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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1975-09-25 (49 years old)

Place of Birth

Rome, Italy

Maya Sansa

Biography:

Maya Sansa (born 25 September 1975) is an Italian actress.

Maya Sansa was born in Rome the daughter of an Iranian father and an Italian mother. When she was 14, she started to study acting at her high school in Rome the "Virgilio". She then moved to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. There she graduated in acting and was soon picked by Marco Bellocchio to take part in his new film: La balia. Maya later worked with Bellocchio for a second time, starring in the film Goodmorning, Night. Sansa has also worked with Marco Tullio Giordana in the film The Best of Youth.

On 2 May 2004 The New York Times published an article which named her as the new image of Italian cinema.

On 14 June 2013, she won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dormant Beauty.

She has a daughter, Talitha, with her partner Fabrice Scott with whom she lives in Paris.

Source: Article "Maya Sansa" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Acting

2024

Une amitié dangereuse as Marie de Médicis

2023

2022

Revoir Paris as Sara
Azuro as Gina
My Night as Doctor
Irma Vep as Gregory's Wife

2021

Security as Claudia Raffaelli Santini

2020

2019

2018

Collateral as Berna Yalaz

2017

The Royal Exchange as Elisabeth Farnese

2016

2015

Storie sospese as Giovanna
The Lithium Conspiracy as Valeria Petri
Tutto può succedere as Sara Ferraro

2014

2013

In Treatment as Irene

2012

The Woman Dress as The Woman

2011

The First Man as Catherine Cormery (1924)
See How They Dance as Doctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith

2010

Un altro mondo as Ingrid
The Black Sheep as Marinella
Two Sunny Days as Martina

2009

2008

2007

Fuori dalle corde as Anna Lo Russo

2006

The Listening as Francesca

2004

2003

The Best of Youth as Mirella Utano
The Best of Youth as Mirella Utano

2002

Gasoline as Stella

2000

1999

The Nanny as Annetta

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