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.
52 movies · 13 shows
Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema
2024·0.0
With the Grace of a God
2023·5.0
My Paper Dolls
2023·6.1
Revoir Paris
2022·7.1
The Peacock’s Paradise
2022·5.6
Azuro
2022·4.9
My Night
2022·5.8
Security
2021·5.5
You Came Back
2020·5.5
Amo la tempesta
2020·4.0
The App
2019·3.0
I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro
2019·7.0
The Truth
2019·6.0
Sisters in Arms
2019·7.1
The Royal Exchange
2017·6.3
La verità sta in cielo
2016·5.9
Looking for Monica
2016·0.0
Storie sospese
2015·6.3
The Lithium Conspiracy
2015·3.7
The show MAS go on
2014·0.0
The Good Life
2014·5.8
Under the Starry Sky
2014·6.7
Cycling with Molière
2013·6.5
Dormant Beauty
2012·6.3
The Woman Dress
2012·0.0
The First Man
2011·6.5
See How They Dance
2011·3.3
Meeting with an Angel
2011·4.4
Un altro mondo
2010·7.1
The Black Sheep
2010·7.9
Two Sunny Days
2010·5.0
The Man Who Will Come
2009·7.4
Il prossimo tuo
2009·0.0
La voce naturale - Giving Voice
2009·0.0
David Copperfield
2009·6.5
Villa Amalia
2009·5.7
All Human Rights for All
2008·0.0
The Third Part of the World
2008·3.2
Female Agents
2008·6.6
Fuori dalle corde
2007·5.0
The Listening
2006·6.5
Contronatura
2005·4.7
An Italian Romance
2004·5.5
Il vestito da sposa
2004·5.1
Good Morning, Night
2003·7.0
The Best of Youth
2003·8.0
Gasoline
2002·4.8
La vita degli altri
2002·9.0
Lupo mannaro
2000·6.0
Nella terra di nessuno
2000·9.0
A Thread of Passion
2000·0.0
The Nanny
1999·6.6