Maya Sansa
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 25, 1975 (age 51)
- Birthplace
- 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
TV · as Fotoreporter · 8 eps
The Iris Affair
TV · as Inspector Nico Casterman · 8 eps
Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema
Movie · as Self
A Dangerous Friendship
TV · as Marie de Médicis · 4 eps
My Paper Dolls
Movie · as Anna Bottacin
With the Grace of a God
Movie · as Claudia
The Firebrands
TV · as Chiara · 5 eps
Sei donne - Il mistero di Leila
TV · as Anna Conti · 6 eps
Revoir Paris
Movie · as Sara
The Peacock’s Paradise
Movie · as Caterina
Azuro
Movie · as Gina
My Night
Movie · as Doctor
Irma Vep
TV · as Gregory's Wife · 1 ep
Security
Movie · as Claudia Raffaelli Santini
You Came Back
Movie · as Clara Fasani
Amo la tempesta
Movie · as Marina
Redemption
TV · as Sara · 8 eps
The Truth
Movie
I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro
Movie · as Silvana
The App
Movie
Sisters in Arms
Movie · as Mother Sun
Collateral
TV · as Berna Yalaz · 2 eps
The Royal Exchange
Movie · as Elisabeth Farnese
Looking for Monica
Movie
La verità sta in cielo
Movie · as Maria
Storie sospese
Movie · as Giovanna
The Lithium Conspiracy
Movie · as Valeria Petri
Tutto può succedere
TV · as Sara Ferraro · 42 eps
The Good Life
Movie · as Elena
The show MAS go on
Movie
Under the Starry Sky
Movie · as Ada
Cycling with Molière
Movie · as Francesca
In Treatment
TV · as Irene · 7 eps
Dormant Beauty
Movie · as Rossa
The Woman Dress
Movie · as The Woman
The First Man
Movie · as Catherine Cormery (1924)
Meeting with an Angel
Movie · as Véra
See How They Dance
Movie · as Doctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith
Un altro mondo
Movie · as Ingrid
The Black Sheep
Movie · as Marinella
Two Sunny Days
Movie · as Martina
The Man Who Will Come
Movie · as Lena
Il prossimo tuo
Movie · as Maddalena
La voce naturale - Giving Voice
Movie · as Se stessa
Villa Amalia
Movie · as Giulia
David Copperfield
TV · as Agnes Wickfield · 2 eps
Female Agents
Movie · as Maria Luzzato
The Third Part of the World
Movie · as Chiara
All Human Rights for All
Movie
Einstein
TV · as Mileva Marić · 2 eps
Fuori dalle corde
Movie · as Anna Lo Russo
The Listening
Movie · as Francesca
Contronatura
Movie
An Italian Romance
Movie · as Maria
Il vestito da sposa
Movie · as Stella
Good Morning, Night
Movie · as Chiara
The Best of Youth
Movie · as Mirella Utano
The Best of Youth
TV · as Mirella Utano · 4 eps
Gasoline
Movie · as Stella
La vita degli altri
Movie · as Silvia
Nella terra di nessuno
Movie · as Katia
A Thread of Passion
Movie
Lupo mannaro
Movie · as Maria Grazia
The Nanny
Movie · as Annetta