Margherita Buy

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

98

Gender

Female

Birthday

1962-01-15 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Rome, Italy

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.

Known For

  • Sanremo Music Festival

    Sanremo Music Festival

  • Against the Wind

    Against the Wind

  • RIPLEY

    RIPLEY

  • Flying

    Flying

  • Happy Family

    Happy Family

  • Pinocchio

    Pinocchio

  • Trifole

    Trifole

  • The Days of Abandonment

    The Days of Abandonment

  • Incompreso

    Incompreso

  • Caterina in the Big City

    Caterina in the Big City

  • Commediasexi

    Commediasexi

  • Ten Minutes

    Ten Minutes

  • Stray Days

    Stray Days

  • Condannato a nozze

    Condannato a nozze

  • A Brighter Tomorrow

    A Brighter Tomorrow

  • Belve

    Belve

  • Esterno Notte (part I)

    Esterno Notte (part I)

  • 6 sull'autobus

    6 sull'autobus

  • The Great Silence

    The Great Silence

  • Prestazione straordinaria

    Prestazione straordinaria

  • In Treatment

    In Treatment

  • Romeo Is Juliet

    Romeo Is Juliet

  • An Eyewitness Account

    An Eyewitness Account

  • The White Space

    The White Space

  • Amleto è mio fratello

    Amleto è mio fratello

  • Days and Clouds

    Days and Clouds

  • Carlo!

    Carlo!

  • The Caiman

    The Caiman

  • We Have a Pope

    We Have a Pope

  • Sweet Idleness

    Sweet Idleness

  • Two Stepmoms

    Two Stepmoms

  • Exterior Night

    Exterior Night

  • Ask for the Moon

    Ask for the Moon

  • Saturn in Opposition

    Saturn in Opposition

  • Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'

    Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'

  • Three Floors

    Three Floors

  • Made in Italy

    Made in Italy

  • Cominciò tutto per caso

    Cominciò tutto per caso

  • The Manual of Love

    The Manual of Love

  • 7 Women and a Murder

    7 Women and a Murder

  • The Unknown Woman

    The Unknown Woman

  • My Mother

    My Mother

  • A Magnificent Haunting

    A Magnificent Haunting

  • Pinocchio

    Pinocchio

  • Tell It Like a Woman

    Tell It Like a Woman

  • Bits & Pieces

    Bits & Pieces

  • The First Day of My Life

    The First Day of My Life

  • A Five Star Life

    A Five Star Life

  • His Secret Life

    His Secret Life

  • These Days

    These Days

  • We Are Cinema

    We Are Cinema

  • The King's Musketeers

    The King's Musketeers

  • Love, Money and Philosophy

    Love, Money and Philosophy

  • The Cézanne Affair

    The Cézanne Affair

  • Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato

    Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato

  • Me, Myself and Her

    Me, Myself and Her

  • Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti

    Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti

  • Piccoli crimini coniugali

    Piccoli crimini coniugali

  • It's Happening Tomorrow

    It's Happening Tomorrow

  • Not of this World

    Not of this World

  • The Ladies Get Their Say

    The Ladies Get Their Say

  • Mi rifaccio vivo

    Mi rifaccio vivo

  • Burning Love

    Burning Love

  • The Best Day of My Life

    The Best Day of My Life

  • How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents

    How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents

  • Le fils préféré

    Le fils préféré

  • Amiche mie

    Amiche mie

  • La vita possibile

    La vita possibile

  • Una terapia di gruppo

    Una terapia di gruppo

  • Just Believe

    Just Believe

  • Tutto l'amore che c'è

    Tutto l'amore che c'è

  • Il rosso e il blu

    Il rosso e il blu

  • Weddings and Other Disasters

    Weddings and Other Disasters

  • Nulla ci può fermare

    Nulla ci può fermare

  • Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso

    Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso

  • Monicelli: La versione di Mario

    Monicelli: La versione di Mario

  • Well-Off People

    Well-Off People

  • Love Is in the Air

    Love Is in the Air

  • Follow Your Heart

    Follow Your Heart

  • 30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente

    30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente

  • Ma che colpa abbiamo noi

    Ma che colpa abbiamo noi

  • Looking for Paradise

    Looking for Paradise

  • Flipper

    Flipper

  • The Station

    The Station

  • The Vanity Serum

    The Vanity Serum

  • Here Comes the Storm

    Here Comes the Storm

  • L'ombra cinese

    L'ombra cinese

  • Margherita, ritratto confidenziale

    Margherita, ritratto confidenziale

  • Esterno Notte (part II)

    Esterno Notte (part II)

  • La settimana della sfinge

    La settimana della sfinge

  • Io... donna

    Io... donna

  • Zvanì - Il romanzo famigliare di Giovanni Pascoli

    Zvanì - Il romanzo famigliare di Giovanni Pascoli

  • La trappola di Maigret

    La trappola di Maigret

  • La casa in fiamme

    La casa in fiamme

  • Love Returns

    Love Returns

  • Stella Gemella

    Stella Gemella

  • The Shadow of the Giant

    The Shadow of the Giant

  • Discovery at Dawn

    Discovery at Dawn