Margherita Buy
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Unknown Woman
as Avvocatessa di Irena
2006
The Manual of Love
as Barbara
2005
Ten Minutes
as Giovanna Brabanti
2024
Tell It Like a Woman
as Diana
2022
Saturn in Opposition
as Angelica
2007
His Secret Life
as Antonia
2001
The Caiman
as Paola Bonomo
2006
7 Women and a Murder
as Margherita
2021
The Best Day of My Life
as Sara Mazzoni
2002
Days and Clouds
as Elsa
2007
Pinocchio
as Maestrina
2009
Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso
as Rossana
2010
Happy Family
as Margherita
2010
We Have a Pope
as Brezzi's Wife
2011
Ma che colpa abbiamo noi
as Flavia
2003
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
as Self
2016
Commediasexi
as Dora
2006
The Cézanne Affair
as Anna
2009
Not of This World
as Caterina
1999
Weddings and Other Disasters
as Nanà
2010
