Иоана Абур

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Ioana Abur (born July 26, 1969, in Sighișoara, Mureș, Romania) is a Romanian film and theatre actress who graduated from the University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in Bucharest in 1994. She made her first film role at age 18 in Licenii (1987, The Graduates), and has been a permanent ensemble member of the Teatrul Metropolis in Bucharest. She is the mother of director Teona Glugotić. Her most notable film credits include Katia in Hellraiser: Deader (2005), a Front Desk Sister in Mirrors (2008), a Woman with Doll in Adam Resurrected (2008, with Nick Nolte and Matthew Goode), Mauzi Anies in Dolina (2007), Injured Dog Owner in Pu-239 (2006), Gabi in The Japanese Dog (2013, 80% on Rotten Tomatoes), Dora in Zavera (2019), Simion's Wife in Watcher (2022), Mihaela in Ana, My Love (2017, directed by Călin Peter Netzer), and Nicole's Mother in The Crucifixion (2017). On television she is best known as Ana Maria Dincă in Adela (2021–2022, 52 episodes) and Elena Maxim in Lia – Sotia sotului meu (2023, 46 episodes), with earlier credits in Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002, as Victoria) and Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998, as Ana Lazar).