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Maya Sansa

Maya Sansa

Actor · Born September 25, 1975 · Rome, Italy

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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.

Acted in 60

2020s

  1. 2026

    In Utero

    Fotoreporter · 8 episodes

  2. 2025
  3. 2024

    A Dangerous Friendship

    Marie de Médicis · 4 episodes

  4. 2023

    With the Grace of a God

    Claudia

  5. The Firebrands

    Chiara · 5 episodes

  6. My Paper Dolls

    Anna Bottacin

  7. Sei donne - Il mistero di Leila

    Anna Conti · 6 episodes

  8. 2022
  9. The Peacock’s Paradise

    Caterina

  10. Azuro

    Gina

  11. 2021
  12. 2020

    You Came Back

    Clara Fasani

  13. Redemption

    Sara · 8 episodes

  14. Amo la tempesta

    Marina

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2018
  3. 2017
  4. 2016

    La verità sta in cielo

    Maria

  5. 2015

    Tutto può succedere

    Sara Ferraro · 42 episodes

  6. Storie sospese

    Giovanna

  7. The Lithium Conspiracy

    Valeria Petri

  8. 2014

    The show MAS go on

    Movie

  9. The Good Life

    Elena

  10. 2013
  11. Cycling with Molière

    Francesca

  12. 2012

    Dormant Beauty

    Rossa

  13. 2011

    The First Man

    Catherine Cormery (1924)

  14. See How They Dance

    Doctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith

  15. Meeting with an Angel

    Véra

  16. 2010

    Un altro mondo

    Ingrid

  17. The Black Sheep

    Marinella

  18. Two Sunny Days

    Martina

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. Il prossimo tuo

    Maddalena

  3. La voce naturale - Giving Voice

    Se stessa

  4. David Copperfield

    Agnes Wickfield · 2 episodes

  5. Villa Amalia

    Giulia

  6. 2008

    All Human Rights for All

    Movie

  7. Einstein

    Mileva Marić · 2 episodes

  8. The Third Part of the World

    Chiara

  9. 2007

    Fuori dalle corde

    Anna Lo Russo

  10. 2006
  11. 2005

    Contronatura

    Movie

  12. 2004
  13. Il vestito da sposa

    Stella

  14. 2003

    The Best of Youth

    Mirella Utano · 4 episodes

  15. Good Morning, Night

    Chiara

  16. 2002

    Gasoline

    Stella

  17. La vita degli altri

    Silvia

  18. 2000

    Lupo mannaro

    Maria Grazia

  19. Nella terra di nessuno

    Katia

1990s

  1. 1999
Appearances1

2020s

  1. 2024

    Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema

    Self