Михаэла Сирбу

Mihaela Sîrbu

Mihaela Sîrbu graduated from Bucharest University with a BA in German Philology and from the National University of Theatre and Cinematography with a BA in the Theatrical Arts – the Art of Acting. She got a PhD in Theatre Studies in 2008.

She worked as an actress at the Jewish Theater and as an independent actress in Romania, Switzerland and Germany; she works as an Associate Professor at the Acting Department of the National University of Theatre and Cinematography and has taught in Germany, at the Athanor Akademie. In 1996, she founded the independent theatre group Teatrul fără Frontiere, where she is both manager and director and in 2009 the „School for Improvisation”, an educational project for non actors.

The feature film ,,The Phantom Father”, by Lucian Georgescu, marked her debut as a lead. It was followed by another lead part in ,,Everybody in Our Family”, directed by Radu Jude.
In 2012 Mihaela Sîrbu received Best Actress Award from the Romanian Filmmakers Union for the role of Tanya in ”The Phantom Father”, while she was also awarded with Prix d’Interpretation Janine Bazin at Entrevues International Film Festival Belfort, France, Best Actress Award at Gopo Awards and Best Actress Award from the Romanian Filmmakers Union for Otilia in “Everybody in Our Family”. In 2014 she was again nominated as Best Actress in a Supporting Role at Gopo Awards for Magda in "When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism", directed by Corneliu Porumboiu. For her role in „Aferim” by Radu Jude she received again the Best Actress Award at Gopo Awards 2016.