Maya Sansa
Actor
- Born
- September 25, 1975 (age 51) · Rome, Italy
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.
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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.
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Known for
The Best of Youth
June 22, 2003
Revoir Paris
September 7, 2022
Female Agents
February 8, 2008
The Truth
October 10, 2019
Cycling with Molière
January 16, 2013
Good Morning, Night
September 5, 2003
Security
June 7, 2021
The Royal Exchange
December 27, 2017
Sisters in Arms
October 9, 2019
The App
December 26, 2019
The Man Who Will Come
October 16, 2009
Dormant Beauty
September 1, 2012
Acting51
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- 2022Revoir Paris as Sara
- 2022The Peacock’s Paradise as Caterina
- 2022Azuro as Gina
- 2022My Night as Doctor
- 2021Security as Claudia Raffaelli Santini
- 2020You Came Back as Clara Fasani
- 2020Amo la tempesta