Margherita Buy
Margherita Buy | |
|---|---|
 Margherita Buy | |
| Born | 15 January 1962 Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Spouse | Sergio Rubini (m. 1991, div.) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | David di Donatello Best Actress 1991 The Station 1999 Not of this World 2008 Days and Clouds 2013 A Five Star Life 2015 My Mother Best Supporting Actress 2004 Caterina in the Big City 2005 Manual of Love Nastro d'Argento Best Actress 1991 The Station 2001 The Ignorant Fairies 2007 The Caiman/Saturn in Opposition 2008 Days and Clouds 2015 My Mother Best Supporting Actress 2002 The Best Day of My Life 2004 Caterina in the Big City |
Margherita Buy (born 15 January 1962[1]) is an Italian actress. She is a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and seven-time Nastro d'argento winner.
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 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.
Afterwards, she played in Sergio Rubini's The Station for which she won her first David di Donatello Prize and the Silver Ribbon as best leading actress, in 1990. After The Station, she became a premier star featuring in Italian box office hits like Carlo Verdone's Damned the day I met you (1992). She teamed up again with director Daniele Luchetti for The Storm Is Coming (1992) and worked with Mario Monicelli in Looking for Paradise (1995) and Pozzessere (An Eyewitness Account).
In 1994 she was directed by her husband, Sergio Rubini, in the film Prestazione straordinaria. She also formed an association with Italian director Giuseppe Piccioni, who directed her in four films: the most important being Penniless Hearts (1996) and Not of this World, which earned Margherita her second David di Donatello Award.
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. Cristina Comencini's The Best Day of My Life won her another Silver Ribbon, this time as best supporting actress. Paolo Virzì's Caterina in the Big City won her third David and her third Silver Ribbon as best supporting actress. For her work in Giovanni Veronesi's Manuale d'amore she won her 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.
Filmography
Personal life
Her 1991 marriage with Sergio Rubini ended by the mid-1990s.[3]
References
- ^ Gary M. Kramer (2006). Independent Queer Cinema. Haworth Press. p. 142. ISBN 1-56023-343-5.
- ^ "30th Moscow International Film Festival (2008)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ^ "La crisi (Crisis)". Italian Film Festival (UK). November 2006. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
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