Maya Sansa

Maya Sansa

Born 1975-09-25 (age 50) Rome, Italy
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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.

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Known For

Female Agents
Female Agents

2008

as Maria Luzzato

The Best of Youth
The Best of Youth

2003

as Mirella Utano

The Nanny
The Nanny

1999

as Annetta

The Truth
The Royal Exchange
The Royal Exchange

2017

as Elisabeth Farnese

Revoir Paris
Revoir Paris

2022

as Sara

Dormant Beauty
Dormant Beauty

2012

as Rossa

Sisters in Arms
Sisters in Arms

2019

as Mother Sun

Security
Security

2021

as Claudia Raffaelli Santini

My Night
My Night

2022

as Doctor

The App
Azuro
Azuro

2022

as Gina

My Paper Dolls
My Paper Dolls

2023

as Anna Bottacin

Good Morning, Night
Good Morning, Night

2003

as Chiara

The Listening
The Listening

2006

as Francesca

Un altro mondo
Un altro mondo

2010

as Ingrid

David Copperfield
David Copperfield

2009

as Agnes Wickfield

The First Man
The First Man

2011

as Catherine Cormery (1924)

Cycling with Molière
Cycling with Molière

2013

as Francesca

Villa Amalia
Villa Amalia

2009

as Giulia