Elina Levenzon is a Romanian actress. She was born on July 11, 1966 in Bucharest, Romania. Her father was an official in the Romanian government and her mother a ballerina. Due to her Jewish background, Elina’s father was captured and died soon after. The mother managed to get a green card, and at the age of fourteen, the girl moved from Romania to the United States of America. There, the future actress began to make every effort to realize her dream of the theater scene.
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Elina Levenzon is a Romanian actress. She was born on July 11, 1966 in Bucharest, Romania. Her father was an official in the Romanian government and her mother a ballerina. Due to her Jewish background, Elina’s father was captured and died soon after. The mother managed to get a green card, and at the age of fourteen, the girl moved from Romania to the United States of America. There, the future actress began to make every effort to realize her dream of the theater scene.
The girl successfully entered the University of Michigan in the theater department, and then in the Horizon School of Drama in New York. It was there that the aspiring actress played roles in several films directed by Hal Hartley.
Thanks to the exotic appearance, Elina began to be invited to roles in films.
In 1993, Levenson's fame brought the role of Diana Reuters in the film of the famous Steven Spielberg.
Schindler's List . The film was based on Thomas Kenilly’s novel Schindler’s Ark, which told the story of a German businessman who saved more than a thousand Jews from the deaths during World War II. The film made a furor and with a budget of twenty-two million dollars in the world box office collected more than three hundred and twenty million dollars. Together with Elina in the film starred such stars of world cinema as Liam Neeson, Caroline Goodall, Ben Kingsley, Jonathan Sagall, Shmuel Levy, Rafe Fiennes and Malgosha Gebel.
In total, during her career, the talented actress starred in more than thirty films. Among them were films such as “Ordinary People.”
"I declare war" "Black Venus", "Lourdes", "Brotherhood of Stone",
"At War" "Tragic story with a happy ending", "Quick Sands", "Girl on the verge of a nervous breakdown", "Everything will soon get better", "Long engagement", "Picture of the child of Jeanne Dow", "Dark water", "I am not Rappoport", "Blood with milk", "Wisdom of crocodiles" and others. She is also known for her roles in the television series Pure English Murder and Seinfield.
Currently, Elina Levenzon continues to star in television series and play in the theater.