Alexandra Dinu
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Alexandra Dinu (born 3 January 1981) is a Romanian actress and television presenter. Her most notable roles are Tatiana in Final Score, Grace in Bullet Head and Agent Rossi in 211.
Early life, family and education
[edit]Dinu was born in Bucharest, Romania.[citation needed] She studied at the Jean Monnet language school in Bucharest.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Her first appearance on television was as a host in 1999 as part of a program for Romanian TVR2 and, shortly after for TVR1. As an actress, Dinu is known in Europe for Second-Hand (2005), Garcea si oltenii (2001) and Examen (2003).
In 2017 Dinu appeared in Bullet Head, a crime thriller starring Adrien Brody, Antonio Banderas, and John Malkovich.[1] She appeared with Dave Batista and Pierce Brosnan in action film Final Score, set during the final match played by West Ham United at their Boleyn Ground preposterously hosting a European semi-final, as Tatiana, a terrorist kidnapper.[2][3]
Dinu appears as Agent Ross in 211 with Nicolas Cage.[4] A film written and directed by Roberto Leoni entitled The Serpent's Gift, in which she participated together with Dinu and Guglielmo Scilla, will be released in 2020.[5]
Personal life
[edit]From 2001 to 2003 she was married to the footballer Adrian Mutu with whom she has a son, Mario.[6] Mutu said the depression he fell into following his divorce from Dinu led to the cocaine use which caused his sacking by Chelsea FC in 2004,[7] despite first claiming he only failed a drugs test due to supplements designed to improve his sexual performance.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "'Bullet Head' Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 December 2017.
- ^ "Pierce Brosnan joins Dave Bautista in 'Final Score'".
- ^ "The Final Score - A Starring Role for the Boleyn Ground". 6 September 2018.
- ^ "'211' Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 7 June 2018.
- ^ "The Serpent's Gift (De Serpentis Munere) - films ready - films & docu".
- ^ "Alexandra Dinu e Il Tris di Fiction per la Rai".
- ^ https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/mutu-played-high-on-cocaine-6965248.html%3Famp [dead link]
- ^ "Mutu: I didn't take cocaine". TheGuardian.com. 22 October 2004.
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