Actor
Maya Sansa
Born September 25, 1975 in Rome, Italy49 films
Maya Sansa (born 25 September 1975) is an Italian actress.
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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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49 films as actor- 2023With the Grace of a GodClaudia
- 2023My Paper DollsAnna Bottacin
- 2022Revoir ParisSara
- 2022The Peacock’s ParadiseCaterina
- 2022AzuroGina
- 2022My NightDoctor
- 2021SecurityClaudia Raffaelli Santini
- 2020You Came BackClara Fasani
- 2020Amo la tempestaMarina
- 2019The App
- 2019I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’OroSilvana
- 2019The Truth
- 2019Sisters in ArmsMother Sun
- 2017The Royal ExchangeElisabeth Farnese
- 2016La verità sta in cieloMaria
- 2016Looking for Monica
- 2015Storie sospeseGiovanna
- 2015The Lithium ConspiracyValeria Petri
- 2014The show MAS go on
- 2014The Good LifeElena
- 2014Under the Starry SkyAda
- 2013Cycling with MolièreFrancesca
- 2012Dormant BeautyRossa
- 2012The Woman DressThe Woman
- 2011The First ManCatherine Cormery (1924)
- 2011See How They DanceDoctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith
- 2011Meeting with an AngelVéra
- 2010Un altro mondoIngrid
- 2010The Black SheepMarinella
- 2010Two Sunny DaysMartina
- 2009The Man Who Will ComeLena
- 2009Il prossimo tuoMaddalena
- 2009Villa AmaliaGiulia
- 2008All Human Rights for All
- 2008The Third Part of the WorldChiara
- 2008Female AgentsMaria Luzzato
- 2007Fuori dalle cordeAnna Lo Russo
- 2006The ListeningFrancesca
- 2005Contronatura
- 2004An Italian RomanceMaria
- 2004Il vestito da sposaStella
- 2003Good Morning, NightChiara
- 2003The Best of YouthMirella Utano
- 2002GasolineStella
- 2002La vita degli altriSilvia
- 2000Lupo mannaroMaria Grazia
- 2000Nella terra di nessunoKatia
- 2000A Thread of Passion
- 1999The NannyAnnetta