Maya Sansa
Known For
Acting
Born
1975-09-25 in Rome, Italy
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.
Most Known For
Irma Vep
as Gregory's Wife
In Treatment
as Irene
Dormant Beauty
as Rossa
Collateral
as Berna Yalaz
The Iris Affair
as Inspector Nico Casterman
You Came Back
as Clara Fasani
Storie sospese
as Giovanna
Contronatura
The Best of Youth
as Mirella Utano
The Listening
as Francesca
A Dangerous Friendship
as Marie de Médicis
Tutto può succedere
as Sara Ferraro
The Best of Youth
as Mirella Utano
Under the Starry Sky
as Ada
The Truth
Redemption
as Sara
The Firebrands
as Chiara
Female Agents
as Maria Luzzato
Sisters in Arms
as Mother Sun
Azuro
as Gina