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
We Have a Pope
(2011)
Moglie di Brezzi
Pinocchio
(2009)
Maestrina
Three Floors
(2021)
Dora
7 Women and a Murder
(2021)
Margherita
The Caiman
(2006)
Paola Bonomo
The Unknown Woman
(2006)
Avvocatessa di Irena
A Brighter Tomorrow
(2023)
Paola
A Five Star Life
(2013)
Irene
It's Happening Tomorrow
(1988)
Vera
Saturn in Opposition
(2007)
Angelica
A Magnificent Haunting
(2012)
Lea Mami
Mia madre
(2015)
Margherita
His Secret Life
(2001)
Antonia
Caterina in the Big City
(2003)
Agata Iacovoni
The Ladies Get Their Say
(2009)
Gabriella
Love is in the Air
(2012)
Luigia
Full Filmography
Acting
Stray Days
(1988)
Annalisa
It's Happening Tomorrow
(1988)
Vera
Nulla ci può fermare
(1989)
Francesca
The Station
(1990)
Flavia
La settimana della sfinge
(1990)
Gloria
Ask for the Moon
(1991)
Elena Bacchelli
Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato
(1992)
Camilla
Arriva la bufera
(1993)
Eugenia Fontana
Cominciò tutto per caso
(1993)
Stefania
Condannato a nozze
(1993)
Sandra
Prestazione straordinaria
(1994)
Clara Guerri
Le fils préféré
(1994)
Anna Maria
Looking for Paradise
(1995)
Claudia Bertelli
Love, Money and Philosophy
(1996)
Lucia
Follow Your Heart
(1996)
Olga da giovane
Bits & Pieces
(1996)
An Eyewitness Account
(1997)
Franca Nava
Not of this World
(1999)
Sister Caterina
Sweet Idleness
(1999)
Countess Gabriella Nencini
Tutto l'amore che c'è
(2000)
Marisa
Controvento
(2000)
Clara
The Shadow of the Giant
(2000)
Adele
His Secret Life
(2001)
Antonia
The Best Day of My Life
(2002)
Sara Mazzoni
Incompreso
(2002)
Elisa Quaratesi
Caterina in the Big City
(2003)
Agata Iacovoni
Ma che colpa abbiamo noi
(2003)
Flavia
Margherita, ritratto confidenziale
(2003)
Self
Love Returns
(2004)
Silvia
The Vanity Serum
(2004)
Lucia Allasco
La trappola di Maigret
(2004)
Louise Maigret
L'ombra cinese
(2004)
Louise Maigret
The Days of Abandonment
(2005)
Olga
The Manual of Love
(2005)
Barbara
Commediasexi
(2006)
Dora
The Unknown Woman
(2006)
Avvocatessa di Irena
The Caiman
(2006)
Paola Bonomo
Days and Clouds
(2007)
Elsa
Saturn in Opposition
(2007)
Angelica
The Ladies Get Their Say
(2009)
Gabriella
The Cézanne Affair
(2009)
Anna
The White Space
(2009)
Maria
Pinocchio
(2009)
Maestrina
Weddings and Other Disasters
(2010)
Nanà
Happy Family
(2010)
Margherita
Genitori & figli:) - Agitare bene prima dell'uso
(2010)
Rossana
We Have a Pope
(2011)
Moglie di Brezzi
6 sull'autobus
(2012)
Il rosso e il blu
(2012)
Preside Giuliana
A Magnificent Haunting
(2012)
Lea Mami
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
(2012)
Self
Love is in the Air
(2012)
Luigia
A Five Star Life
(2013)
Irene
Discovery at Dawn
(2013)
Caterina Astengo
Mi rifaccio vivo
(2013)
Virginia Di Valerio
Carlo!
(2013)
Herself
People Who Are Well
(2014)
Carla
Mia madre
(2015)
Margherita
Burning Love
(2015)
Madre Leonardo Film
Me, Myself and Her
(2015)
Federica Salvini
La vita possibile
(2016)
Anna
These Days
(2016)
Adria
Two Stepmoms
(2016)
Lucia
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
(2016)
Dir. Silvia Rufini
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
(2016)
Self
Piccoli crimini coniugali
(2017)
Moglie di Elia
Moschettieri del Re - La penultima missione
(2018)
Regina Anna d'Austria
Just Believe
(2018)
Adriana Alberti
Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti
(2020)
Queen Anne of Austria
Three Floors
(2021)
Dora
The Great Silence
(2021)
7 Women and a Murder
(2021)
Margherita
We Are Cinema
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Esterno Notte (part II)
(2022)
Eleonora Moro
Esterno Notte (part I)
(2022)
Eleonora Moro
Tell It Like a Woman
(2022)
Diana
The First Day of My Life
(2023)
Arianna
A Brighter Tomorrow
(2023)
Paola
Amleto è mio fratello
(2023)
Ten Minutes
(2024)
Volare
(2024)
Annabì
Romeo è Giulietta
(2024)
Writing
Directing