Margherita Buy

Margherita Buy

Known for
Acting
Born
January 15, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Rome, Italy

Biography

Margherita Buy (born 15 January 1962) is an Italian actress. She is a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and seven-time Nastro d'argento winner. After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her breakthrough role in Duccio Tessari's Una grande storia d'amore (1986), which was followed by roles in Daniele Luchetti's two projects It's Happening Tomorrow (1988) and The Week of the Sphinx (1990). For the last one, she won the best performance by an actress in a leading role award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Now Margherita Buy is one of the most appreciated actresses of European cinema: Ferzan Özpetek's The Ignorant Fairies, in which she portrayed a widow who discovered her husband had been having an affair with a man for the last seven years won her a Silver Ribbon as best lead.

Known For

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Filmography

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La casa in fiamme

La casa in fiamme

Movie

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Your Little Matter

Your Little Matter

Movie

2026
Twin Stars poster

Twin Stars

Movie · as Rossana

2025
Zvanì - Il romanzo famigliare di Giovanni Pascoli poster

Zvanì - Il romanzo famigliare di Giovanni Pascoli

Movie · as Emma Corcos

2024
Ten Minutes poster

Ten Minutes

Movie · as Giovanna Brabanti

2024
Flying poster

Flying

Movie · as Annabì

2024
Romeo Is Juliet poster

Romeo Is Juliet

Movie · as Clara

2024
Trifole poster

Trifole

Movie · as Marta

2024
Group Therapy poster

Group Therapy

Movie · as Annamaria

2024
RIPLEY poster

RIPLEY

TV · as Sig. Silvana Buffi · 4 eps

2023
A Brighter Tomorrow poster

A Brighter Tomorrow

Movie · as Paola

2023
Amleto è mio fratello poster

Amleto è mio fratello

Movie

2023
The First Day of My Life poster

The First Day of My Life

Movie · as Arianna

2022
Tell It Like a Woman poster

Tell It Like a Woman

Movie · as Diana

2022
Esterno Notte - Prima Parte poster

Esterno Notte - Prima Parte

Movie · as Eleonora Moro

2022
Esterno Notte - Seconda Parte poster

Esterno Notte - Seconda Parte

Movie · as Eleonora Moro

2022
Exterior Night poster

Exterior Night

TV · as Eleonora Chiavarelli · 6 eps

2021
7 Women and a Murder poster

7 Women and a Murder

Movie · as Margherita

2021
We Are Cinema poster

We Are Cinema

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Three Floors poster

Three Floors

Movie · as Dora

2021
The Great Silence poster

The Great Silence

Movie · as Rose

2020
Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti poster

Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti

Movie · as Queen Anne of Austria

2019
Made in Italy poster

Made in Italy

TV · as Rita Pasini · 8 eps

2018
Just Believe poster

Just Believe

Movie · as Adriana Alberti

2018
The King's Musketeers poster

The King's Musketeers

Movie · as Regina Anna d'Austria

2018
Belve poster

Belve

TV · 1 ep

2017
Piccoli crimini coniugali poster

Piccoli crimini coniugali

Movie · as Moglie di Elia

2016
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre' poster

Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'

Movie · as Self

2016
Two Stepmoms poster

Two Stepmoms

Movie · as Lucia

2016
These Days poster

These Days

Movie · as Adria

2016
La vita possibile poster

La vita possibile

Movie · as Anna

2016
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents poster

How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents

Movie · as Dir. Silvia Rufini

2015
Mia Madre poster

Mia Madre

Movie · as Margherita

2015
Me, Myself and Her poster

Me, Myself and Her

Movie · as Federica Salvini

2015
Burning Love poster

Burning Love

Movie · as Madre Leonardo Film

2014
Well-Off People poster

Well-Off People

Movie · as Carla

2013
Mi rifaccio vivo poster

Mi rifaccio vivo

Movie · as Virginia Di Valerio

2013
A Five Star Life poster

A Five Star Life

Movie · as Irene

2013
Discovery at Dawn poster

Discovery at Dawn

Movie · as Caterina Astengo

2013
Carlo! poster

Carlo!

Movie · as Herself

2013
Io... donna poster

Io... donna

Movie · as Clara

2013
In Treatment poster

In Treatment

TV · as Rita · 7 eps

2012
Monicelli: La versione di Mario poster

Monicelli: La versione di Mario

Movie · as Self

2012
A Magnificent Haunting poster

A Magnificent Haunting

Movie · as Lea Mami

2012
The Red and the Blue poster

The Red and the Blue

Movie · as Preside Giuliana

2012
6 sull'autobus poster

6 sull'autobus

Movie

2012
Love Is in the Air poster

Love Is in the Air

Movie · as Luigia

2011
We Have a Pope poster

We Have a Pope

Movie · as Brezzi's Wife

2010
Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso poster

Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso

Movie · as Rossana

2010
Happy Family poster

Happy Family

Movie · as Margherita

2010
Weddings and Other Disasters poster

Weddings and Other Disasters

Movie · as Nanà

2009
Pinocchio poster

Pinocchio

Movie · as Maestrina

2009
The Cézanne Affair poster

The Cézanne Affair

Movie · as Anna

2009
The White Space poster

The White Space

Movie · as Maria

2009
The Ladies Get Their Say poster

The Ladies Get Their Say

Movie · as Gabriella

2009
Pinocchio poster

Pinocchio

TV · as La maestra · 2 eps

2008
Amiche mie poster

Amiche mie

TV · as Anna · 1 ep

2007
Saturn in Opposition poster

Saturn in Opposition

Movie · as Angelica

2007
Days and Clouds poster

Days and Clouds

Movie · as Elsa

2006
The Unknown Woman poster

The Unknown Woman

Movie · as Avvocatessa di Irena

2006
The Caiman poster

The Caiman

Movie · as Paola Bonomo

2006
Commediasexi poster

Commediasexi

Movie · as Dora

2005
The Manual of Love poster

The Manual of Love

Movie · as Barbara

2005
The Days of Abandonment poster

The Days of Abandonment

Movie · as Olga

2004
Love Returns poster

Love Returns

Movie · as Silvia

2004
The Vanity Serum poster

The Vanity Serum

Movie · as Lucia Allasco

2004
L'ombra cinese poster

L'ombra cinese

Movie · as Louise Maigret

2004
La trappola di Maigret poster

La trappola di Maigret

Movie · as Louise Maigret

2003
Ma che colpa abbiamo noi poster

Ma che colpa abbiamo noi

Movie · as Flavia

2003
Caterina in the Big City poster

Caterina in the Big City

Movie · as Agata Iacovoni

2003
Margherita, ritratto confidenziale

Margherita, ritratto confidenziale

Movie · as Self

2002
The Best Day of My Life poster

The Best Day of My Life

Movie · as Sara Mazzoni

2001
His Secret Life poster

His Secret Life

Movie · as Antonia

2000
Tutto l'amore che c'è poster

Tutto l'amore che c'è

Movie · as Marisa

2000
The Shadow of the Giant poster

The Shadow of the Giant

Movie · as Adele

2000
Against the Wind poster

Against the Wind

Movie · as Clara

1999
Not of This World poster

Not of This World

Movie · as Caterina

1999
Sweet Idleness poster

Sweet Idleness

Movie · as Countess Gabriella Nencini

1999
La Vita Che Verrà poster

La Vita Che Verrà

TV · as Viviana Vitanza · 4 eps

1998
Incompreso poster

Incompreso

Movie · as Elisa Quaratesi

1997
An Eyewitness Account poster

An Eyewitness Account

Movie · as Franca Nava

1996
Love, Money and Philosophy poster

Love, Money and Philosophy

Movie · as Lucia

1996
Bits & Pieces poster

Bits & Pieces

Movie

1996
Follow Your Heart poster

Follow Your Heart

Movie · as Olga da giovane

1995
Looking for Paradise poster

Looking for Paradise

Movie · as Claudia Bertelli

1994
Le fils préféré poster

Le fils préféré

Movie · as Anna Maria

1994
Prestazione straordinaria poster

Prestazione straordinaria

Movie · as Clara Guerri

1993
Here Comes the Storm poster

Here Comes the Storm

Movie · as Eugenia Fontana

1993
Condemned to Be Wed poster

Condemned to Be Wed

Movie · as Sandra

1993
Cominciò tutto per caso poster

Cominciò tutto per caso

Movie · as Stefania

1992
Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato poster

Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato

Movie · as Camilla

1991
Ask for the Moon poster

Ask for the Moon

Movie · as Elena Bacchelli

1990
The Station poster

The Station

Movie · as Flavia

1990
La settimana della sfinge poster

La settimana della sfinge

Movie · as Gloria

1989
Nulla ci può fermare poster

Nulla ci può fermare

Movie · as Francesca

1988
It's Happening Tomorrow poster

It's Happening Tomorrow

Movie · as Vera

1988
Stray Days poster

Stray Days

Movie · as Annalisa

1983
Flipper poster

Flipper

TV · as Annina · 2 eps

1951
Sanremo Music Festival poster

Sanremo Music Festival

TV · as Self - Special Guest · 1 ep