Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Stela Popescu akaberekerwa mumhuri yevadzidzisi mumusha weSlobozia-Hodorogea, Orhei. Yeuko yake yokutanga yakanga iri
Kutorwa kweBessarabia neSoviet. Muna 1940, baba vake vakaendeswa kuSiberia uye haana kuziva chakaitika kwaari kwamakore 19. Muna 1944, apo Red Army yakatorazve Bessarabia, mushure mekusunungurwa neRomanian Army muna 1941, amai vake vakatiza nemwanasikana wavo kuenda kuBrașov muRomania ichiri kusununguka. Muna 1953, akapasa bvunzo dzekupinda kukoreji uye akatumirwa ku"Maxim Gorki" Russian Language School. Akasiya kosi yacho pashure pegore nehafu paakabatana neTheater of the Ministry of the Interior. Muna 1956, akagamuchirwa kuInstitute of Theatre and Cinematography, uku achienderera mberi achitamba mumitambo.