Elina Löwensohn
Biography
Elina Löwensohn is a Romanian-American actress who trained at Michigan State University and New York University's Playwrights Horizons Theater School, then acted in independent theater before entering film. Her first screen credit came in 1991, in the short Theory of Achievement. She became known for roles such as Diana Reiter in Schindler's List (1993), Katya in a 1994 Seinfeld episode, Annina Nosei in Basquiat (1996), and in The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998) she played Anne Levels. In the late 1990s she moved into French cinema, appearing in A Very Long Engagement (2004) and On War (2008). From 2010 she collaborated with Bertrand Mandico on the 20+1 Projections project, a plan for 21 short films across 21 years, and acted in his features The Wild Boys (2017) and After Blue (2021). She portrayed a version of herself in Simple Women (2019) and directed the short Nothing Will Be the Same Again (2022).
60years old
Turns 61 on July 11in 242 days
- Born Bucharest
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Elina Lowensohn
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 25 years1992 to 2017
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Behind the camera
In 2010, Löwensohn began a 21-year collaboration with French filmmaker Bertrand Mandico called 20+1 Projections, a planned series of 21 short films in 21 years built around the themes of aging and desire.
Elina Löwensohn movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Hal Hartley directed three of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Hal Hartley
Box office
What Elina Löwensohn's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$142 million
5 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 5 worldwide figure; 8 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 8US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$70M49.3% of the total
- 2$68M48.1% of the total
- 3$3.0M2.1% of the total
- 4$443K0.3% of the total
- 5$194K0.1% of the total
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