{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{short description|Romanian model, actress and singer (born 1981)}} {{Infobox model | name = Alina Pușcău | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|11|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Bucharest, Romania | height = {{height|m=1.77}}<ref name="FMD" /> | haircolor = Brown<ref name="FMD" /> | eyecolor = Green<ref name="FMD" /> | occupation = {{flatlist| *Model *actress *singer}} | yearsactive = 1998–present | agency = <ref name="FMD" /> }} '''Alina Pușcău''' ({{IPA|ro|aˈlina puʃˈkəw}}; born 17 November 1981) is a Romanian model, actress and singer. She started modeling after she was crowned the winner of the 1998 Elite Model Look.<ref name="FMD">{{fmdb|Alina_Puscau|Alina Pușcău}}</ref> She has modeled for Victoria's Secret, GAP, JCPenney and Pepe Jeans.<ref name="FMD" /> She has appeared on the cover of ''Playboy''<ref><!-- [{{cite web|url=http://momento24.com/en/2009/11/02/playboy-marge-simpson-competes-with-model-alina-puscau/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=5 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731010730/http://momento24.com/en/2009/11/02/playboy-marge-simpson-competes-with-model-alina-puscau/ |archivedate=31 July 2010 }} --> Momento 24, 2 November 2009</ref><ref name=playboyinterview>{{cite web | title = Alina Puscau – Playboy Interview | publisher = Playboy | url = http://www.playboy.com/articles/alina-puscau-playboy-photos/ | accessdate = 7 February 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100211184016/http://www.playboy.com/articles/alina-puscau-playboy-photos/| archivedate= 11 February 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> and released a debut single and music video titled "When You Leave (Numa Numa)", which is a cover of the English version of "Dragostea din tei".<ref name=Altsoundsinterview>{{cite web|title=Altsounds interview |publisher=Altsounds |url=http://hangout.altsounds.com/features/102016-alina-pascau-interview.html |accessdate=7 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927114313/http://hangout.altsounds.com/features/102016-alina-pascau-interview.html |archivedate=27 September 2009 }}</ref>
== Discography == === Studio albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" style="width:15.5em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:12.5em;"| Album details |- ! scope="row"| ''Everybody Wants Me'' | * Released: 2008 * Label: Rat Records * Format: CD |- ! scope="row"| ''Starlit Skies'' | * Released: 2024 * Label: Water Melon Studios * Format: CD, Digital release |}
=== Singles === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15.5em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Album |- ! style="width:2.5em; font-size:85%"| US |- ! scope="row"| "When You Leave (Numa Numa)" | 2008 | —{{efn|"When You Leave (Numa Numa)" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on the Hot Dance Airplay chart.<ref>{{cite book | title = Billboard | publisher = Nielsen Business Media | date = 7 March 2009 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3Huu90EQHpEC&pg=PT52 | access-date = 17 December 2023 | page = 53}}</ref>}} | ''Everybody Wants Me'' |- ! scope="row"| "Red Light" | 2010 | — | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- | colspan="5" style="font-size:9pt"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that country. |}
=== Music videos === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:15.5em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col"| Director(s) ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| "When You Leave (Numa Numa)" | 2008 | Brett Ratner<br />Fatima Robinson | <ref>{{cite web|title=Alina Puscau – When You Leave (Numa Numa) Basshunter radio mix|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkcUsu_l93o |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/wkcUsu_l93o |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube|date=2 September 2008|accessdate=9 July 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "Red Light" | 2011 | {{N/A|Unknown}} | <ref>{{cite web|title=Alina – Red Light|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxkRt5lC_BA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/HxkRt5lC_BA |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube|date=4 January 2011|accessdate=24 October 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- |}
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! scope="row" | ''Shallow Hal'' | style="text-align:center;" | 2001 | Night club goers #1 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Conan the Barbarian'' | style="text-align:center;" | 2011 | Lara | |- ! scope="row" | ''Illusive Fields'' | style="text-align:center;" | 2012 | {{n/a}} | Short |- ! scope="row" | ''Dracula: The Dark Prince'' | style="text-align:center;" | 2013 | Camelia | |- ! scope="row" | ''X/Y'' | style="text-align:center;" | 2014 | Hannah | |- ! scope="row" | ''Vigilante Diaries'' | style="text-align:center;" | 2016 | Marina | |- ! scope="row" | ''Lycan'' | style="text-align:center;" | 2017 | Anna | |- ! scope="row" | ''Number 14'' | style="text-align:center;" {{TBA}} | Rebecca | Short |}
==Notes== {{Notelist}}
==See also== * List of music released by Romanian artists that has charted in major music markets
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{official website|http://www.officialalinapuscau.com}} *{{Fashionmodel}} * {{IMDb name|3312618|Alina Pușcău}}
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