Maya Sansa
Acting
- Born:
- 1975-09-25
- Place of birth:
- Rome, Italy
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
Filmography
In Utero
The Iris Affair
Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema
A Dangerous Friendship
With the Grace of a God
The Firebrands
My Paper Dolls
Sei donne - Il mistero di Leila
Revoir Paris
The Peacock’s Paradise
Irma Vep
Azuro
My Night
Security
You Came Back
Redemption
Amo la tempesta
The App
I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro
The Truth
Sisters in Arms
Collateral
The Royal Exchange
La verità sta in cielo
Looking for Monica
Tutto può succedere
Storie sospese
The Lithium Conspiracy
The show MAS go on
The Good Life
Under the Starry Sky
In Treatment
Cycling with Molière
Dormant Beauty
The Woman Dress
The First Man
See How They Dance
Meeting with an Angel
Un altro mondo
The Black Sheep
Two Sunny Days
The Man Who Will Come
Il prossimo tuo
La voce naturale - Giving Voice
David Copperfield
Villa Amalia
All Human Rights for All
Einstein
The Third Part of the World
Female Agents
Fuori dalle corde
The Listening
Contronatura
An Italian Romance
Il vestito da sposa
The Best of Youth
Good Morning, Night
The Best of Youth
Gasoline
La vita degli altri
Lupo mannaro
Nella terra di nessuno
A Thread of Passion
The Nanny