Margherita Buy
Born: 1962-01-15 in Rome, Italy
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- RIPLEY as Sig. Silvana Buffi
- Trifole as Marta
- Flying as Annabì
- Ten Minutes as Giovanna Brabanti
- Una terapia di gruppo
- Romeo Is Juliet as Clara
2023
- The First Day of My Life as Arianna
- A Brighter Tomorrow as Paola
- Amleto è mio fratello
2022
- Tell It Like a Woman as Diana
- Exterior Night as Eleonora Chiavarelli
- Esterno Notte (part II) as Eleonora Moro
- Esterno Notte (part I) as Eleonora Moro
2021
- 7 Women and a Murder as Margherita
- Three Floors as Dora
- The Great Silence as Rose
- We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti as Queen Anne of Austria
2019
- Made in Italy as Rita Pasini
2018
- Belve
- The King's Musketeers as Regina Anna d'Austria
- Just Believe as Adriana Alberti
2017
- Piccoli crimini coniugali as Moglie di Elia
2016
- These Days as Adria
- Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre' as Self
- La vita possibile as Anna
- Two Stepmoms as Lucia
- How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents as Dir. Silvia Rufini
2015
- Me, Myself and Her as Federica Salvini
- Burning Love as Madre Leonardo Film
- My Mother as Margherita
2014
- Well-Off People as Carla
2013
- A Five Star Life as Irene
- In Treatment as Rita
- Carlo! as Herself
- Discovery at Dawn as Caterina Astengo
- Io... donna as Clara
- Mi rifaccio vivo as Virginia Di Valerio
2012
- A Magnificent Haunting as Lea Mami
- Il rosso e il blu as Preside Giuliana
- Love Is in the Air as Luigia
- Monicelli: La versione di Mario as Self
- 6 sull'autobus
2011
- 30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente
- We Have a Pope as Moglie di Brezzi
2010
- Happy Family as Margherita
- Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso as Rossana
- Weddings and Other Disasters as Nanà
2009
- The Ladies Get Their Say as Gabriella
- Pinocchio as Maestrina
- The Cézanne Affair as Anna
- Pinocchio as La maestra
- The White Space as Maria
2008
- Amiche mie as Anna
2007
- Saturn in Opposition as Angelica
- Days and Clouds as Elsa
2006
- The Caiman as Paola Bonomo
- The Unknown Woman as Avvocatessa di Irena
- Commediasexi as Dora
2005
- Manual of Love as Barbara
- The Days of Abandonment as Olga
2004
- Love Returns as Silvia
- L'ombra cinese as Louise Maigret
- The Vanity Serum as Lucia Allasco
- La trappola di Maigret as Louise Maigret
2003
- Ma che colpa abbiamo noi as Flavia
- Caterina in the Big City as Agata Iacovoni
- Margherita, ritratto confidenziale as Self
2002
- The Best Day of My Life as Sara Mazzoni
2001
- His Secret Life as Antonia
2000
- Against the Wind as Clara
- Tutto l'amore che c'è as Marisa
- The Shadow of the Giant as Adele
1999
- Not of this World as Sister Caterina
- Sweet Idleness as Countess Gabriella Nencini
1998
- Incompreso as Elisa Quaratesi
1997
- An Eyewitness Account as Franca Nava
1996
- Bits & Pieces
- Love, Money and Philosophy as Lucia
- Follow Your Heart as Olga da giovane
1995
- Looking for Paradise as Claudia Bertelli
1994
- Prestazione straordinaria as Clara Guerri
- Le fils préféré as Anna Maria
1993
- Condannato a nozze as Sandra
- Arriva la bufera as Eugenia Fontana
- Cominciò tutto per caso as Stefania
1992
- Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato as Camilla
1991
- Ask for the Moon as Elena Bacchelli
1990
- The Station as Flavia
- La settimana della sfinge as Gloria
1989
- Nulla ci può fermare as Francesca
1988
- Stray Days as Annalisa
- It's Happening Tomorrow as Vera
1983
- Flipper as Annina
1951
- Sanremo Music Festival as Self - Special Guest