Margherita Buy
Actor
Biography
Margherita Buy (born 15 January 1962) is an Italian actress. She is a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and seven-time Nastro d'argento winner. After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her breakthrough role in Duccio Tessari's Una grande storia d'amore (1986), which was followed by roles in Daniele Luchetti's two projects It's Happening Tomorrow (1988) and The Week of the Sphinx (1990). For the last one, she won the best performance by an actress in a leading role award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Now Margherita Buy is one of the most appreciated actresses of European cinema: Ferzan Özpetek's The Ignorant Fairies, in which she portrayed a widow who discovered her husband had been having an affair with a man for the last seven years won her a Silver Ribbon as best lead.
As Director
Filmography
We Have a Pope
as Moglie di Brezzi 2011
His Secret Life
as Antonia 2001
The King's Musketeers
as Regina Anna d'Austria 2018
Saturn in Opposition
as Angelica 2007
7 Women and a Murder
as Margherita 2021
Mia madre
as Margherita 2015
The Unknown Woman
as Avvocatessa di Irena 2006
Just Believe
as Adriana Alberti 2018
A Brighter Tomorrow
as Paola 2023
The Manual of Love
as Barbara 2005
Three Floors
as Dora 2021
Happy Family
as Margherita 2010
Love Is in the Air
as Luigia 2012
The Caiman
as Paola Bonomo 2006
Caterina in the Big City
as Agata Iacovoni 2003
A Magnificent Haunting
as Lea Mami 2012
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
as Dir. Silvia Rufini 2016