Maya Sansa was born in 1975 in
Rome, to an
Iranian and an Italian. She studied dramatic Arts in school and later English
Literature and Art at Cambridge and for three years she attended the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Her early breakthrough performance came
in 1999 in the role of Annetta, the innocent yet sensual nurse in Marco
Bellochio’s LA BALIA. Soon after, Sansa displayed her range by taking lead
roles in such films as the taut criminal thriller LUPO MANNORO, the gonzo
lesbian love story GASOLINE (BENZINA), and the dour romance NELLA TERRA DI
NESSUNO. Her busiest year came in 2003, when Sansa appeared in two films,
THE BEST OF YOUTH (LA MEGLIO GIOVENTU) which won the 'Un Certain Regard Award'
at Cannes and IL VESTITO DA SPOSA, before reuniting with Marco Bellochio for
GOODMORNING, NIGHT.
Maya
Sansa a Rising Star in European Cinema ©imdb.com
Since the release of GOODMORNING,
NIGHT Sansa has gone on to make the period Love Story AN ITALIAN ROMANCE (L’AMORE RITOVATO) opposite Italian Star
Stefano Accorsi (husband of French Top
Model Laeticia Casta) for which she was awarded the Premi David di
Donatello Award for Best Actress.
Italian Romance with Stephano Accorsi
©imdb
She
also has just recently completed her starring role as Maria in her English
language debut, THE LISTENING, playing alongside Michael Parks. Her French Film
Debut 'Les
Femmes de L'Ombre' is currently being shot in Paris
opposite Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain and German rising Star
Moritz Bleibtreu (who played Malik Shah in
Kayvan Mashayekh's independant Epic The Keeper: The Legend
of Omar Khayyam ).
Maya Sansa Bella
Ragazza of Persian Heritage ©imdb
Maya Sansa is a breathtaking beauty and
certainly a talented face to remember and follow in European Cinema.
VIVA
LA CINEMA!
Recommended Reading:
Iranian film director Parvin Ansary in Italian Cinema
interviewed
by Brian Appleton
Iranian Pioneers in French Cinema by Darius
KADIVAR
About
the Author: Darius
KADIVAR is a Freelance Journalist, Film Historian, and Columnist for OCPC Magazine in LA and
Paris.
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