Margherita Buy
Known For
Acting
Born
1962-01-15 in Rome, Italy
Biography
Margherita Buy (born 15 January 1962) is an Italian actress. She is a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and seven-time Nastro d'argento winner. After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her breakthrough role in Duccio Tessari's Una grande storia d'amore (1986), which was followed by roles in Daniele Luchetti's two projects It's Happening Tomorrow (1988) and The Week of the Sphinx (1990). For the last one, she won the best performance by an actress in a leading role award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Now Margherita Buy is one of the most appreciated actresses of European cinema: Ferzan Özpetek's The Ignorant Fairies, in which she portrayed a widow who discovered her husband had been having an affair with a man for the last seven years won her a Silver Ribbon as best lead.
Most Known For
RIPLEY
as Sig. Silvana Buffi
Sanremo Music Festival
as Self - Special Guest
In Treatment
as Rita
Incompreso
as Elisa Quaratesi
Belve
Exterior Night
as Eleonora Chiavarelli
We Have a Pope
as Moglie di Brezzi
7 Women and a Murder
as Margherita
Made in Italy
as Rita Pasini
A Brighter Tomorrow
as Paola
A Magnificent Haunting
as Lea Mami
Stray Days
as Annalisa
The Unknown Woman
as Avvocatessa di Irena
Trifole
as Marta
Commediasexi
as Dora
Tell It Like a Woman
as Diana
Love Is in the Air
as Luigia
The Caiman
as Paola Bonomo
Me, Myself and Her
as Federica Salvini
His Secret Life
as Antonia