Maya Sansa
Known for Acting · 65 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 (13)
In Treatment
2013
as Irene
The Iris Affair
2025
as Inspector Nico Casterman
Irma Vep
2022
as Gregory's Wife
Collateral
2018
as Berna Yalaz
Tutto può succedere
2015
as Sara Ferraro
In Utero
2026
as Fotoreporter
The Firebrands
2023
as Chiara
The Best of Youth
2003
as Mirella Utano
A Dangerous Friendship
2024
as Marie de Médicis
Sei donne - Il mistero di Leila
2023
as Anna Conti
Einstein
2008
as Mileva Marić
Redemption
2020
as Sara
David Copperfield
2009
as Agnes Wickfield
Movies (52)
Under the Starry Sky
2014
as Ada
You Came Back
2020
as Clara Fasani
The Best of Youth
2003
as Mirella Utano
The Listening
2006
as Francesca
Sisters in Arms
2019
as Mother Sun
My Night
2022
as Doctor
Dormant Beauty
2012
as Rossa
The Royal Exchange
2017
as Elisabeth Farnese
Two Sunny Days
2010
as Martina
Female Agents
2008
as Maria Luzzato
La vita degli altri
2002
as Silvia
Revoir Paris
2022
as Sara
Security
2021
as Claudia Raffaelli Santini
Azuro
2022
as Gina
The Truth
2019
Storie sospese
2015
as Giovanna
David Copperfield
2009
as Agnes Wickfield
Cycling with Molière
2013
as Francesca
The App
2019
The First Man
2011
as Catherine Cormery (1924)
Fuori dalle corde
2007
as Anna Lo Russo
An Italian Romance
2004
as Maria
Contronatura
2005
Il prossimo tuo
2009
as Maddalena
Good Morning, Night
2003
as Chiara
A Thread of Passion
2000
The Nanny
1999
as Annetta
La verità sta in cielo
2016
as Maria
All Human Rights for All
2008
I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro
2019
as Silvana
The Third Part of the World
2008
as Chiara
Lupo mannaro
2000
as Maria Grazia
Looking for Monica
2016
Meeting with an Angel
2011
as Véra
Un Altro Mondo
2010
as Ingrid
The Man Who Will Come
2009
as Lena
The Peacock’s Paradise
2022
as Caterina
My Paper Dolls
2023
as Anna Bottacin
With The Grace Of a God
2023
as Claudia
Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema
2024
as Self
Villa Amalia
2009
as Giulia
Nella terra di nessuno
2000
as Katia
The Woman Dress
2012
as The Woman
Il vestito da sposa
2004
as Stella
The Lithium Conspiracy
2015
as Valeria Petri
The Black Sheep
2010
as Marinella
Gasoline
2002
as Stella
The Good Life
2014
as Elena
See How They Dance
2011
as Doctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith
The show MAS go on
2014
La voce naturale - Giving Voice
2009
as Se stessa
Amo la tempesta
2020
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 65 credits spanning from 1999 to 2026, Maya Sansa has appeared in 52 films and 13 TV shows.
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Most Popular Maya Sansa Movies
- Under the Starry Sky (2014) — as Ada
- You Came Back (2020) — as Clara Fasani
- The Best of Youth (2003) — as Mirella Utano
- The Listening (2006) — as Francesca
- Sisters in Arms (2019) — as Mother Sun
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