Maya Sansa
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1975-09-25 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Rome, Italy
Maya Sansa
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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Acting
(2023)
(2023)
My Paper Dolls
as Anna Bottacin
(2022)
Revoir Paris
as Sara
(2022)
Azuro
as Gina
(2022)
My Night
as Doctor
(2022)
The Peacock’s Paradise
as Caterina
(2021)
Security
as Claudia Raffaelli Santini
(2020)
(2020)
You Came Back
as Clara Fasani
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro
as Silvana
(2019)
Sisters in Arms
as Mother Sun
(2017)
The Royal Exchange
as Elisabeth Farnese
(2016)
La verità sta in cielo
as Maria
(2016)
(2015)
Storie sospese
as Giovanna
(2015)
The Lithium Conspiracy
as Valeria Petri
(2014)
Under the Starry Sky
as Ada
(2014)
The Good Life
as Elena
(2014)
(2013)
Cycling with Molière
as Francesca
(2012)
The Woman Dress
as The Woman
(2012)
Dormant Beauty
as Rossa
(2011)
Meeting with an Angel
as Véra
(2011)
The First Man
as Catherine Cormery (1924)
(2011)
See How They Dance
as Doctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith
(2010)
The Black Sheep
as Marinella
(2010)
Two Sunny Days
as Martina
(2010)
Un altro mondo
as Ingrid
(2009)
Villa Amalia
as Giulia
(2009)
David Copperfield
as Agnes Wickfield
(2009)
Il prossimo tuo
as Maddalena
(2009)
The Man Who Will Come
as Lena
(2009)
La voce naturale - Giving Voice
as Se stessa
(2008)
Female Agents
as Maria Luzzato
(2008)
The Third Part of the World
as Chiara
(2008)
Einstein
as Mileva Marić
(2008)
(2007)
Fuori dalle corde
as Anna Lo Russo
(2006)
The Listening
as Francesca
(2005)
(2004)
An Italian Romance
as Maria
(2003)
Good Morning, Night
as Chiara
(2003)
The Best of Youth
as Mirella Utano
(2003)
Il vestito da sposa
as Stella
(2002)
Gasoline
as Stella
(2002)
La vita degli altri
as Silvia
(2000)
Lupo mannaro
as Maria Grazia
(2000)
Nella terra di nessuno
as Katia
(2000)
(1999)
The Nanny
as Annetta