Snape
← Home
Margherita Buy

Margherita Buy

Acting

Born: January 15, 1962Rome, Italy

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
Filmography

Stella Gemella

2025
Zvanì - Il romanzo famigliare di Giovanni Pascoli

Zvanì - Il romanzo famigliare di Giovanni Pascoli

Emma Corcos

2025
Una terapia di gruppo

Una terapia di gruppo

2024
Trifole

Trifole

Marta

2024
Flying

Flying

Annabì

2024
Romeo Is Juliet

Romeo Is Juliet

Clara

2024
Ten Minutes

Ten Minutes

Giovanna Brabanti

2024
Amleto è mio fratello

Amleto è mio fratello

2023
A Brighter Tomorrow

A Brighter Tomorrow

Paola

2023
The First Day of My Life

The First Day of My Life

Arianna

2023
Tell It Like a Woman

Tell It Like a Woman

Diana

2022
Esterno Notte (part II)

Esterno Notte (part II)

Eleonora Moro

2022
Esterno Notte (part I)

Esterno Notte (part I)

Eleonora Moro

2022
7 Women and a Murder

7 Women and a Murder

Margherita

2021
We Are Cinema

We Are Cinema

Self (archive footage)

2021
Three Floors

Three Floors

Dora

2021
The Great Silence

The Great Silence

Rose

2021
Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti

Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti

Queen Anne of Austria

2020
The King's Musketeers

The King's Musketeers

Regina Anna d'Austria

2018
Just Believe

Just Believe

Adriana Alberti

2018
Piccoli crimini coniugali

Piccoli crimini coniugali

Moglie di Elia

2017
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents

How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents

Dir. Silvia Rufini

2016
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'

Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'

Self

2016
La vita possibile

La vita possibile

Anna

2016
These Days

These Days

Adria

2016
Two Stepmoms

Two Stepmoms

Lucia

2016
Burning Love

Burning Love

Madre Leonardo Film

2015
Me, Myself and Her

Me, Myself and Her

Federica Salvini

2015
Mia madre

Mia madre

Margherita

2015
Well-Off People

Well-Off People

Carla

2014
Io... donna

Io... donna

Clara

2013
Carlo!

Carlo!

Herself

2013
Mi rifaccio vivo

Mi rifaccio vivo

Virginia Di Valerio

2013
A Five Star Life

A Five Star Life

Irene

2013
Discovery at Dawn

Discovery at Dawn

Caterina Astengo

2013
The Red and the Blue

The Red and the Blue

Preside Giuliana

2012
6 sull'autobus

6 sull'autobus

2012
A Magnificent Haunting

A Magnificent Haunting

Lea Mami

2012
Love Is in the Air

Love Is in the Air

Luigia

2012
Monicelli: La versione di Mario

Monicelli: La versione di Mario

Self

2012
30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente

30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente

2011
We Have a Pope

We Have a Pope

Moglie di Brezzi

2011
Weddings and Other Disasters

Weddings and Other Disasters

Nanà

2010
Happy Family

Happy Family

Margherita

2010
Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso

Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso

Rossana

2010
The Cézanne Affair

The Cézanne Affair

Anna

2009
Pinocchio

Pinocchio

Maestrina

2009
The White Space

The White Space

Maria

2009
The Ladies Get Their Say

The Ladies Get Their Say

Gabriella

2009
Days and Clouds

Days and Clouds

Elsa

2007
Saturn in Opposition

Saturn in Opposition

Angelica

2007
Commediasexi

Commediasexi

Dora

2006
The Unknown Woman

The Unknown Woman

Avvocatessa di Irena

2006
The Caiman

The Caiman

Paola Bonomo

2006
The Days of Abandonment

The Days of Abandonment

Olga

2005
The Manual of Love

The Manual of Love

Barbara

2005
L'ombra cinese

L'ombra cinese

Louise Maigret

2004
La trappola di Maigret

La trappola di Maigret

Louise Maigret

2004
Love Returns

Love Returns

Silvia

2004
The Vanity Serum

The Vanity Serum

Lucia Allasco

2004
Caterina in the Big City

Caterina in the Big City

Agata Iacovoni

2003

Margherita, ritratto confidenziale

Self

2003
Ma che colpa abbiamo noi

Ma che colpa abbiamo noi

Flavia

2003
The Best Day of My Life

The Best Day of My Life

Sara Mazzoni

2002
His Secret Life

His Secret Life

Antonia

2001
Against the Wind

Against the Wind

Clara

2000
The Shadow of the Giant

The Shadow of the Giant

Adele

2000
Tutto l'amore che c'è

Tutto l'amore che c'è

Marisa

2000
Sweet Idleness

Sweet Idleness

Countess Gabriella Nencini

1999
Not of This World

Not of This World

Caterina

1999
Incompreso

Incompreso

Elisa Quaratesi

1998
An Eyewitness Account

An Eyewitness Account

Franca Nava

1997
Love, Money and Philosophy

Love, Money and Philosophy

Lucia

1996
Follow Your Heart

Follow Your Heart

Olga da giovane

1996
Bits & Pieces

Bits & Pieces

1996
Looking for Paradise

Looking for Paradise

Claudia Bertelli

1995
Le fils préféré

Le fils préféré

Anna Maria

1994
Prestazione straordinaria

Prestazione straordinaria

Clara Guerri

1994
Condemned to Be Wed

Condemned to Be Wed

Sandra

1993
Here Comes the Storm

Here Comes the Storm

Eugenia Fontana

1993
Cominciò tutto per caso

Cominciò tutto per caso

Stefania

1993
Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato

Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato

Camilla

1992
Ask for the Moon

Ask for the Moon

Elena Bacchelli

1991
La settimana della sfinge

La settimana della sfinge

Gloria

1990
The Station

The Station

Flavia

1990
Nulla ci può fermare

Nulla ci può fermare

Francesca

1989
Stray Days

Stray Days

Annalisa

1988
It's Happening Tomorrow

It's Happening Tomorrow

Vera

1988