Elina Löwensohn

Elina Löwensohn (born 11 July 1966) is a Romanian-American actress. She has appeared in American, British and French films such as Simple Men, Schindler's List (1993), Amateur (1994), Nadja (1994), Basquiat (1996), The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998), A Very Long Engagement (2004), The Wild Boys (2017), After Blue (2021), She Is Conann (2023), and Dragon Dilatation (2024).

Early life Elina Löwensohn was born on 11 July 1966 in Bucharest, Romania. Her mother was a ballet dancer and her father worked in the government. After the death of her father, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, her mother emigrated to the United States with her when she was fourteen years old, where her mother went on a hunger strike to get a visa for her.

After finishing high school, Löwensohn studied acting at Michigan State University and played in independent theatre productions.

Career

Löwensohn started her film career in 1991 with the short film Theory of Achievement. Some of her notable roles are Diana Reiter in Schindler's List (1993), Katya in the 1994 Seinfeld episode "The Gymnast", Annina Nosei in Basquiat (1996), Iris in Six Ways to Sunday (1997), and Anne Levels in The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998).

In the late 1990s, Löwensohn started working in French cinema and has since appeared in films such as Sombre (1998), Roberto Succo (2001), Doo Wop (2004), A Very Long Engagement (2004), and On War (2008).

In 2010, Löwensohn began a collaborative project with French filmmaker Bertrand Mandico named 20+1 Projections, where they are to make 21 short films in 21 years. Though each film is meant to be a unique narrative and formal work, they are to revolve around the themes of aging and desire. Their first collaboration was in Boro in a Box (2011). Löwensohn also appeared in Mandico's feature films The Wild Boys (2017), After Blue (2021), She Is Conann (2023), and Dragon Dilatation (2024). She holds dual American and French citizenship.

Since the 2010s, Mandico and Löwensohn have collaborated on Mandico's 20+1 Projections, a project of 21 short films in 21 years directed by Mandico and starring Löwensohn which documents the aging process of an actress and began with Boro In The Box (2011). his artistic double and the actress he dreamed of being.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1994 Seinfeld Katya Episode: "The Gymnast" 2001 The Bill Natasha Ivanova Episode: "Common Language" 2004 Sex Traffic Maria Danielski Miniseries, 2 episodes 2006 Sable noir Norma Episode: "En attendant le bonheur" 2021 H24, 24 h de la vie d'une femme Episode: "09H - Revenge porn"2023 Parlement Carmen Season 3