Born on August 7, 1955, Bucharest. Doctor of theater studies - "George Enescu" University of Arts Iaşi. Mirela Cioabă was a student of Octavian Cotescu, master of the Romanian theater, a pedagogue who educated numerous generations of actors. In 1980, she was awarded the Debut Award at the Contemporary Theater Gala in Braşov, for the role of Woman in "Pluta meduzei" by Marin Sorescu, a show produced by the State Theater in Petroşani. It was Iphigenia, but also Ara, in the shows of the unique director, Aureliu Manea, Veronica - in the show "Veronica Micle - Letters", directed by Bogdan Cioabă, Lizica - in the show "Furniture and pain" by Theodor Mazilu, directed by Cristian Hadjiculea.

In Craiova, she debuted with the role of Ana, in the show "Game of death and life in the ash desert", directed by Mircea Cornișteanu, a director with whom she collaborated until 1990 in seven shows. It was Dora in the show "The Guard from the Sand Deposit", directed by Mihai Manolescu. For this role, in 1985, he received the Second Prize at the Timișoara National Theater Festival. 2nd prize for the performance of a female role, Zambila, from the show "Dwarf from the summer garden", directed by Silviu Purcărete, National Theater Festival, 8th edition, 1989.

She played unforgettable roles in Silviu Purcărete's shows: Tamora in "Titus Andronicus", Cassandra in "Orestia", Blegoslav, "Ubu Rex with scenes from Macbeth". It was Mița, in the show "D'ale carnavalului", directed by Mircea Cornişteanu, Mariska, in "Familia Tót", directed by Bocsárdi László, Madame Boeuf in the show "Rhinoceros", directed by Robert Wilson, the fiancé's mother in "Bloody Wedding" , directed by Andrei Măjeri, there are just as many outstanding roles in which his acting talent is supported by a lively, forward-looking thinking. The most recent role (Amélia) – the show "Gândèste-te la Africa" by Gordon Dryland, directed by Alexandru Boureanu and Raluca Păun.

Mirela Ciobă is also an author of books. She debuted in 1991 with the volume of poems "In lacrima ce impresoara casa", Ed. Scrisul Românesc, 1991. Her poetic talent was also recognized with the anthology volumes "Actori poeti, poeti actori" Ed. Brumar, 2009 and "Un actor , a poem", Ed. Măiastra, 2010. His meditation on the ancient theater was concretized in a special book, with a precise intellectual tone, "The loneliness of the tragic hero", Ed. Aius, 2011. He is an honorary citizen of Argeș and Muscelului (2013).

He played in films signed by Cristi Puiu, Cornel Porumboiu, Adrian Sitaru, Alexandra Gulea. He directed the performances "Jurnalul unui nebun" by A. P. Gogol, University of Craiova, respectively "The one who saw God", adaptation after Marin Sorescu (Teatrul National Craiova). He is a doctoral university lecturer at the Arts Department of the University of Craiova, where he teaches acting courses. In 2009, she was awarded the Award for the best actress at the Studio Theater Festival, Pitesti, and in 2004, the Presidency of Romania awarded her the Third Class Cultural Merit Medal, category D - Performing Arts. 2011. He was awarded the "Ion D. Sîrbu" Award for the volume "The Loneliness of the Tragic Hero" awarded by the culture magazine "Mozaicul" (2011).

"Mirela Ciobă comes to the stage, with a well-expressed dignity (including unbearable lightness of being), for the trembling confessions, graded as in mythology, in front of the receivers that are difficult to dislodge. The birds invoked in the play, whose sound could be heard sporadically, recalling Chekhov's seagull, announce the original drama. Thanatos and Eros, the night after the catafalque, with mother and son. Gordon Dryland proposes a unique case in a vast history of incest, from Leviticus to his contemporary, Louis Malle, with the film 'Le Souffle au coeur', sealed as a secret of an unrepeated moment and locked in a memory. Alexandru Boureanu continues his program dedicated to the public, now with a deep, original and lasting drama."

(Marius Dobrin, Mama Africa, „SpectActor”, nr. 1/2021

"Mirela Ciobă was very good in the vengeful Tamora..."

„Asashi Evening”, Japonia, 10 mai 1992 (Titus Andronicus)

"Imaginative and fervent, the actress Mirela Ciobă portrays every mask of Dora in safe lines, with charm, playing excellently the surprise, the frugal frankness, the false (and the genuine) erotic elan, the humor-generating candor, the tenderness, the freedom from fetishes, and above all the new faith (or hope) acquired after a long series of serious exoeriences".

Valentin Silvestru, Guard from the sand deposit, "Tribuna României", July 1986

“What did I expect from my art? I think people wait for nothing but the fulfillment of their dreams. I dreamed, like all actors of my generation, of playing a role from the drama of Shakespeare or Ibsen or Chekhov (authors considered dangerous and played very rarely and with caution), I dreamed of playing on a stage in Bucharest, I dreamed of being able "dress nicely" not the idea but the ideology, so that it is easier for us to bear it. I was expecting to play Lady Macbeth, and I was playing the role of COMRADE ELENA CEAUțESCU, but I was playing it as if I were playing Lady MACBETH; for me, the scenes I played later were not only not on this planet, they were somewhere in another constellation.

Mirela Cioabă, I wish I lived in a less tiring era, interview conducted by Nicolae Coande, "SpectActor" no. 4/2007