Ecaterina Nazare
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Ecaterina Nazare is a Romania
n actress.
She was the winner of the ACIN Best Actress award for her cinematic performances in 1983 and 1985, and is noted in particular for her portrayal of Maria in the Dan Piţa
film, Pas în doi
. During the 1990s and early 2000s, Ecaterina was employed by the National Theatre
in Bucharest
.
, Neamţ County
, Nazare began as a stage actress in the early 1980s, when she became employed at the Toma Caragiu Theatre in Ploieşti
(1981). During the same decade, she appeared in plays such as Paul Everac
's Don Juan, Ion Luca Caragiale
's D-ale carnavalului and Dumitru Radu Popescu
's Aceşti îngeri trişti, all under theatre director Dragoş Galgoţiu.
She made her Romanian film industry
debut in 1983 in the film Lisca in which she played the title character Lisca which won her her first ACIN Best Actress Award. Then, in 1985, she starred as Maria in the Dan Piţa
film, Pas în doi
. Her performance once again garnered her the ACIN Award for Best Actress. In 1986 she had a prolific year, appearing in The Shadows of the Sun (Umbrele soarelui), O clipă de ragaz and Battle in the Shadows (Bătălia din umbră).
In 1988, Nazare starred as "Mama" in the film Cîntec in zori. Directed by Dinu Tănase, she starred alongside actors such as Dan Condurache, Ion Fiscuteanu
, Remus Mărgineanu, Ionel Mihăilescu, Irina Petrescu, Mitică Popescu etc. She followed this in 1990 with the film Sanda.
In 1990, after the Romanian Revolution
toppled the communist regime
, she left the film industry and the theatre she had been performing at in Ploieşti amongst her cinematic appearances and concentrated on national stage acting at the main National Theatre
in Bucharest
. She would appear in many national production throughout the 1990s. In 1990 she made a number of stage performances under the directorship of Andrei Şerban
, including as Liz Morden in Cine are nevoie de teatru? (after Timberlake Wertenbaker
), Andromache
in Şerban's Troienele - O tragedie greacă and Audiţia, based on Michael Bennett
. In 1991 she played Varvara in the play Morişca by Ion Luca under the directorship of George Motoi and later amongst other roles, Orseta in Carlo Goldoni
's Le baruffe chiozzotte
(Gâlcevile din Chioggia) under the supervision of Dana Dima. In the early 1990s she also appeared in a show based on Shakespeare's sonnets
and in Orpheus in the Underworld
, both led by Mihai Manolescu.
In 1994 she appeared in Federico Garcia Lorca
's play The House of Bernarda Alba and in 1995, in Der Park (Parcul) by Botho Strauß
, under the helm of Tudor Ţepeneag. She would later again be directed by Ţepeneag in 2004's production, Povestiri din zona interzisă. Later in 2004 she played the character of Beatrice in Arthur Miller
's A View from the Bridge
, directed by Vladimir Ilniţchi, and in 2008 portrayed Mihaela in Rodica Popescu Bitănescu
's Încă-i bine.
, was released on March 20, 2009 and co-starred actors such as Medeea Marinescu
, Adela Popescu
, Tudor Istodor, Ion Săpdaru, Constantin Ghenescu and Gheorghe Dinică
.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n actress.
She was the winner of the ACIN Best Actress award for her cinematic performances in 1983 and 1985, and is noted in particular for her portrayal of Maria in the Dan Piţa
Dan Pita
-Career:Piţa has directed several award-winning films since 1970, including the 1985 hit Pas în doi, which won an Honourable Mention at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival...
film, Pas în doi
Pas în doi
Pas în doi, also known as Passo Doble, is a 1985 Romanian film directed by Dan Piţa. It stars Claudiu Bleonţ, Petre Nicolae, Anda Onesa and Ecaterina Nazare...
. During the 1990s and early 2000s, Ecaterina was employed by the National Theatre
National Theatre Bucharest
The National Theatre Bucharest is one of the national theatres of Romania, located in the capital city of Bucharest.-Founding:It was founded as the Teatrul cel Mare din Bucureşti in 1852, its first director being Costache Caragiale...
in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
.
Early stage and film work
A native of Valea UrsuluiValea Ursului
Valea Ursului is a commune in Neamţ County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bucium, Chilii, Giurgeni, Muncelu de Jos and Valea Ursului....
, Neamţ County
Neamt County
Neamț is a county of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. It has three communes, Bicaz-Chei, Bicazu Ardelean and Dămuc in Transylvania.-Demographics:...
, Nazare began as a stage actress in the early 1980s, when she became employed at the Toma Caragiu Theatre in Ploieşti
Ploiesti
Ploiești is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located north of Bucharest....
(1981). During the same decade, she appeared in plays such as Paul Everac
Paul Everac
Paul Everac was a prolific Romanian drama writer who wrote under his birth name, Petre Constantinescu.He was Chairman of the Romanian Television between 1993 and 1994...
's Don Juan, Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...
's D-ale carnavalului and Dumitru Radu Popescu
Dumitru Radu Popescu
Dumitru Radu Popescu is a Romanian novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist, short story writer, and formerly communist politician. A former member of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party , he is a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy and was, between 1980 and 1990, Chairman of...
's Aceşti îngeri trişti, all under theatre director Dragoş Galgoţiu.
She made her Romanian film industry
Cinema of Romania
The cinema of Romania is the art of motion-picture making within the nation of Romania or by Romanian filmmakers abroad.As upon much of the world's early cinema, the ravages of time have left their mark upon Romanian film prints. Tens of titles have been destroyed or lost for good...
debut in 1983 in the film Lisca in which she played the title character Lisca which won her her first ACIN Best Actress Award. Then, in 1985, she starred as Maria in the Dan Piţa
Dan Pita
-Career:Piţa has directed several award-winning films since 1970, including the 1985 hit Pas în doi, which won an Honourable Mention at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival...
film, Pas în doi
Pas în doi
Pas în doi, also known as Passo Doble, is a 1985 Romanian film directed by Dan Piţa. It stars Claudiu Bleonţ, Petre Nicolae, Anda Onesa and Ecaterina Nazare...
. Her performance once again garnered her the ACIN Award for Best Actress. In 1986 she had a prolific year, appearing in The Shadows of the Sun (Umbrele soarelui), O clipă de ragaz and Battle in the Shadows (Bătălia din umbră).
In 1988, Nazare starred as "Mama" in the film Cîntec in zori. Directed by Dinu Tănase, she starred alongside actors such as Dan Condurache, Ion Fiscuteanu
Ion Fiscuteanu
Ioan Fiscuteanu was a Romanian theater and film actor. He last worked at the National Theater in Târgu-Mureş. He was born in Sânmihaiu de Câmpie, Bistriţa-Năsăud, Romania....
, Remus Mărgineanu, Ionel Mihăilescu, Irina Petrescu, Mitică Popescu etc. She followed this in 1990 with the film Sanda.
National Theatre stage acting
Romanian Revolution of 1989
The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a series of riots and clashes in December 1989. These were part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several Warsaw Pact countries...
toppled the communist regime
Communist Romania
Communist Romania was the period in Romanian history when that country was a Soviet-aligned communist state in the Eastern Bloc, with the dominant role of Romanian Communist Party enshrined in its successive constitutions...
, she left the film industry and the theatre she had been performing at in Ploieşti amongst her cinematic appearances and concentrated on national stage acting at the main National Theatre
National Theatre Bucharest
The National Theatre Bucharest is one of the national theatres of Romania, located in the capital city of Bucharest.-Founding:It was founded as the Teatrul cel Mare din Bucureşti in 1852, its first director being Costache Caragiale...
in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
. She would appear in many national production throughout the 1990s. In 1990 she made a number of stage performances under the directorship of Andrei Şerban
Andrei Serban
Andrei Șerban is a Romanian-born American theater director. A major name in twentieth-century theater, he is renowned for his innovative and iconoclastic interpretations and stagings...
, including as Liz Morden in Cine are nevoie de teatru? (after Timberlake Wertenbaker
Timberlake Wertenbaker
- Biography :Wertenbaker grew up in the Basque Country of France near Saint-Jean-de-Luz. She attended schools in Europe and the US before settling permanently in London...
), Andromache
Andromache
In Greek mythology, Andromache was the wife of Hector and daughter of Eetion, and sister to Podes. She was born and raised in the city of Cilician Thebe, over which her father ruled...
in Şerban's Troienele - O tragedie greacă and Audiţia, based on Michael Bennett
Michael Bennett
Michael Bennett was an American musical theater director, writer, choreographer, and dancer. He won seven Tony Awards for his choreography and direction of Broadway shows and was nominated for an additional eleven....
. In 1991 she played Varvara in the play Morişca by Ion Luca under the directorship of George Motoi and later amongst other roles, Orseta in Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty...
's Le baruffe chiozzotte
Le baruffe chiozzotte
Le baruffe chiozzotte is a play by Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni, first performed at the Teatro San Luca in Venice in January 1762. It deals with the comic struggles between two families of fishermen in the lagoon-mouth village of Chioggia brought on by the love affairs of the younger generation...
(Gâlcevile din Chioggia) under the supervision of Dana Dima. In the early 1990s she also appeared in a show based on Shakespeare's sonnets
Shakespeare's sonnets
Shakespeare's sonnets are 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare, dealing with themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality. All but two of the poems were first published in a 1609 quarto entitled SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS.: Never before imprinted. Sonnets 138 and 144...
and in Orpheus in the Underworld
Orpheus in the Underworld
Orphée aux enfers is an opéra bouffon , or opéra féerie in its revised version, by Jacques Offenbach. The French text was written by Ludovic Halévy and later revised by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux....
, both led by Mihai Manolescu.
In 1994 she appeared in Federico Garcia Lorca
Federico García Lorca
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads...
's play The House of Bernarda Alba and in 1995, in Der Park (Parcul) by Botho Strauß
Botho Strauß
Botho Strauss is a German playwright, novelist and essayist.-Biography:Botho Strauss's father was a chemist. After finishing his secondary education, Strauss studied German, History of the Theatre and Sociology in Cologne and Munich, but never finished his dissertation on Thomas Mann und das Theater...
, under the helm of Tudor Ţepeneag. She would later again be directed by Ţepeneag in 2004's production, Povestiri din zona interzisă. Later in 2004 she played the character of Beatrice in Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,...
's A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller that was first staged on September 29, 1955 as a one-act verse drama with A Memory of Two Mondays at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway. The play was unsuccessful and Miller subsequently revised the play to contain two acts; this...
, directed by Vladimir Ilniţchi, and in 2008 portrayed Mihaela in Rodica Popescu Bitănescu
Rodica Popescu Bitanescu
Rodica Popescu Bitănescu is a Romanian actress. Currently, she works in the National Theatre of Bucharest.-Filmography:*"Ministerul comediei" *Cu materialul clientului *Harababura *Coana Chirita *Aripi de zapada...
's Încă-i bine.
Return to cinema
She returned to cinema briefly in 2002 in the film Bless You, Prison (Binecuvântata fii, închisoare) in which she played a prisoner. She has since starred as Elena in the 2009 film Weekend with my Mother. The film, directed by Stere GuleaStere Gulea
Stere Gulea is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.-Filmography:*Weekend cu mama *Stare de fapt , also screenplay*Vulpe - Vânǎtor...
, was released on March 20, 2009 and co-starred actors such as Medeea Marinescu
Medeea Marinescu
Medeea Marinescu is a Romanian film actress. She played the role of Elena in the French film Je Vous Trouve Très Beau.-External links:...
, Adela Popescu
Adela Popescu
Adela Popescu is a Romanian actress and singer.-Early life:Adela Popescu was born in the poor village of Susani; she was a normal girl but become famous when she gained a role in the first Romanian soap opera Numai Iubirea . She had good acting skills so the producers decided to give her a role as...
, Tudor Istodor, Ion Săpdaru, Constantin Ghenescu and Gheorghe Dinică
Gheorghe Dinica
Gheorghe Dinică was a Romanian actor.Dinică showed an early interest in acting, being part of different amateur theater troupes since he was 17. In 1957, he entered The National Institute of Theatre and Cinematography Art in Bucharest. He graduated in 1961, already drawing public attention with...
.