- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 25, 1975
- Place of Birth
- Rome, Italy
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…
Filmography
tvIn Utero
2026 · Fotoreporter
tvThe Iris Affair
2025 · Inspector Nico Casterman
movieCarlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema
2024 · Self
tvA Dangerous Friendship
2024 · Marie de Médicis
movieWith The Grace Of a God
2023 · Claudia
tvThe Firebrands
2023 · Chiara
movieMy Paper Dolls
2023 · Anna Bottacin
tvSei donne - Il mistero di Leila
2023 · Anna Conti
movieRevoir Paris
2022 · Sara
movieThe Peacock’s Paradise
2022 · Caterina
tvIrma Vep
2022 · Gregory's Wife
movieAzuro
2022 · Gina
movieMy Night
2022 · Doctor
movieSecurity
2021 · Claudia Raffaelli Santini
movieYou Came Back
2020 · Clara Fasani
tvRedemption
2020 · Sara
movieAmo la tempesta
2020
movieThe App
2019
movieI ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro
2019 · Silvana
movieThe Truth
2019
movieSisters in Arms
2019 · Mother Sun
tvCollateral
2018 · Berna Yalaz
movieThe Royal Exchange
2017 · Elisabeth Farnese
movieLa verità sta in cielo
2016 · Maria
Looking for Monica
movieLooking for Monica
2016
tvTutto può succedere
2015 · Sara Ferraro
movieStorie sospese
2015 · Giovanna
movieThe Lithium Conspiracy
2015 · Valeria Petri
movieThe show MAS go on
2014
movieThe Good Life
2014 · Elena
movieUnder the Starry Sky
2014 · Ada
tvIn Treatment
2013 · Irene
movieCycling with Molière
2013 · Francesca
movieDormant Beauty
2012 · Rossa
The Woman Dress
movieThe Woman Dress
2012 · The Woman
movieThe First Man
2011 · Catherine Cormery (1924)
movieSee How They Dance
2011 · Doctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith
movieMeeting with an Angel
2011 · Véra
movieUn Altro Mondo
2010 · Ingrid
movieThe Black Sheep
2010 · Marinella
movieTwo Sunny Days
2010 · Martina
movieThe Man Who Will Come
2009 · Lena
movieIl prossimo tuo
2009 · Maddalena
movieLa voce naturale - Giving Voice
2009 · Se stessa
tvDavid Copperfield
2009 · Agnes Wickfield
movieDavid Copperfield
2009 · Agnes Wickfield
movieVilla Amalia
2009 · Giulia
movieAll Human Rights for All
2008
tvEinstein
2008 · Mileva Marić
movieThe Third Part of the World
2008 · Chiara
movieFemale Agents
2008 · Maria Luzzato
movieFuori dalle corde
2007 · Anna Lo Russo
movieThe Listening
2006 · Francesca
movieContronatura
2005
movieAn Italian Romance
2004 · Maria
movieIl vestito da sposa
2004 · Stella
tvThe Best of Youth
2003 · Mirella Utano
movieGood Morning, Night
2003 · Chiara
movieThe Best of Youth
2003 · Mirella Utano
movieGasoline
2002 · Stella
movieLa vita degli altri
2002 · Silvia
movieLupo mannaro
2000 · Maria Grazia
movieNella terra di nessuno
2000 · Katia
A Thread of Passion
movieA Thread of Passion
2000
movieThe Nanny
1999 · Annetta