Maya Sansa
Known for Acting · 64 credits
- Born
- 1975-09-25 (age 50)
- Place of birth
- Rome, Italy
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (12)
Irma Vep
2022
as Gregory's Wife
The Iris Affair
2025
as Inspector Nico Casterman
Collateral
2018
as Berna Yalaz
In Treatment
2013
as Irene
Tutto può succedere
2015
as Sara Ferraro
The Best of Youth
2003
as Mirella Utano
In Utero
2026
as Fotoreporter
A Dangerous Friendship
2024
as Marie de Médicis
The Firebrands
2023
as Chiara
Redemption
2020
as Sara
Sei donne - Il mistero di Leila
2023
as Anna Conti
Einstein
2008
as Mileva Marić
Movies (52)
The Best of Youth
2003
as Mirella Utano
Female Agents
2008
as Maria Luzzato
The Truth
2019
Security
2021
as Claudia Raffaelli Santini
The Royal Exchange
2017
as Elisabeth Farnese
Sisters in Arms
2019
as Mother Sun
Azuro
2022
as Gina
Good Morning, Night
2003
as Chiara
Revoir Paris
2022
as Sara
The Listening
2006
as Francesca
Cycling with Molière
2013
as Francesca
The First Man
2011
as Catherine Cormery (1924)
All Human Rights for All
2008
Dormant Beauty
2012
as Rossa
The Nanny
1999
as Annetta
The Man Who Will Come
2009
as Lena
My Night
2022
as Doctor
My Paper Dolls
2023
as Anna Bottacin
An Italian Romance
2004
as Maria
The App
2019
Gasoline
2002
as Stella
The Third Part of the World
2008
as Chiara
The Lithium Conspiracy
2015
as Valeria Petri
Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema
2024
as Self
I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro
2019
as Silvana
Villa Amalia
2009
as Giulia
The Peacock’s Paradise
2022
as Caterina
Un altro mondo
2010
as Ingrid
Meeting with an Angel
2011
as Véra
David Copperfield
2009
as Agnes Wickfield
You Came Back
2020
as Clara Fasani
La verità sta in cielo
2016
as Maria
Il prossimo tuo
2009
as Maddalena
Amo la tempesta
2020
The Good Life
2014
as Elena
Two Sunny Days
2010
as Martina
Contronatura
2005
The Black Sheep
2010
as Marinella
Lupo mannaro
2000
as Maria Grazia
Fuori dalle corde
2007
as Anna Lo Russo
Nella terra di nessuno
2000
as Katia
Storie sospese
2015
as Giovanna
A Thread of Passion
2000
With The Grace Of a God
2023
as Claudia
The Woman Dress
2012
as The Woman
Il vestito da sposa
2004
as Stella
Under the Starry Sky
2014
as Ada
La vita degli altri
2002
as Silvia
Looking for Monica
2016
See How They Dance
2011
as Doctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith
La voce naturale - Giving Voice
2009
as Se stessa
The show MAS go on
2014
About 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 Tu… With 64 credits spanning from 1999 to 2026, Maya Sansa has appeared in 52 films and 12 TV shows.
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Most Popular Maya Sansa Movies
- The Best of Youth (2003) — as Mirella Utano
- Female Agents (2008) — as Maria Luzzato
- The Truth (2019)
- Security (2021) — as Claudia Raffaelli Santini
- The Royal Exchange (2017) — as Elisabeth Farnese
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