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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

97

Gender

Female

Birthday

1962-01-15 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Rome, Italy

Also Known As

마르게리타 부이

마거리타 부이

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

Acting

The Unknown Woman

2006

The Unknown Woman

as

Avvocatessa di Irena

The Manual of Love

2005

The Manual of Love

as

Barbara

Saturn in Opposition

2007

Saturn in Opposition

as

Angelica

His Secret Life

2001

His Secret Life

as

Antonia

The Caiman

2006

The Caiman

as

Paola Bonomo

7 Women and a Murder

2021

7 Women and a Murder

as

Margherita

The Best Day of My Life

2002

The Best Day of My Life

as

Sara Mazzoni

Days and Clouds

2007

Days and Clouds

as

Elsa

Pinocchio

2009

Pinocchio

as

Maestrina

Happy Family

2010

Happy Family

as

Margherita

We Have a Pope

2011

We Have a Pope

as

Moglie di Brezzi

Commediasexi

2006

Commediasexi

as

Dora

Not of this World

1999

Not of this World

as

Sister Caterina

Le fils préféré

1994

Le fils préféré

as

Anna Maria

The Station

1990

The Station

as

Flavia

The White Space

2009

The White Space

as

Maria

Love Returns

2004

Love Returns

as

Silvia

The Vanity Serum

2004

The Vanity Serum

as

Lucia Allasco

Follow Your Heart

1996

Follow Your Heart

as

Olga da giovane

Arriva la bufera

1993

Arriva la bufera

as

Eugenia Fontana

Volare

2024

Volare

as

Annabì

Il rosso e il blu

2012

Il rosso e il blu

as

Preside Giuliana

Mi rifaccio vivo

2013

Mi rifaccio vivo

as

Virginia Di Valerio

Looking for Paradise

1995

Looking for Paradise

as

Claudia Bertelli

Ask for the Moon

1991

Ask for the Moon

as

Elena Bacchelli

Incompreso

1998

Incompreso

as

Elisa Quaratesi

A Five Star Life

2013

A Five Star Life

as

Irene

Discovery at Dawn

2013

Discovery at Dawn

as

Caterina Astengo

L'ombra cinese

2004

L'ombra cinese

as

Louise Maigret

Carlo!

2013

Carlo!

as

Herself

Esterno Notte (part I)

2022

Esterno Notte (part I)

as

Eleonora Moro

Esterno Notte (part II)

2022

Esterno Notte (part II)

as

Eleonora Moro

Well-Off People

2014

Well-Off People

as

Carla

Prestazione straordinaria

1994

Prestazione straordinaria

as

Clara Guerri

Nulla ci può fermare

1989

Nulla ci può fermare

as

Francesca

Romeo Is Juliet

2024

Romeo Is Juliet

as

Clara

Condannato a nozze

1993

Condannato a nozze

as

Sandra

La trappola di Maigret

2004

La trappola di Maigret

as

Louise Maigret

Trifole

2024

Trifole

as

Marta

Mia madre

2015

Mia madre

as

Margherita

We Are Cinema

2021

We Are Cinema

as

Self (archive footage)

Me, Myself and Her

2015

Me, Myself and Her

as

Federica Salvini

Two Stepmoms

2016

Two Stepmoms

as

Lucia

These Days

2016

These Days

as

Adria

An Eyewitness Account

1997

An Eyewitness Account

as

Franca Nava

Caterina in the Big City

2003

Caterina in the Big City

as

Agata Iacovoni

How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents

2016

How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents

as

Dir. Silvia Rufini

Piccoli crimini coniugali

2017

Piccoli crimini coniugali

as

Moglie di Elia

Love Is in the Air

2012

Love Is in the Air

as

Luigia

Just Believe

2018

Just Believe

as

Adriana Alberti

Stray Days

1988

Stray Days

as

Annalisa

The King's Musketeers

2018

The King's Musketeers

as

Regina Anna d'Austria

Sweet Idleness

1999

Sweet Idleness

as

Countess Gabriella Nencini

Burning Love

2015

Burning Love

as

Madre Leonardo Film

Three Floors

2021

Three Floors

as

Dora

Against the wind

2000

Against the wind

as

Clara

Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti

2020

Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti

as

Queen Anne of Austria

Io... donna

2013

Io... donna

as

Clara

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

as

La maestra

Sanremo Music Festival

Sanremo Music Festival

as

Self - Special Guest

RIPLEY

RIPLEY

as

Sig. Silvana Buffi

Made in Italy

Made in Italy

as

Rita Pasini

Exterior Night

Exterior Night

as

Eleonora Moro

Production

Crew

Directing

Volare

2024

Volare

as