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Maya Sansa (born 25 September 1975) is an Italian actress.
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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.
Gender
Female
Birthday
September 25, 1975
Birthplace
Rome, Italy
The Best of Youth
2003
An Italian Romance
2004
The Woman Dress
2012
The Royal Exchange
2017
Il prossimo tuo
2009
The Listening
2006
Revoir Paris
2022
Under the Starry Sky
2014
Villa Amalia
2009
Gasoline
2002
La vita degli altri
2002
Good Morning, Night
2003
Sisters in Arms
2019
The Black Sheep
2010
Cycling with Molière
2013
The Truth
2019
A Thread of Passion
2000
I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro
2019
Two Sunny Days
2010
The Good Life
2014
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