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