Elina Löwensohn
{{short description|Romanian-American actress (born 1966)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Elina Löwensohn
| image = Elina Lowensohn 01 (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = Löwensohn at the 2022 Gijón International Film Festival
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|07|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1991–present
}}
Elina Löwensohn (born 11 July 1966) is a Romanian-American actress. She had roles in the films Simple Men (1992), Schindler's List (1993), Amateur (1994), Nadja (1994) and The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998).
Life and career
Löwensohn was born in Bucharest, Romania. After the death of her father, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, her mother emigrated to the United States with her,{{cite web | url=http://aarc.ro/en/articol/elina-lwensohn-from-schindlers-list-to-the-miracle-of-tekir | title=Aarc.ro - Totul despre Filmul Romanesc }} where her mother went on a hunger strike to get a visa for her.
After finishing high school, Löwensohn studied acting in New York City and played in several successful theatre productions. She started her film career in 1991 with Theory of Achievement. Some of her notable roles are Diana Reiter in Schindler's List (1993),{{Cite web|title=Manufacture - Guest Lecturer - Elina Löwensohn|url=https://www.manufacture.ch/en/4801/Elina-Lowensohn|access-date=2021-05-30|website=www.manufacture.ch|language=en}} Katya in the 1994 Seinfeld episode "The Gymnast", Iris in Six Ways to Sunday (1997), and Anne Levels in The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998).
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1991
| Theory of Achievement | | Short film |
| rowspan="2"|1992
| Elina | |
| Another Girl Another Planet
| Mia | |
| rowspan="2"|1993
| |
| Geborenka
| | Short film |
| rowspan="2"|1994
| Amateur | Sofia Ludens | |
| Nadja
| Nadja | |
| rowspan="3"|1995
| Antonia Shimerda | TV film |
| Flirt
| Nurse | |
| Pictures of Baby Jane Doe
| Lucinda | |
| rowspan="2"|1996
| Basquiat | |
| I'm Not Rappaport
| Clara Lemlich | |
| rowspan="6"|1997
| In the Presence of Mine Enemies | Rachel Heller | TV film |
| Mauvais Genre
| Lucie | |
| Le Silence de Rak
| Lucie | |
| Six Ways to Sunday
| Iris | |
| The Other Also
| | Short film |
| La fiancée
| La fiancée | Short film |
| rowspan="2"|1998
| Sombre | Claire | |
| The Wisdom of Crocodiles
| Anne Levels | |
| rowspan="2"|2000
| Why Get Married the Day the World Ends? | | |
| The Wake
| The Mother | Eight-hour long silent film |
| rowspan="2"|2001
| Françoise Cottaz | |
| Get Well Soon
| Cindy | |
| rowspan="2"|2002
| Portraits filmés | | Short film |
| Je n'ai jamais tué personne
| Magali | Short film |
| rowspan="2"|2003
| Vannessa | |
| Intrusion
| Klara | Short film |
| rowspan="2"|2004
| Doo Wop | Maya | |
| A Very Long Engagement
| German woman | |
| rowspan="6"|2005
| Alice | |
| Kitchen
| La femme | Short film |
| Dark Water
| Dahlia's Mother | |
| {{ill|Hunt for Justice|de|Jagd nach Gerechtigkeit}}
| | TV film |
| Teresa
| | Short film |
| Histoire tragique avec fin heureuse
| | Short film |
| rowspan="5"|2006
| L'immature | | Short film |
| À peine s'était-elle endormie...
| Marion | Short film |
| Fay Grim
| Bebe | |
| The Stone Council
| Laura | |
| The Little Cat Is Dead
| Bettina | Short film |
| rowspan="3"|2007
| Unloved | Maria Delmouly | TV film |
| New Love
| Alma | Short film |
| L'institutriste
| | Short film |
| rowspan="6"|2008
| Able Danger | Kasia | |
| Wayfarer
| Woman | Short film |
| On War
| Rachel | |
| South of Heaven
| Veronica | |
| Corps perdus
| Ewa | TV film |
| D'une seule voix
| Nadia | Short film |
| rowspan="4"|2009
| Romaine 30° Below | Antonia | |
| Corpus/Corpus
| La patiente de la psy | Short film |
| Regarder Oana
| Oana | Short film |
| Lourdes
| Cécile | |
| rowspan="4"|2010
| Des rêves pour l'hiver | Teen's Mother | |
| Vasco
| | Short film |
| J'étais à Nüremberg
| Nina | TV film |
| Black Venus
| Jeanne | |
| rowspan="3"|2011
| Alex | |
| Boro in the Box
| Walerian Borowczyk | Short film |
| Adèle's Choice
| Vlora | TV film |
| 2012
| Living Still Life | Fièvre | Short film |
| 2013
| Professeur Adamovitctz | TV film |
| rowspan="4"|2014
| Prehistoric Cabaret | | Short film |
| Salammbô
| | Short film |
| Souvenirs d'un montreur de seins
| Le montreur de seins | Short film |
| Le refuge
| Marielle | Short film |
| rowspan="10"|2015
| Sister | |
| Notre-Dame des Hormones
| Lune | Short film |
| Haldernablou - Triptyque
| | Short film |
| Armorican Suite
| Moon | |
| Y a-t-il une vierge encore vivante?
| Joan the Slut | Short film |
| Parisienne
| Bogdana | |
| Le Miracle de Tekir
| Lili | |
| L'existence selon Gabriel
| | Short film |
| Retour
| | Short film |
| In Ecstasy
| | Short film |
| rowspan="5"|2016
| Seances | | Short film |
| The Girl Without Hands
| The Goddess | |
| A Jew Must Die
| Myria Bloch | |
| Angel
| Louise | |
| Depressive Cop
| The Mother | Short film |
| rowspan="4"|2017
| Odile dans la vallée | | Short film |
| L'âne du Graveyron
| La femme | Short film |
| Let the Corpses Tan
| Luce | |
| The Wild Boys
| Séverin(e) | |
| rowspan="5"|2018
| Ni le jour, ni la nuit | | |
| The Apparition
| Docteur de Villeneuve | |
| Ultra Pulpe
| Joy D'Amato | Short film |
| Knife+Heart
| Mrs. Favre | |
| Histoire de Stefano
| | Short film |
| 2019
| Simple Women | Elina | |
| rowspan="3"|2020
| Which is Witch? | Sister #2 | Short film |
| The Return of Tragedy.
| Tragedy | Short film |
| Féminisme, rafale et politique
| | Short film |
| rowspan="2"|2021
| Zora | |
| Dead Flash
| | Short film |
| rowspan="2" |2023
| Rainer | |
| The Beast
| Clairvoyant | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1994
| Seinfeld | Katya | Episode: "The Gymnast" |
| 2001
| The Bill | Natasha Ivanova | Episode: "Common Language" |
| 2004
| Maria Danielski | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2006
| Norma | Episode: "En attendant le bonheur" |
| 2021
| H24, 24 h de la vie d'une femme | | Episode: "09H - Revenge porn" |
| 2023
| Carmen | Season 3 |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0530581|Elina Löwensohn}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:Actresses from Bucharest
Category:Romanian emigrants to the United States
Category:20th-century American actresses