
Maya Sansa
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.186 |
Birthday | 1975-09-25 |
Place of Birth | Rome, Italy |
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2016

Looking for Monica
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2003

Good Morning, Night
7.078/198
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2000

Nella terra di nessuno
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2003

The Best of Youth
8.1/547
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2008

Female Agents
6.6/254
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2002

Gasoline
4.8/14
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Gasoline

2009

The Man Who Will Come
7.4/77
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2004

An Italian Romance
5.286/21
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2023

My Paper Dolls
5.1/4
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2010

Un altro mondo
7/34
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2010

The Black Sheep
8/26
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2011

The First Man
6.5/36
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2003

Il vestito da sposa
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2009

Il prossimo tuo
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2010

Two Sunny Days
5/3
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2012

Dormant Beauty
6.404/68
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2013

Cycling with Molière
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2011

Meeting with an Angel
3.8/3
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2022

Revoir Paris
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2011

See How They Dance
4/2
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1999

The Nanny
6.2/9
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2009

La voce naturale - Giving Voice
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2008

Einstein
4/2
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2007

Fuori dalle corde
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2023

With the Grace of a God
5/2
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2014

The Good Life
6/19
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2015

Storie sospese
6.3/17
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2015

The Lithium Conspiracy
4.5/4
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2012

The Woman Dress
0/0
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2008

The Third Part of the World
3.5/4
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2016

La verità sta in cielo
6/61
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2017

The Royal Exchange
6.31/155
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2014

The show MAS go on
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2000

A Thread of Passion
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2014

Under the Starry Sky
6.714/7
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2009

Villa Amalia
5.8/30
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2019

The Truth
6/247
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2006

The Listening
6.4/25
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2000

Lupo mannaro
4.5/2
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2019

I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro
7.1/22
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2019

The App
3/121
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2020

You Came Back
5.6/49
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2021

Security
5.6/179
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2008

All Human Rights for All
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2020

Amo la tempesta
4/1
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2019

Sisters in Arms
7.2/141
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2022

The Peacock’s Paradise
5.6/5
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2022

Azuro
4.4/14
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2022

My Night
5.6/14
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