Catrinel Dumitrescu (born 11 October 1956) is a Romanian film and theater actress.

[2] She graduated in 1979 from the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, where she studied with Octavian Cotescu and Ovidiu Schumacher [ro].

[3] In her third year of studies she played at the Bulandra Theatre in Provincial Anecdotes by Alexander Vampilov, next to Tamara Buciuceanu, Ștefan Bănică, and Virgil Ogășanu [ro].

[3] Dumitrescu is a professor at Hyperion University of Bucharest [ro], Faculty of Arts, Acting department.

[1] In December 2002 she was awarded by Romanian President Ion Iliescu the National Order of Merit, Knight rank.