Elina Lowensohn

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Nationality: Romanian
Birthdate: 07/11/1966
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania

biography

With an exotic, dark appearance and an Eastern European mystery, Elina Lowensohn, a rising actress in mostly independent films, is a performer considered to have the kind of expressive looks that would have played well in silent movies. Filmgoers will long remember her performance as a Jewish architect shot by Ralph Fiennes simply because she knows how to construct a building's foundation in Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List" (1993). Lowensohn's own background included both concentration camp victims and survivors. Her grandparents died in the cattle cars on the way to camps, while her Continued

Credits

Anne Levels
2000
Iris
1999
Claire
1998
Clara Lemlich
1996
Nadja
1995
(TV Show)
1994-1994
Katya
1994
Elina
1992
Herself
Lucinda
Sofia
Veronica
Lola
Kasia

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Born in Romania
1980 
Came to US after her mother staged protests at the US State Department in effort to have Lowensohn and her brother be released from Romania
 
After dropping out of NYU, worked in theatrical productions directed by Travis Preston
1991 
Film debut, Hal Hartley's short "Theory of Achievement"
1992 
First feature role in Hartley's "Amateur"
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