Margherita Buy (born 15 January 1962) is an Italian actress. She is a seven-time

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winner and seven-time

Nastro d'argento The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...

winner.

Overview

After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her breakthrough role in

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's ''Una grande storia d'amore'' (1986), which was followed by roles in

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's two projects ''

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'' (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

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's '' The Station'' for which she won her first David di Donatello Prize and the

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as best leading actress, in 1990. After ''The Station'', she became a premier star featuring in Italian

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hits like

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's '' Damned the day I met you'' (1992). She teamed up again with director

for '' The Storm Is Coming'' (1992) and worked with

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in '' Looking for Paradise'' (1995) and Pozzessere (''

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''). In 1994 she was directed by her husband,

, in the film '' Prestazione straordinaria''. She also formed an association with Italian director

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, who directed her in four films: the most important being ''

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'' (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

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'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

as best lead.

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's ''

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'' won her another

, this time as best supporting actress.

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's ''

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'' won her third

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and her third

as best supporting actress. For her work in

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's ''

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'' she won her fourth David di Donatello. Her performance in ''I giorni dell'abbandono'' by

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earned her the Golden Graal for best performance by an actress in a drama.'' Il caimano'' by

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, shown at the 2006

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, gave her the ''

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2006'' award as best lead actress. In October 2006, she starred in the new release, ''

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'', by

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winner

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and in December she starred in Alessandro D'Alatri's ''Commediasexy''.

Filmography

Personal life

She was born in a family with French and Tuscan origins. Her 1991 marriage with actor and film director

ended by the mid-1990s. Her daughter Caterina De Angelis is an actress.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buy, Margherita 1962 births Living people Italian film actresses Italian people of French descent Actresses from Rome Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners 20th-century Italian actresses 21st-century Italian actresses