Cast & creator
Maya Sansa
Best known for In Treatment, Irma Vep, Collateral
Maya Sansa (born 25 September 1975) is an Italian actress. Maya Sansa was born in Rome the daughter of an Iranian father and an Italian mother. When she was 14, she started to study acting at her high school in Rome the "Virgilio". She then moved to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. There she graduated in acting and was soon picked by Marco Bellocchio to take part in his new film: La balia. Maya later worked with Bellocchio for a second time, starring in the film Goodmorning, Night. Sansa has also worked with Marco Tullio Giordana in the film The Best of Youth. On 2 May 2004 The New York Times published an article which named her as the new image of Italian cinema. On 14 June 2013, she won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dormant Beauty. She has a daughter, Talitha, with her partner Fabrice Scott with whom she lives in Paris. Source: Article "Maya Sansa" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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1999–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (64)
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In Treatment
Irene
2013
Irma Vep
Gregory's Wife
2022
Collateral
Berna Yalaz
2018
The Iris Affair
Inspector Nico Casterman
2025
The Truth
2019
Tutto può succedere
Sara Ferraro
2015
Female Agents
Maria Luzzato
2008
The Best of Youth
Mirella Utano
2003
In Utero
Fotoreporter
2026
The Firebrands
Chiara
2023
Revoir Paris
Sara
2022
The Best of Youth
Mirella Utano
2003
Sisters in Arms
Mother Sun
2019
A Dangerous Friendship
Marie de Médicis
2024
The Listening
Francesca
2006
Einstein
Mileva Marić
2008
The Nanny
Annetta
1999
Dormant Beauty
Rossa
2012
The Royal Exchange
Elisabeth Farnese
2017
My Night
Doctor
2022
Sei donne - Il mistero di Leila
Anna Conti
2023
Security
Claudia Raffaelli Santini
2021
David Copperfield
Agnes Wickfield
2009
Redemption
Sara
2020
Good Morning, Night
Chiara
2003
You Came Back
Clara Fasani
2020
Cycling with Molière
Francesca
2013
My Paper Dolls
Anna Bottacin
2023
Under the Starry Sky
Ada
2014
The Third Part of the World
Chiara
2008
An Italian Romance
Maria
2004
Storie sospese
Giovanna
2015
Azuro
Gina
2022
Meeting with an Angel
Véra
2011
All Human Rights for All
2008
The Man Who Will Come
Lena
2009
The Lithium Conspiracy
Valeria Petri
2015
La verità sta in cielo
Maria
2016
La vita degli altri
Silvia
2002
I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro
Silvana
2019
Villa Amalia
Giulia
2009
See How They Dance
Doctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith
2011
Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema
Self
2024
With the Grace of a God
Claudia
2023
Nella terra di nessuno
Katia
2000
The Peacock’s Paradise
Caterina
2022
The App
2019
Contronatura
2005
Un altro mondo
Ingrid
2010
Fuori dalle corde
Anna Lo Russo
2007
La voce naturale - Giving Voice
Se stessa
2009
The First Man
Catherine Cormery (1924)
2011
Il vestito da sposa
Stella
2004A Thread of Passion
2000
Two Sunny Days
Martina
2010Looking for Monica
2016
The show MAS go on
2014
The Good Life
Elena
2014
The Black Sheep
Marinella
2010
Gasoline
Stella
2002
Il prossimo tuo
Maddalena
2009
Lupo mannaro
Maria Grazia
2000
Amo la tempesta
Marina
2020The Woman Dress
The Woman
2012