Margherita Buy
Biography
Margherita Buy is an Italian actress who was born on January 15, 1962, in Rome, Italy. Active in the film industry, she has amassed one hundred known credits in acting. Her career features recognition as a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and a seven-time Nastro d'argento winner. Following a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she achieved her breakthrough role in Duccio Tessari's film Una grande storia d'amore in 1986. This was followed by roles in Daniele Luchetti's projects It's Happening Tomorrow in 1988 and The Week of the Sphinx in 1990. For her performance in The Week of the Sphinx, she won the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Career overview
Margherita Buy is an Italian actress who was born on January 15, 1962, in Rome, Italy. She is a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and a seven-time Nastro d'argento winner. After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she achieved her breakthrough role in Duccio Tessari's film Una grande storia d'amore in 1986. This was followed by roles in Daniele Luchetti's projects It's Happening Tomorrow in 1988 and The Week of the Sphinx in 1990. For her work in The Week of the Sphinx, she won the best performance by an actress in a leading role award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Today, Margherita Buy is recognized as one of the most appreciated actresses of European cinema. Her extensive body of work includes a performance in Ferzan Özpetek's film The Ignorant Fairies. Throughout her career, she has accumulated one hundred known credits in the acting field.
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103 titles- Twin Stars (2026) as Rossana
- Zvanì - Il romanzo famigliare di Giovanni Pascoli (2025) as Emma Corcos
- RIPLEY (2024) as Sig. Silvana Buffi
- Romeo Is Juliet (2024) as Clara
- Flying (2024) as Annabì
- Flying (2024) Director
- Flying (2024) Writer
- Group Therapy (2024)
- Trifole (2024) as Marta
- Ten Minutes (2024) as Giovanna Brabanti
- A Brighter Tomorrow (2023) as Paola
- The First Day of My Life (2023) as Arianna
- Amleto è mio fratello (2023)
- Exterior Night (2022) as Eleonora Chiavarelli
- Esterno Notte - Seconda Parte (2022) as Eleonora Moro
- Esterno Notte - Prima Parte (2022) as Eleonora Moro
- Tell It Like a Woman (2022) as Diana
- 7 Women and a Murder (2021) as Margherita
- Three Floors (2021) as Dora
- We Are Cinema (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- The Great Silence (2021) as Rose
- Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti (2020) as Queen Anne of Austria
- Made in Italy (2019) as Rita Pasini
- Belve (2018)
- The King's Musketeers (2018) as Regina Anna d'Austria
- Just Believe (2018) as Adriana Alberti
- Piccoli crimini coniugali (2017) as Moglie di Elia
- Two Stepmoms (2016) as Lucia
- Two Stepmoms (2016) Story
- La vita possibile (2016) as Anna
- How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents (2016) as Dir. Silvia Rufini
- Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre' (2016) as Self
- These Days (2016) as Adria
- Me, Myself and Her (2015) as Federica Salvini
- Mia madre (2015) as Margherita
- Burning Love (2015) as Madre Leonardo Film
- Well-Off People (2014) as Carla
- In Treatment (2013) as Rita
- A Five Star Life (2013) as Irene
- Carlo! (2013) as Herself
- Mi rifaccio vivo (2013) as Virginia Di Valerio
- Discovery at Dawn (2013) as Caterina Astengo
- Io... donna (2013) as Clara
- Love Is in the Air (2012) as Luigia
- A Magnificent Haunting (2012) as Lea Mami
- Monicelli: La versione di Mario (2012) as Self
- The Red and the Blue (2012) as Preside Giuliana
- 6 sull'autobus (2012)
- We Have a Pope (2011) as Brezzi's Wife
- 30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente (2011)
- Happy Family (2010) as Margherita
- Weddings and Other Disasters (2010) as Nanà
- Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso (2010) as Rossana
- Pinocchio (2009) as La maestra
- Pinocchio (2009) as Maestrina
- The White Space (2009) as Maria
- The Ladies Get Their Say (2009) as Gabriella
- The Cézanne Affair (2009) as Anna
- Amiche mie (2008) as Anna
- Days and Clouds (2007) as Elsa
- Saturn in Opposition (2007) as Angelica
- The Unknown Woman (2006) as Avvocatessa di Irena
- The Caiman (2006) as Paola Bonomo
- Commediasexi (2006) as Dora
- The Manual of Love (2005) as Barbara
- The Days of Abandonment (2005) as Olga
- The Vanity Serum (2004) as Lucia Allasco
- La trappola di Maigret (2004) as Louise Maigret
- L'ombra cinese (2004) as Louise Maigret
- Love Returns (2004) as Silvia
- Caterina in the Big City (2003) as Agata Iacovoni
- Ma che colpa abbiamo noi (2003) as Flavia
- Margherita, ritratto confidenziale (2003) as Self
- The Best Day of My Life (2002) as Sara Mazzoni
- His Secret Life (2001) as Antonia
- Tutto l'amore che c'è (2000) as Marisa
- Against the Wind (2000) as Clara
- The Shadow of the Giant (2000) as Adele
- La Vita Che Verrà (1999) as Viviana Vitanza
- Not of This World (1999) as Caterina
- Sweet Idleness (1999) as Countess Gabriella Nencini
- Incompreso (1998) as Elisa Quaratesi
- An Eyewitness Account (1997) as Franca Nava
- Bits & Pieces (1996)
- Follow Your Heart (1996) as Olga da giovane
- Love, Money and Philosophy (1996) as Lucia
- Looking for Paradise (1995) as Claudia Bertelli
- Prestazione straordinaria (1994) as Clara Guerri
- Le fils préféré (1994) as Anna Maria
- Condemned to Be Wed (1993) as Sandra
- Here Comes the Storm (1993) as Eugenia Fontana
- Cominciò tutto per caso (1993) as Stefania
- Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato (1992) as Camilla
- Ask for the Moon (1991) as Elena Bacchelli
- La settimana della sfinge (1990) as Gloria
- The Station (1990) as Flavia
- Nulla ci può fermare (1989) as Francesca
- It's Happening Tomorrow (1988) as Vera
- Stray Days (1988) as Annalisa
- Flipper (1983) as Annina
- Sanremo Music Festival (1951) as Self - Special Guest
- Your Little Matter
- La casa in fiamme
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Margherita Buy best known for?
Margherita Buy is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including RIPLEY (2024), A Brighter Tomorrow (2023), Three Floors (2021), Belve (2018).
When and where was Margherita Buy born?
Margherita Buy was born on January 15, 1962 in Rome, Italy.
How many credits does Margherita Buy have?
Margherita Buy has accumulated over 103 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1951 to 2026.
What is Margherita Buy's background in cinema and television?
Margherita Buy is an Italian actress who was born on January 15, 1962, in Rome, Italy. Active in the film industry, she has amassed one hundred known credits in acting. Her career features recognition as a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and a seven-time Nastro d'argento winner. Following a long period of s...