Irina Petrescu

June 19, 1941 · Bucureşti, Romania

Irina Petrescu (1941–2013) was a celebrated Romanian stage and screen actress, also active in radio and television.

She was discovered while still a university student by director Savel Stiopul, whose screen tests eventually reached Liviu Ciulei and led to her film debut in *The Danube Waves* (*Valurile Dunării*, 1960). Although she had initially enrolled in the Faculty of Letters, she went on to graduate from the “I.L. Caragiale” Institute of Theatre and Film Arts in Bucharest in 1963 (class of Ion Șahighian and David Esrig).

Often works with

Ion Caramitru
5 titles together
Beyond the Bridge, The Mornings of a Sensible Youth, Three Days and Three Nights
Fory Etterle
4 titles together
The White Moor, Three Days and Three Nights, Chief of the Souls Sector
Ştefan Iordache
3 titles together
Luxury Hotel, Those Who Pay with Their Lives, The Stranger
Constantin Codrescu
3 titles together
The White Moor, Three Days and Three Nights, The Stranger
Nucu Păunescu
3 titles together
The White Moor, Three Days and Three Nights, The Stranger
Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan
3 titles together
Beyond the Bridge, Three Days and Three Nights, The Carpathian Castle

Full filmography · 25

The Human Resources Manager
as Grandmother
20107.2
Luxury Hotel
cast
1992
Miss Christina
as Mrs. Moscu
1992
Those Who Pay with Their Lives
as Irena
1989
The Moment of Truth
cast
1989
Fourth Fence, by the Wharf
cast
1988
A Light on the 10th Floor
as inginera Maria Dinu
1984
The Impossible Love
as Sorana
1984
The Carpathian Castle
as Dora D'Istria
1981
Operation 'The Bus'
as Dominique Franga
1978
Three Days and Three Nights
as Hermina
1976
Beyond the Bridge
as Sister Aegidia
1975