Acting
Margherita Buy
Born 1962-01-15
Rome, Italy
Department: Acting
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
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We Have a Pope
2011
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His Secret Life
2001
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RIPLEY
2024
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7 Women and a Murder
2021
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The King's Musketeers
2018
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Saturn in Opposition
2007
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Mia madre
2015
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The Unknown Woman
2006
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A Brighter Tomorrow
2023
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Just Believe
2018
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (103 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Twin Stars | Rossana | Movie | 2026 |
 | Zvanì - Il romanzo famigliare di Giovanni Pascoli | Emma Corcos | Movie | 2025 |
 | Group Therapy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2024 |
 | Trifole | Marta | Movie | 2024 |
 | RIPLEY | Sig. Silvana Buffi | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Flying | Annabì | Movie | 2024 |
| Flying | Director | Movie | 2024 |
| Flying | Writer | Movie | 2024 |
 | Romeo Is Juliet | Clara | Movie | 2024 |
 | Ten Minutes | Giovanna Brabanti | Movie | 2024 |
 | Amleto è mio fratello | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2023 |
 | A Brighter Tomorrow | Paola | Movie | 2023 |
 | The First Day of My Life | Arianna | Movie | 2023 |
 | Exterior Night | Eleonora Chiavarelli | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Tell It Like a Woman | Diana | Movie | 2022 |
 | Esterno Notte - Seconda Parte | Eleonora Moro | Movie | 2022 |
 | Esterno Notte - Prima Parte | Eleonora Moro | Movie | 2022 |
 | 7 Women and a Murder | Margherita | Movie | 2021 |
 | We Are Cinema | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2021 |
 | Three Floors | Dora | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Great Silence | Rose | Movie | 2021 |
 | Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti | Queen Anne of Austria | Movie | 2020 |
 | Made in Italy | Rita Pasini | TV Series | 2019 |
 | The King's Musketeers | Regina Anna d'Austria | Movie | 2018 |
 | Just Believe | Adriana Alberti | Movie | 2018 |
 | Belve | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Piccoli crimini coniugali | Moglie di Elia | Movie | 2017 |
 | How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents | Dir. Silvia Rufini | Movie | 2016 |
 | Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre' | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | La vita possibile | Anna | Movie | 2016 |
 | These Days | Adria | Movie | 2016 |
 | Two Stepmoms | Lucia | Movie | 2016 |
| Two Stepmoms | Story | Movie | 2016 |
 | Me, Myself and Her | Federica Salvini | Movie | 2015 |
 | Burning Love | Madre Leonardo Film | Movie | 2015 |
 | Mia madre | Margherita | Movie | 2015 |
 | Well-Off People | Carla | Movie | 2014 |
 | Io... donna | Clara | Movie | 2013 |
 | Carlo! | Herself | Movie | 2013 |
 | Mi rifaccio vivo | Virginia Di Valerio | Movie | 2013 |
 | A Five Star Life | Irene | Movie | 2013 |
 | In Treatment | Rita | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Discovery at Dawn | Caterina Astengo | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Red and the Blue | Preside Giuliana | Movie | 2012 |
 | 6 sull'autobus | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2012 |
 | A Magnificent Haunting | Lea Mami | Movie | 2012 |
 | Love Is in the Air | Luigia | Movie | 2012 |
 | Monicelli: La versione di Mario | Self | Movie | 2012 |
 | 30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2011 |
 | We Have a Pope | Brezzi's Wife | Movie | 2011 |
 | Weddings and Other Disasters | Nanà | Movie | 2010 |
 | Happy Family | Margherita | Movie | 2010 |
 | Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso | Rossana | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Cézanne Affair | Anna | Movie | 2009 |
 | Pinocchio | Maestrina | Movie | 2009 |
 | Pinocchio | La maestra | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The White Space | Maria | Movie | 2009 |
 | The Ladies Get Their Say | Gabriella | Movie | 2009 |
 | Amiche mie | Anna | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Days and Clouds | Elsa | Movie | 2007 |
 | Saturn in Opposition | Angelica | Movie | 2007 |
 | Commediasexi | Dora | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Unknown Woman | Avvocatessa di Irena | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Caiman | Paola Bonomo | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Days of Abandonment | Olga | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Manual of Love | Barbara | Movie | 2005 |
 | L'ombra cinese | Louise Maigret | Movie | 2004 |
 | La trappola di Maigret | Louise Maigret | Movie | 2004 |
 | Love Returns | Silvia | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Vanity Serum | Lucia Allasco | Movie | 2004 |
 | Caterina in the Big City | Agata Iacovoni | Movie | 2003 |
| Margherita, ritratto confidenziale | Self | Movie | 2003 | |
 | Ma che colpa abbiamo noi | Flavia | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Best Day of My Life | Sara Mazzoni | Movie | 2002 |
 | His Secret Life | Antonia | Movie | 2001 |
 | Against the Wind | Clara | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Shadow of the Giant | Adele | Movie | 2000 |
 | Tutto l'amore che c'è | Marisa | Movie | 2000 |
 | Sweet Idleness | Countess Gabriella Nencini | Movie | 1999 |
 | Not of This World | Caterina | Movie | 1999 |
 | La Vita Che Verrà | Viviana Vitanza | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Incompreso | Elisa Quaratesi | Movie | 1998 |
 | An Eyewitness Account | Franca Nava | Movie | 1997 |
 | Love, Money and Philosophy | Lucia | Movie | 1996 |
 | Follow Your Heart | Olga da giovane | Movie | 1996 |
 | Bits & Pieces | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1996 |
 | Looking for Paradise | Claudia Bertelli | Movie | 1995 |
 | Le fils préféré | Anna Maria | Movie | 1994 |
 | Prestazione straordinaria | Clara Guerri | Movie | 1994 |
 | Condemned to Be Wed | Sandra | Movie | 1993 |
 | Here Comes the Storm | Eugenia Fontana | Movie | 1993 |
 | Cominciò tutto per caso | Stefania | Movie | 1993 |
 | Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato | Camilla | Movie | 1992 |
 | Ask for the Moon | Elena Bacchelli | Movie | 1991 |
 | La settimana della sfinge | Gloria | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Station | Flavia | Movie | 1990 |
 | Nulla ci può fermare | Francesca | Movie | 1989 |
 | Stray Days | Annalisa | Movie | 1988 |
 | It's Happening Tomorrow | Vera | Movie | 1988 |
| Flipper | Annina | TV Series | 1983 | |
 | Sanremo Music Festival | Self - Special Guest | TV Series | 1951 |
| La casa in fiamme | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| Your Little Matter | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |