Olimpia Melinte is one of the most talented and versatile actresses of her generation. She has a MA in Dramatic Arts from the George Enescu University in Iaşi and a degree in Journalism from the University of Bucharest.
Her first main part in a feature was Mircea Daneliuc's Floating Things (screened at TIFF 2015!), which landed her two nominations at the Gopo Awards 2010, and then got her major break in Italian film Sette opere di misericordia: it brought her an acting award at the Bobbio Film Festival in Italy.
In 2013 Olimpia had the main part in Spanish film Canibal, directed by Manuel Martín Cuenca. Her double part landed her the Revelation of the Year Award at the Actors' Guild Awards in Madrid and a nomination at the Best New Actress category of the Goya Awards in 2014. In 2014 she had main parts in #Selfie and romantic drama It Takes Two to Fence, the latter bringing her a new nomination at the Gopo Awards 2015 for Best Actress in a feature film.
In 2015 we will see her in The Chosen One, Bucharest NonStop (also screened at TIFF) and Projects in the Past.