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.
Awards & recognition
- David di Donatello — Best Actress · 2015
- Nastro d'Argento — Best Actress · 2015
- David di Donatello — Best Actress · 2013
- David di Donatello — Best Actress · 2008
- Nastro d'Argento — Best Actress · 2008
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- Nastro d'Argento — Best Actress · 2007
- Nastro d'Argento — Best Actress · 2001
- David di Donatello — Best Actress · 1999
- David di Donatello — Best Actress · 1991
- Nastro d'Argento — Best Actress · 1991
- Silver Shell — Best Actress · 1990
- European Film Award — Best Actress · 2015 · nominated
- Jameson People's Choice Award — Best Actress · 2001 · nominated
Filmography15 titles
Exterior Night
Ripley
The Unknown Woman
We Have a Pope
Saturn in Opposition
Trifole
My Mother
The Station
Pinocchio
Me, Myself & Her
The Days of Abandonment
A Five Star Life
Looking for Paradise
7 Women and a Murder
Tell It Like a Woman