Maya Sansa
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 25, 1975 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- Rome, Italy
- Credits
- 64
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.
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Known for
Filmography
In Utero
2026TV
Fotoreporter
The Iris Affair
2025TV
Inspector Nico Casterman
Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema
2024Movie
Self
A Dangerous Friendship
2024TV
Marie de Médicis
With the Grace of a God
2023Movie
Claudia
The Firebrands
2023TV
Chiara
My Paper Dolls
2023Movie
Anna Bottacin
Sei donne - Il mistero di Leila
2023TV
Anna Conti
Revoir Paris
2022Movie
Sara
The Peacock’s Paradise
2022Movie
Caterina
Irma Vep
2022TV
Gregory's Wife
Azuro
2022Movie
Gina
My Night
2022Movie
Doctor
Security
2021Movie
Claudia Raffaelli Santini
You Came Back
2020Movie
Clara Fasani
Redemption
2020TV
Sara
Amo la tempesta
2020Movie
Marina
The App
2019Movie
I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro
2019Movie
Silvana
The Truth
2019Movie
Sisters in Arms
2019Movie
Mother Sun
Collateral
2018TV
Berna Yalaz
The Royal Exchange
2017Movie
Elisabeth Farnese
La verità sta in cielo
2016Movie
Maria
Looking for Monica
2016Movie
Tutto può succedere
2015TV
Sara Ferraro
Storie sospese
2015Movie
Giovanna
The Lithium Conspiracy
2015Movie
Valeria Petri
The show MAS go on
2014Movie
The Good Life
2014Movie
Elena
Under the Starry Sky
2014Movie
Ada
In Treatment
2013TV
Irene
Cycling with Molière
2013Movie
Francesca
Dormant Beauty
2012Movie
Rossa
The Woman Dress
2012Movie
The Woman
The First Man
2011Movie
Catherine Cormery (1924)
See How They Dance
2011Movie
Doctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith
Meeting with an Angel
2011Movie
Véra
Un altro mondo
2010Movie
Ingrid
The Black Sheep
2010Movie
Marinella
Two Sunny Days
2010Movie
Martina
The Man Who Will Come
2009Movie
Lena
Il prossimo tuo
2009Movie
Maddalena
La voce naturale - Giving Voice
2009Movie
Se stessa
David Copperfield
2009TV
Agnes Wickfield
Villa Amalia
2009Movie
Giulia
All Human Rights for All
2008Movie
Einstein
2008TV
Mileva Marić
The Third Part of the World
2008Movie
Chiara
Female Agents
2008Movie
Maria Luzzato
Fuori dalle corde
2007Movie
Anna Lo Russo
The Listening
2006Movie
Francesca
Contronatura
2005Movie
An Italian Romance
2004Movie
Maria
Il vestito da sposa
2004Movie
Stella
The Best of Youth
2003TV
Mirella Utano
Good Morning, Night
2003Movie
Chiara
The Best of Youth
2003Movie
Mirella Utano
Gasoline
2002Movie
Stella
La vita degli altri
2002Movie
Silvia
Lupo mannaro
2000Movie
Maria Grazia
Nella terra di nessuno
2000Movie
Katia
A Thread of Passion
2000Movie
The Nanny
1999Movie
Annetta