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