Margherita Buy

Margherita Buy

1962-01-15

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 appears in

A Brighter Tomorrow

A Brighter Tomorrow

7.0

A Magnificent Haunting

A Magnificent Haunting

6.5

The Unknown Woman

The Unknown Woman

7.2

The First Day of My Life

The First Day of My Life

6.7

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

6.0

The Manual of Love

The Manual of Love

5.7

Saturn in Opposition

Saturn in Opposition

6.9

His Secret Life

His Secret Life

7.3

A Five Star Life

A Five Star Life

5.8

7 Women and a Murder

7 Women and a Murder

5.5

Romeo è Giulietta

Romeo è Giulietta

6.7

Me, Myself and Her

Me, Myself and Her

6.0

Mia madre

Mia madre

6.6

We Have a Pope

We Have a Pope

6.8

The Caiman

The Caiman

6.7

Caterina in the Big City

Caterina in the Big City

6.5

Love Is in the Air

Love Is in the Air

5.4

Three Floors

Three Floors

6.4

Genitori & figli:) - Agitare bene prima dell’uso

Genitori & figli:) - Agitare bene prima dell’uso

5.5

Maledetto il giorno che t’ho incontrato

Maledetto il giorno che t’ho incontrato

6.6