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Maya Sansa

Maya Sansa

Birthday: 1975-09-25 | Place of Birth: Rome, Italy

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Revoir Paris

as    Sara

2022
The Peacock’s Paradise

as    Caterina

2022
My Night

as    Doctor

2022
Azuro

as    Gina

2021
Security

as    Claudia Raffaelli Santini

2020
You Came Back

as    Clara Fasani

2020
Redemption

as    Sara

2019
Sisters in Arms

as    Mother Sun

2016
The Lithium Conspiracy

as    Valeria Petri

2012
Dormant Beauty

as    Rossa

2011
The First Man

as    Catherine Cormery (1924)

2011
Meeting with an Angel

as    Véra

2009
Villa Amalia

as    Giulia

2009
The Man Who Will Come

as    Lena

2008
Female Agents

as    Maria Luzzato

2005
Good Morning, Night

as    Chiara

2005
The Best of Youth

as    Mirella Utano

2003
Gasoline

as    Stella