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. Source: Article "Maya Sansa" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

The Iris Affair

Irma Vep

Collateral

In Treatment

Tutto può succedere

Female Agents

The Best of Youth

The Nanny

All Movies (52)

• Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema2024 · as Self
• With The Grace Of a God2023 · as Claudia
• My Paper Dolls2023 · as Anna Bottacin
• Revoir Paris2022 · as Sara
• The Peacock’s Paradise2022 · as Caterina
• Azuro2022 · as Gina
• My Night2022 · as Doctor
• Security2021 · as Claudia Raffaelli Santini
• You Came Back2020 · as Clara Fasani
• Amo la tempesta2020
• The App2019
• I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro2019 · as Silvana
• The Truth2019
• Sisters in Arms2019 · as Mother Sun
• The Royal Exchange2017 · as Elisabeth Farnese
• La verità sta in cielo2016 · as Maria
• Looking for Monica2016
• Storie sospese2015 · as Giovanna
• The Lithium Conspiracy2015 · as Valeria Petri
• The show MAS go on2014
• The Good Life2014 · as Elena
• Under the Starry Sky2014 · as Ada
• Cycling with Molière2013 · as Francesca
• Dormant Beauty2012 · as Rossa
• The Woman Dress2012 · as The Woman
• The First Man2011 · as Catherine Cormery (1924)
• See How They Dance2011 · as Doctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith
• Meeting with an Angel2011 · as Véra
• Un altro mondo2010 · as Ingrid
• The Black Sheep2010 · as Marinella
• Two Sunny Days2010 · as Martina
• The Man Who Will Come2009 · as Lena
• Il prossimo tuo2009 · as Maddalena
• La voce naturale - Giving Voice2009 · as Se stessa
• David Copperfield2009 · as Agnes Wickfield
• Villa Amalia2009 · as Giulia
• All Human Rights for All2008
• The Third Part of the World2008 · as Chiara
• Female Agents2008 · as Maria Luzzato
• Fuori dalle corde2007 · as Anna Lo Russo
• The Listening2006 · as Francesca
• Contronatura2005
• An Italian Romance2004 · as Maria
• Il vestito da sposa2004 · as Stella
• Good Morning, Night2003 · as Chiara
• The Best of Youth2003 · as Mirella Utano
• Gasoline2002 · as Stella
• La vita degli altri2002 · as Silvia
• Lupo mannaro2000 · as Maria Grazia
• Nella terra di nessuno2000 · as Katia
• A Thread of Passion2000
• The Nanny1999 · as Annetta

All TV Shows (12)

• In Utero2026 · as Fotoreporter
• The Iris Affair2025 · as Inspector Nico Casterman
• A Dangerous Friendship2024 · as Marie de Médicis
• The Firebrands2023 · as Chiara
• Sei donne - Il mistero di Leila2023 · as Anna Conti
• Irma Vep2022 · as Gregory's Wife
• Redemption2020 · as Sara
• Collateral2018 · as Berna Yalaz
• Tutto può succedere2015 · as Sara Ferraro
• In Treatment2013 · as Irene
• Einstein2008 · as Mileva Marić
• The Best of Youth2003 · as Mirella Utano