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Margherita Buy

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Margherita Buy

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Jan 15, 1962 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Rome, Italy

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.

Known For

Acting
2025Zvanì - Il romanzo famigliare di Giovanni PascoliEmma Corcos
2025Stella Gemella
2024Ten MinutesGiovanna Brabanti
2024FlyingAnnabì
2024Romeo Is JulietClara
2024TrifoleMarta
2024Una terapia di gruppo
2024RIPLEYSig. Silvana Buffi
2023A Brighter TomorrowPaola
2023Amleto è mio fratello
2023The First Day of My LifeArianna
2022Tell It Like a WomanDiana
2022Esterno Notte (part I)Eleonora Moro
2022Esterno Notte (part II)Eleonora Moro
2022Exterior NightEleonora Chiavarelli
20217 Women and a MurderMargherita
2021We Are CinemaSelf (archive footage)
2021Three FloorsDora
2021The Great SilenceRose
2020Tutti per 1 - 1 per tuttiQueen Anne of Austria
2019Made in ItalyRita Pasini
2018Just BelieveAdriana Alberti
2018The King's MusketeersRegina Anna d'Austria
2018Belve
2017Piccoli crimini coniugaliMoglie di Elia
2016Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'Self
2016Two StepmomsLucia
2016These DaysAdria
2016La vita possibileAnna
2016How to Grow Up Despite Your ParentsDir. Silvia Rufini
2015Mia madreMargherita
2015Me, Myself and HerFederica Salvini
2015Burning LoveMadre Leonardo Film
2014Well-Off PeopleCarla
2013Mi rifaccio vivoVirginia Di Valerio
2013A Five Star LifeIrene
2013Discovery at DawnCaterina Astengo
2013Carlo!Herself
2013Io... donnaClara
2013In TreatmentRita
2012Monicelli: La versione di MarioSelf
2012A Magnificent HauntingLea Mami
2012The Red and the BluePreside Giuliana
20126 sull'autobus
2012Love Is in the AirLuigia
2011We Have a PopeMoglie di Brezzi
201130 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente
2010Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'usoRossana
2010Happy FamilyMargherita
2010Weddings and Other DisastersNanà
2009PinocchioMaestrina
2009The Cézanne AffairAnna
2009The White SpaceMaria
2009The Ladies Get Their SayGabriella
2009PinocchioLa maestra
2008Amiche mieAnna
2007Saturn in OppositionAngelica
2007Days and CloudsElsa
2006The Unknown WomanAvvocatessa di Irena
2006The CaimanPaola Bonomo
2006CommediasexiDora
2005The Manual of LoveBarbara
2005The Days of AbandonmentOlga
2004Love ReturnsSilvia
2004The Vanity SerumLucia Allasco
2004L'ombra cineseLouise Maigret
2004La trappola di MaigretLouise Maigret
2003Ma che colpa abbiamo noiFlavia
2003Caterina in the Big CityAgata Iacovoni
2003Margherita, ritratto confidenzialeSelf
2002The Best Day of My LifeSara Mazzoni
2001His Secret LifeAntonia
2000Tutto l'amore che c'èMarisa
2000The Shadow of the GiantAdele
2000Against the WindClara
1999Not of This WorldCaterina
1999Sweet IdlenessCountess Gabriella Nencini
1998IncompresoElisa Quaratesi
1997An Eyewitness AccountFranca Nava
1996Love, Money and PhilosophyLucia
1996Bits & Pieces
1996Follow Your HeartOlga da giovane
1995Looking for ParadiseClaudia Bertelli
1994Le fils préféréAnna Maria
1994Prestazione straordinariaClara Guerri
1993Here Comes the StormEugenia Fontana
1993Condemned to Be WedSandra
1993Cominciò tutto per casoStefania
1992Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontratoCamilla
1991Ask for the MoonElena Bacchelli
1990The StationFlavia
1990La settimana della sfingeGloria
1989Nulla ci può fermareFrancesca
1988It's Happening TomorrowVera
1988Stray DaysAnnalisa
1983FlipperAnnina
1951Sanremo Music FestivalSelf - Special Guest
-La casa in fiamme
Directing
2024FlyingDirector
Writing
2024FlyingWriter
2016Two StepmomsStory