Alexandra Dinu

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Alexandra Dinu (born 3 January 1981, Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian actress and television presenter best known for her roles as Tatiana in Final Score, Grace in Bullet Head and Agent Rossi in 211.

Early life[edit]

Dinu studied at the Jean Monnet language school in Bucharest.

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]

  1. ^ "'Bullet Head' Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Pierce Brosnan joins Dave Bautista in 'Final Score'".
  3. ^ "The Final Score - A Starring Role for the Boleyn Ground". 6 September 2018.
  4. ^ "'211' Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 7 June 2018.
  5. ^ "The Serpent's Gift (De Serpentis Munere) - films ready - films & docu".
  6. ^ "Alexandra Dinu e Il Tris di Fiction per la Rai".
  7. ^ https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/mutu-played-high-on-cocaine-6965248.html%3Famp[dead link]
  8. ^ "Mutu: I didn't take cocaine". TheGuardian.com. 22 October 2004.

External links[edit]

  • Alexandra Dinu at IMDb
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