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Maya Sansa
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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…
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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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Maya Sansa's Filmography
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Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema
as Self
With the Grace of a God
as Claudia
My Paper Dolls
as Anna Bottacin
Revoir Paris
as Sara
The Peacock’s Paradise
as Caterina
Azuro
as Gina
My Night
as Doctor
Security
as Claudia Raffaelli Santini
You Came Back
as Clara Fasani
Amo la tempesta
as Marina
The App
I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro
as Silvana
The Truth
Sisters in Arms
as Mother Sun
The Royal Exchange
as Elisabeth Farnese
La verità sta in cielo
as Maria
No Poster
Looking for Monica
Storie sospese
as Giovanna
The Lithium Conspiracy
as Valeria Petri
The show MAS go on
The Good Life
as Elena
Under the Starry Sky
as Ada
Cycling with Molière
as Francesca
Dormant Beauty
as Rossa
No Poster
The Woman Dress
as The Woman
The First Man
as Catherine Cormery (1924)
See How They Dance
as Doctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith
Meeting with an Angel
as Véra
Un altro mondo
as Ingrid
The Black Sheep
as Marinella
Two Sunny Days
as Martina
The Man Who Will Come
as Lena
Il prossimo tuo
as Maddalena
La voce naturale - Giving Voice
as Se stessa
Villa Amalia
as Giulia
All Human Rights for All
The Third Part of the World
as Chiara
Female Agents
as Maria Luzzato
Fuori dalle corde
as Anna Lo Russo
The Listening
as Francesca
Contronatura
An Italian Romance
as Maria
Il vestito da sposa
as Stella
Good Morning, Night
as Chiara
The Best of Youth
as Mirella Utano
Gasoline
as Stella
La vita degli altri
as Silvia
Lupo mannaro
as Maria Grazia
Nella terra di nessuno
as Katia
No Poster
A Thread of Passion
The Nanny
as Annetta