Maya Sansa
Born: 1975-09-25 in Rome, Italy
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- In Utero as Fotoreporter
2025
- The Iris Affair as Inspector Nico Casterman
2024
- A Dangerous Friendship as Marie de Médicis
- Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema as Self
2023
- The Firebrands as Chiara
- Sei donne - Il mistero di Leila as Anna Conti
- My Paper Dolls as Anna Bottacin
- With the Grace of a God as Claudia
2022
- Irma Vep as Gregory's Wife
- Revoir Paris as Sara
- My Night as Doctor
- The Peacock’s Paradise as Caterina
- Azuro as Gina
2021
- Security as Claudia Raffaelli Santini
2020
- Redemption as Sara
- You Came Back as Clara Fasani
- Amo la tempesta as Marina
2019
- The Truth
- Sisters in Arms as Mother Sun
- The App
- I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro as Silvana
2018
- Collateral as Berna Yalaz
2017
- The Royal Exchange as Elisabeth Farnese
2016
- La verità sta in cielo as Maria
- Looking for Monica
2015
- Tutto può succedere as Sara Ferraro
- Storie sospese as Giovanna
- The Lithium Conspiracy as Valeria Petri
2014
- Under the Starry Sky as Ada
- The show MAS go on
- The Good Life as Elena
2013
- In Treatment as Irene
- Cycling with Molière as Francesca
2012
- Dormant Beauty as Rossa
- The Woman Dress as The Woman
2011
- Meeting with an Angel as Véra
- See How They Dance as Doctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith
- The First Man as Catherine Cormery (1924)
2010
- Two Sunny Days as Martina
- Un altro mondo as Ingrid
- The Black Sheep as Marinella
2009
- David Copperfield as Agnes Wickfield
- The Man Who Will Come as Lena
- Villa Amalia as Giulia
- La voce naturale - Giving Voice as Se stessa
- Il prossimo tuo as Maddalena
2008
- Female Agents as Maria Luzzato
- Einstein as Mileva Marić
- The Third Part of the World as Chiara
- All Human Rights for All
2007
- Fuori dalle corde as Anna Lo Russo
2006
- The Listening as Francesca
2005
2004
- An Italian Romance as Maria
- Il vestito da sposa as Stella
2003
- The Best of Youth as Mirella Utano
- The Best of Youth as Mirella Utano
- Good Morning, Night as Chiara
2002
- La vita degli altri as Silvia
- Gasoline as Stella
2000
- Nella terra di nessuno as Katia
- A Thread of Passion
- Lupo mannaro as Maria Grazia
1999
- The Nanny as Annetta