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 Truth
Good Morning, Night
Good Morning, Night

2003

as Chiara

The App
Security
Security

2021

as Claudia Raffaelli Santini

Revoir Paris
Revoir Paris

2022

as Sara

The Royal Exchange
The Royal Exchange

2017

as Elisabeth Farnese

Sisters in Arms
Sisters in Arms

2019

as Mother Sun

Gasoline
Gasoline

2002

as Stella

You Came Back
You Came Back

2020

as Clara Fasani

Villa Amalia
Villa Amalia

2009

as Giulia

Dormant Beauty
Dormant Beauty

2012

as Rossa

The Listening
The Listening

2006

as Francesca

Cycling with Molière
Cycling with Molière

2013

as Francesca

The Lithium Conspiracy
The Lithium Conspiracy

2015

as Valeria Petri

I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro
Two Sunny Days
Two Sunny Days

2010

as Martina

The Nanny
The Nanny

1999

as Annetta

The First Man
The First Man

2011

as Catherine Cormery (1924)