Margherita Buy
Margherita Buy
- Date of birth
- Age
- 64
- Place of birth
- Rome, Italy
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Occupations
- film actor, actor, film director
- Languages
- Italian
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.
Education
- Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico
Awards
- Silver Shell for Best Actress1990 The Week of the Sphinx
- David di Donatello for Best Actress1991 La stazione
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress1991
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress2001 The Ignorant Fairies
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress2007 Saturn in Opposition
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress2008 Days and Clouds
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress2015 My Mother
- David di Donatello for Best Actress1999 Not of this World
- David di Donatello for Best Actress2008 Days and Clouds
- David di Donatello for Best Actress2013 A Five Star Life
- David di Donatello for Best Actress2015 My Mother
Nominations
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress2001 The Ignorant Fairies
- European Film Award for Best Actress2015 My Mother
Education and awards: Wikidata information may be incomplete. Wikidata · Updated: 2026-10-24
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