Laura Ioana is a Romanian actor. She has gotten her BA in Acting from The University of Arts in Targu Mures, Romania and is currently finishing her MA at Manchester School of Theatre in Manchester Metropolitan University. 

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She was trained in ballet, ballroom dancing, contemporary dancing, voice training, movement training using different methodologies, Suzuki training, stage combat, directing, improvisation training, acting for stage and film, adapting screen and stage plays and performance art. 

By using the skills she acquired during her years of training, she is able to empathise and view critically the world around her which helps her embody any emotion and put herself in any situation required, her mantra being “there’s no character, there’s just you in a certain situation”.

Her body of work includes largely stage plays, from comedy to drama to Commedia dell’Arte, science fiction and comedy movies. 

In her current work, she is exploring the notion of framing political conflicts, ideologies, and controversial events through the lens of Greek tragedies, the analytical psychology of the persona, ego and shadow and religious myths. She combines her classical training with projections, light shows and voice overs to actively make her audience question their black and white beliefs while exposing the grey areas in between. She intends to make her audience question their own realities while leaving them the agency to make their own choices and form their own opinions on the topics she tackles in her work.