Biography
Luminița Gheorghiu (1 September 1949 – 4 July 2021) was a Romanian stage and film actress. She graduated in 1972 from the Institute of Theatrical and Cinematographic Arts in Bucharest, where she studied under Ion Cojar. She made her stage debut in 1971 and performed at theatres in Botoșani and Piatra Neamț before joining the Bulandra Theatre in Bucharest in 1976, where she remained until 2003.
Gheorghiu appeared in numerous Romanian films from the 1980s onwards. She gained international recognition for her roles in The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) as Mrs. Radu, 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006), Beyond the Hills (2012), Child's Pose (2013) and Aferim! (2015). She also featured in the French-Romanian co-production Code Unknown (2000).
Her performance in The Death of Mr. Lazarescu earned her the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2006. Child's Pose won the Golden Bear at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.
