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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.
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2020s
- 2026
In Utero
Fotoreporter · 8 episodes
- 2025
- 2024
A Dangerous Friendship
Marie de Médicis · 4 episodes
- 2023
With the Grace of a God
Claudia
The Firebrands
Chiara · 5 episodes
My Paper Dolls
Anna Bottacin
Sei donne - Il mistero di Leila
Anna Conti · 6 episodes
- 2022
The Peacock’s Paradise
Caterina
Azuro
Gina
- 2021
- 2020
You Came Back
Clara Fasani
Redemption
Sara · 8 episodes
Amo la tempesta
Marina
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
La verità sta in cielo
Maria
- 2015
Tutto può succedere
Sara Ferraro · 42 episodes
Storie sospese
Giovanna
The Lithium Conspiracy
Valeria Petri
- 2014
The show MAS go on
Movie
The Good Life
Elena
- 2013
Cycling with Molière
Francesca
- 2012
Dormant Beauty
Rossa
- 2011
The First Man
Catherine Cormery (1924)
See How They Dance
Doctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith
Meeting with an Angel
Véra
- 2010
Un altro mondo
Ingrid
The Black Sheep
Marinella
Two Sunny Days
Martina
2000s
- 2009
Il prossimo tuo
Maddalena
La voce naturale - Giving Voice
Se stessa
David Copperfield
Agnes Wickfield · 2 episodes
Villa Amalia
Giulia
- 2008
All Human Rights for All
Movie
Einstein
Mileva Marić · 2 episodes
The Third Part of the World
Chiara
- 2007
Fuori dalle corde
Anna Lo Russo
- 2006
- 2005
Contronatura
Movie
- 2004
Il vestito da sposa
Stella
- 2003
The Best of Youth
Mirella Utano · 4 episodes
Good Morning, Night
Chiara
- 2002
Gasoline
Stella
La vita degli altri
Silvia
- 2000
Lupo mannaro
Maria Grazia
Nella terra di nessuno
Katia
1990s
- 1999
Appearances1
2020s
- 2024
Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema
Self





