In 2012 she made her debut in cinema, portraying the complex Alina Ringhis, main character in Cristian Mungiu's praised drama, Beyond the Hills.

After finishing her studies at the drama department of Babeș-Bolyai University, she became an actress for the Radu Stanca National Theatre in Sibiu, Romania.

Here she performed in many productions, both classical and modern, under the guidance of famous Romanian and foreign directors, such as Alexandru Dabija, Radu Alexandru Nica, Gavriil Pinte, Andrei Șerban, Vlad Massaci, Tompa Gabor, Silviu Purcărete, Rodica Radu, Alexander Hausvater, Adriana Popovici, Florin Zamfirescu, Robert Raponja.

Acclaimed both by the critics and by the audience for her impeccable, most authentic, powerful and touching performance, she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.

It was broadcast in 2014 on TF1 (France) and RTS Un (Switzerland) and in 2015 on More4 (UK), being nominated in 2015 for Best TV movie at the Globes de Cristal Award.