Maya Sansa
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 25, 1975
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema 2024
as Self
With the Grace of a God 2023
as Claudia
My Paper Dolls 2023
as Anna Bottacin
Revoir Paris 2022
as Sara
The Peacock’s Paradise 2022
as Caterina
Azuro 2022
as Gina
My Night 2022
as Doctor
Security 2021
as Claudia Raffaelli Santini
You Came Back 2020
as Clara Fasani
Amo la tempesta 2020
as Marina
The App 2019
Actor
I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro 2019
as Silvana
The Truth 2019
Actor
Sisters in Arms 2019
as Mother Sun
The Royal Exchange 2017
as Elisabeth Farnese
La verità sta in cielo 2016
as Maria
- Looking for Monica
Looking for Monica 2016
Actor
Storie sospese 2015
as Giovanna
The Lithium Conspiracy 2015
as Valeria Petri
The show MAS go on 2014
Actor
The Good Life 2014
as Elena
Under the Starry Sky 2014
as Ada
Cycling with Molière 2013
as Francesca
Dormant Beauty 2012
as Rossa
- The Woman Dress
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
Actor
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
Contronatura 2005
Actor
An Italian Romance 2004
as Maria
Il vestito da sposa 2004
as Stella
Good Morning, Night 2003
as Chiara
The Best of Youth 2003
as Mirella Utano
Gasoline 2002
as Stella
La vita degli altri 2002
as Silvia
Lupo mannaro 2000
as Maria Grazia
Nella terra di nessuno 2000
as Katia
- A Thread of Passion
A Thread of Passion 2000
Actor
The Nanny 1999
as Annetta
Credits from TMDB.