# Andreea Bibiri

Andreea Bibiri (born May 3, 1975) is a Romanian film and stage actress, dubber and theatre director. She graduated from the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 1996 and has won two UNITER Prize awards as an actress. She is best known outside Romania for the role of Ana, in Tudor Giurgiu's "Of Snails and Men".

## Biography

Andreea Bibiri inherited a passion for film from her father when, before the Romanian Revolution of 1989. He came back from his many travels abroad with new materials of music and movies.
In the early 90s, Andreea went to the United States for further education but after a short period she returned to Romania to pursue acting.
She graduated from the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 1996 and in the same year, after several roles during university, she made her debut at the Bulandra Theatre with the personage Eleva (The pupil) in The Lesson written by Eugène Ionesco and with her first TV appearance in the film State of Things.
Meanwhile, she increased her theater work, in 1998 she dubbed a character from "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride", the first of many cartoons.
In 2001, she performed at the Bulandra Theatre as the character Sonya in "Uncle Vanya" written by Anton Chekhov. This was one of the most appreciated roles of her career and for which she is nominalized for "The UNITER Award for Best Actress". The show, directed by Yuri Kordonsky, ran successfully at the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico but also in Italy. In 2014, after 13 years from the premiere, it was recorded and broadcast on TVR2.
Sonya and Agafya from Nikolai Gogol's play "Marriage" (2003) are the most enduring roles, surpassing the 150 performances along over a decade.
In 2002, Andreea became better known to a wider audience through the role "Eva Antal" of the first Romanian soap opera "În familie" (In family) produced by Prima TV. She also recorded acoustic performances for radio theater.
In 2004 she received "The UARF Award" for her role in the film "Damen Tango" granted by "The Union of Authors and Film Producers from Romania" and in 2005 at UNITER Gala she won "The Award for Best Supporting Actress" in "Forma lucrurilor", Romanian version of "The Shape of Things" written by Neil LaBute.
The following year, after more than a decade after her theatrical debut, she played her first role as a 'baddie' as Silvia Damian in the telenovela "Daria, iubirea mea" (Daria, my love) produced by Acasă TV. In 2007, Andreea was the winner of "The UNITER Award for Best Actress" for the character Grace in "Purificare", Romanian version of "Cleansed" by Sarah Kane performed at Cluj-Napoca National Theatre.
Between 2010 and 2012 Andreea portrays Ruxandra in the two seasons of the HBO's TV series "În derivă" about psychotherapy.
Andreea starred also in the comedy film "Of Snails and Men" that received multiple awards at Valladolid International Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival, South East European Film Festival and many more.
In 2013, Andreea began a new phase of her career, debuting as a Theatre director with the shows "Shot sau Comedia relațiilor" (Shot or comedy relations) and "Moș Crăciun e o jigodie" (Santa Claus Is a Stinker) and in 2014 she performs for the first time the Improvisational Theatre at "Comedy Show" in Bucharest.
In 2016, she played again for TVR 2 the role of Varya in "The Cherry Orchard", the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov.
After 21 years of career at Bucharest's Art Theatre, she performed in her first one-woman play directed by Daniel Grigore-Simion: "A woman alone” by Dario Fo and Franca Rame.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Original Title | Adapted title | Role | Directed by | Notes |
| 1996 | Stare de fapt | State of Things | The Secretary | Stere Gulea |
| 1999 | Fii cu ochii pe fericire | Keep an eye on happiness | TV Reporter | Alexandru Maftei |
| 2003 | Niki Ardelean, colonel în rezervă | Niki and Flo | Irina Ardelean | Lucian Pintilie |
| 2004 | Damen Tango | Damen Tango | Corina | Dinu Tănase |
| 2005 | Neuitate personaje | Unforgettable characters | Herself | George Banu & Dominic Dembinski | Documentary Film |
| 2006 | Iubire cu pumnul | Love with the fist | Lăcrămioara | Ana Mărgineanu |
| 2006 | Și totul era nimic... | And it was nothing ... | Irina | Cristina Nichitus |
| 2006 | Răzbunarea | The revenge | Miruna | Adrian Sitaru |
| 2006 | Offset | Offset | Wedding shop sales girl | Didi Danquart |
| 2009 | Fratelui meu din exil | To my brother in exile | Herself | Ana Boariu | Documentary Film |
| 2012 | Despre oameni și melci | Of snails and men | Ana | Tudor Giurgiu |
| 2014 | De ce au dispărut dinozaurii | Why the dinosaurs disappeared | The mother | Mihai Ghiță | Short Film |
| 2014 | Unchiul Vanea | Uncle Vanya | Sonya | Yuri Kordonsky | Theatre |
| 2016 | Livada de vișini | The Cherry Orchard | Varya | Alexandru Lustig | Theatre |
| 2022 | Metronom | Metronom | Ana's mother | Alexandru Belc | |

### TV series

| Year | Original Title | Adapted title | Role | Directed by | Notes |
| 2001 | Vertiges (Mauvais présage) | Vertiges (Mauvais présage) | Balerina | Philippe Monpontet |
| 2002 | În familie | In family | Eva Antal | Adrian Sitaru & Radu Jude |
| 2006 | Daria, iubirea mea | Daria, my love | Silvia Damian | Alex Fotea | Negative Role |
| 2009 | Doctori de mame | Mothers and doctors | Drugged mother | Peter Kerek & Craig Lines | 1 episode |
| 2010 | În derivă | Drifting | Ruxandra | Adrian Sitaru & Titus Munteanu |
| 2012 | În derivă II | Drifting II | Ruxandra | Adrian Sitaru & Titus Munteanu |
| 2015 | Lecții de viață | Life lessons | Ileana Corbu | Titus Scurt | 1 episode |

## Theatrical works

| Year | Romanian Original Title | English Adapted title | Role | Written by | Directed by | Theatre |
| 1995 | Lecția | The Lesson | Pupil | Eugène Ionesco | Vlad Massaci | Bulandra Theatre |
| 1996 | Ultimele știri | Last news | The neighbor | Adrian Dohotaru | Mara Pașici | Bulandra Theatre |
| 1997 | Turandot | Turandot | Adelma | Carlo Gozzi | Cătălina Buzoianu | Bulandra Theatre |
| 1997 | Trei femei înalte | Three Tall Women | C Woman | Edward Albee | Vlad Massaci | Comedy Theatre, Bucharest |
| 1997 | Năzdrăvanul Occidentului | The Playboy of the Western World | Pegeen Mike | John Millington Synge | Nona Ciobanu | National Theatre Bucharest |
| 1998 | Trandafirii roșii | Red roses | Crina | Zaharia Bârsan | Vlad Massaci | Bulandra Theatre |
| 1998 | Libertinul | The libertine | The young D'Holbach | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt | Alexandru Tocilescu | Bulandra Theatre |
| 1999 | Regele Lear | King Lear | Goneril | William Shakespeare | Dragoș Galgoțiu | Bulandra Theatre |
| 2001 | Există nervi | Nerves do exist | Woman extra | Marin Sorescu | Șerban Puiu | Bulandra Theatre |
| 2001 | Unchiul Vanea | Uncle Vanya | Sonya | Anton Chekhov | Yuri Kordonsky | Bulandra Theatre |
| 2001 | Zi că-i bine! | Tell you that it's okay! | Sandy | Wil Calhoun | Florin Piersic, Jr. | Green Hours Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2003 | Căsătoria | Marriage | Agafya | Nikolai Gogol | Yuri Kordonsky | Bulandra Theatre |
| 2003 | Fata de pe canapea | The girl on the sofa | Little Sara | Jon Fosse | Iulian Suman | Act Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2004 | Punami | Punami | Punami II | Ștefan Peca | Alexandru Berceanu | Bulandra Theatre |
| 2004 | Preludiu prelungit | Extended prelude (Do over) | Betty | Frederick Stroppel | Alexandru Berceanu | Green Hours Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2004 | Forma lucrurilor | The Shape of Things | Jenny | Neil LaBute | Vlad Massaci | Act Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2005 | Henric al IV-lea | Henry IV | Frida | Luigi Pirandello | Liviu Ciulei | Bulandra Theatre |
| 2005 | Șase personaje în căutarea unui autor | Six Characters in Search of an Author | Stepdaughter | Luigi Pirandello | Liviu Ciulei | Bulandra Theatre |
| 2005 | America știe tot | America knows everything | The girl | Nicole Duțu | Radu Afrim | Green Hours Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2005 | România 21 | Romania 21 | Mio | Ștefan Peca | Ștefan Peca | Green Hours Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2006 | Purificare | Cleansed | Grace | Sarah Kane | Andrei Șerban | Cluj-Napoca National Theatre |
| 2006 | Pescărușul | The Seagull | Nina Zarecinaia | Anton Chekhov | Andrei Șerban | Radu Stanca National Theatre |
| 2008 | Lear | King Lear | Edgar | William Shakespeare | Andrei Șerban | Bulandra Theatre |
| 2008 | Concreții | Concretions | Masha | Vladimir Sorokin | Alexandru Mihăescu | Green Hours Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2009 | Undo '90 | Undo '90 | Lisa | Frederick Stroppel & Andreea Bibiri | Radu Apostol | Green Hours Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2011 | Îngropați-mă pe după plintă | Bury me behind the baseboard | The mother | Pavel Sanaev | Yuri Kordonsky | Bulandra Theatre |
| 2011 | Top girls | Top Girls | Marlene | Caryl Churchill | Alexandru Berceanu | Bulandra Theatre |
| 2011 | Noi 4 | 4 of us | Victor | Lia Bugnar | Dorina Chiriac | Green Hours Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2012 | Moscova-Atena | Athens - Moscow and nothing | Olga | Evdokimos Tsolakidis | Adriana Zaharia | Green Hours Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2012 | Io te-am făcut, io te omor | I made you, I kill you | Flori | Bianca Andreea Lupu | Sorin Poamă & Vera Ion | Art Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2013 | Shot sau comedia relațiilor | Shot or comedy relations | Lorna, Kate, Kay and Liza | Theresa Rebeck | Andreea Bibiri | Green Hours Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2013 | Moș Crăciun e o jigodie | Santa Claus Is a Stinker | Josette | Le Splendid & Oana Tudor | Andreea Bibiri | Godot Cafe Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2014 | Cremă de zahăr ars - Astăzi îi spunem dragoste | Crème brûlée - Today we call it love | Ea (She) | Iris Spiridon | Iris Spiridon | Godot Cafe Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2016 | O femeie singură | A woman alone | Maria | Dario Fo & Franca Rame | Daniel Grigore-Simion | Art Theatre, Bucharest |

## Radio theater performances

| Year | Romanian Original Title | English Adapted title | Role | Written by | Directed by | Theatre |
| 2004 | Alb-negru sau trista poveste a prințesei din cel mai mic regat | Black and white or the sad story of the princess in the small kingdom | The princess | Irina Soare | Mihai Lungeanu | Radiophonic Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2004 | Ferma de struți | Ostrich farm | | Olga Delia Mateescu | Dan Puican | Radiophonic Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2004 | Tartuffe | Tartuffe | Mariane | Molière | Ion Vova | Radiophonic Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2004 | Jurământul | The oath | | Dan Tărchilă | Vasile Manta | Radiophonic Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2005 | Pelicanul | The pelican | Gerda | August Strindberg | Dan Puican | Radiophonic Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2005 | Pragul | The threshold | She | Alexandru Uiuiu | Gavril Pinte | Radiophonic Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2006 | Căsătoria | The marriage | Agafya | Nikolai Gogol | Dan Puican | Radiophonic Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2007 | Proceduri de reglementare a diferențelor | Settlement proceedings | Lina | Dimitris Dimitriadis | Cezarina Udrescu | Radiophonic Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2008 | Platonov, un Hamlet de provincie | Platonov | Sasha | Anton Chekhov | Dan Puican | Radiophonic Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2009 | Ambasadorul și ambasadoarea | Ambassador and ambassadress | | Vasile Manta | Cezarina Udrescu | Radiophonic Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2013 | Iarna cărților noastre | Winter of our books | Ilinca | Ana Boariu | Ana Boariu | Radiophonic Theatre, Bucharest |

## Dubbing works

| Year | Romanian Title | English Original title | Role (Voice) |
| 1998 | Regele Leu 2: Regatul lui Simba | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Vitani |
| 1999 | Al treisprezecelea an | The Thirteenth Year | |
| 2002 | Regele Leu | The Lion King | Sarabi |
| 2006 | Chip și Dale | Chip 'n' Dale | Chip |
| 2007 | Shrek al treilea | Shrek the Third | Princess Fiona |
| 2009 | Clubul lui Mickey Mouse | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse | Chip |
| 2009 | Citește și plângi | Read It and Weep | |
| 2010 | Shrek pentru totdeauna | Shrek Forever After | Fiona |
| 2010 | Să râdem cu Mickey! | Have a Laugh! | Chip |
| 2011 | The Muppets | The Muppets | Mary |
| 2011 | Mămici pentru Marte | Mars Needs Moms | Ki |
| 2012 | Epoca de gheață 4: Continente în derivă | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Shira |
| 2013 | Ștrumpfii 2 | The Smurfs 2 | Smurfette |
| 2015 | Clopoțica și legenda bestiei de nicăieri | Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast | Nyx |

## Awards and nominations

* 2001 - Timica Prize at HOP Young Actors Gala
* 2002 - Nomination at UNITER Awards Best Actress for her roles in "Unchiul Vanea (Uncle Vanya)" and "Zi că-i bine! (Tell you that it's okay!)"
* 2004 - UARF Award for her role in the film "Damen Tango" granted by "The Union of Authors and Film Producers from Romania"
* 2005 - UNITER Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Forma lucrurilor (The Shape of Things)"
* 2007 - UNITER Award Best Actress for her role in "Purificare (Cleansed)"