying Performing Arts at the George Enescu Arts Faculty she made her film debut in 2009 in ‘Floating Things’, directed by Mircea Daneliuc. For this work, she received two nominations at the Romanian Film Industry GOPO Awards as Best Actress and Best Newcomer in 2010.
In 2011 she was selected among 250 actresses for the leading role in Massimiliano and Gianluca de Serio’s Italian-language feature film ‘Seven Acts of Mercy’, which got her a Best Actress Award at the Bobbio film Festival in Italy. This film obtained ample recognition in international Festivals, and established Olimpia as a versatile actress able to play in four different languages.
