Margherita Buy

Margherita Buy is an Italian actress born in Rome on 15 January 1962

Overview

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 inDaniele Luchetti's two projects Domani accadrà (1988) and La settimana della sfinge (1990). For the last one, she won the best performance by an actress in a leading role award at theSan Sebastian International Film Festival.

After this success, she played the heroine in Sergio Rubini's La Stazione, an authentic Italian masterpiece for which she won her first David di Donatello Prize and the Silver Ribbonas best leading actress, in 1990. After La Stazione, she became a premier star featuring inItalian box office hits like Carlo Verdone's Maledetto il giorno che ti ho incontrato (1992). She teamed up again with director Daniele Luchetti for Arriva la bufera (1992), and worked withMario Monicelli in Facciamo paradiso (1995) and Pozzessere (Testimone a rischio).

In 1994 she was directed by her husband, Sergio Rubini, in the movie Prestazione straordinaria. She also formed an association with Italian director Giuseppe Piccioni, who directed her in four films: the most important being Cuori al verde (1996) and Fuori dal mondo, which earned Margherita her second David di Donatello Award.

Now Margherita Buy is one of the most appreciated actresses of European cinema: Ferzan Ozpetek's His secret life,or "Le Fate Ignoranti" in which she brilliantly 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. Cristina Comencini 's Il più bel giorno della mia vita won her another Silver Ribbon, this time as best supporting actress). Paolo Virzì's Caterina in the Big City won her David as best supporting actress. For her work in Giovanni Veronesi's Manuale d'amore she was awarded her third Silver Ribbonand a fourth David di Donatello.

Her performance in I giorni dell'abbandono by Roberto Faenza, earned her the Golden Graal for best performance by an actress in a drama. Il caimano by Nanni Moretti, shown at the 2006 Cannes film festival, gave her the Ciak d'oro 2006 award as best lead actress.

In October 2006, she starred in the new release, La sconosciuta, by Academy Award winner Giuseppe Tornatore, and in December she starred in Alessandro D'alatri's Commediasexy.

Personal life

Her 1991 marriage with Sergio Rubini ended by the mid-1990s

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