Margherita Buy

Italian actress (born 1962)

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. 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.

AwardYearCategoryNomited workResultRef. Bari International Film Festival2010Best ActressThe White SpaceCiak d'oro1988Best Supporting ActressIt's Happening Tomorrow1991Best ActressThe Station1992Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato1993Cominciò tutto per caso2002The Best Day of My Life2004Best Supporting ActressCaterina in the Big City2006Best ActressThe Caiman2007Saturn in OppositionSuper Ciak d'Oro—2008Best ActressDays and Clouds2010Super Ciak d'Oro—2013Best ActressA Five Star Life2015Mia MadreDavid di Donatello1991Best ActressThe StationThe Week of the Sphinx1992Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato1993Cominciò tutto per caso1997An Eyewitness Account1999Not of this World2001The Ignorant Fairies2004Best Supporting ActressCaterina in the Big City2005Manual of Love2006Best ActressThe Caiman2007Saturn in Opposition2008Days and Clouds2010The White Space2012Best Supporting ActressWe Have a Pope2013Best ActressA Five Star Life2015Mia Madre2023Exterior NightEuropean Film Awards2001Best ActressThe Ignorant Fairies2015Mia MadreFlaiano Prizes1992Best ActressMaledetto il giorno che t'ho incontratoGlobo d'oro1987Best Breakthrough PerformanceLa seconda notte1992Best ActressThe Station2001The Ignorant Fairies2006The Days of AbandonmentCritic's Special Award2007Best ActressSaturn in Opposition2013Discovery at Dawn2015Mia MadreGolden Graal2006Best Comedy ActressManual of LoveBest Drama ActressThe Days of Abandonment2007Best Comedy ActressCommediasexiMoscow International Film Festival2008Best ActressDays and CloudsNastro d'Argento1991Best ActressThe Station2000Not of this World2001The Ignorant Fairies2002Best Supporting ActressThe Best Day of My Life2004Caterina in the Big City2005Best ActressThe Vanity Serum2006The Days of Abandonment2007The Caiman2008Days and Clouds2009Best EnsembleThe Ladies Get Their Say2010Best ActressThe White Space2013A Five Star Life2015Mia Madre2017Best Supporting ActressQuesti giorni2019Best Comedy ActressThe King's Musketeers2023Best ActressExterior NightSan Sebastián International Film Festival1990Best ActressThe Week of the SphinxVenice Film Festival2009Best ActressThe White Space

She was born in a family with French and Tuscan origins. Her 1991 marriage with actor and film director Sergio Rubini ended by the mid 1990s. Her daughter Caterina De Angelis is an actress.