Margherita Buy

Margherita Buy

1962-01-15 Rome, Italy 89 Credits

Biography

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 l...

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Una terapia di gruppo

Una terapia di gruppo

2024

6.0
Acting
Trifole

Trifole

2024

as Marta

7.0
Acting

In this bittersweet portrait of a vanishing rural way of life, Dalia travels to Piedmont to care for her aging grandfather Igor, an expert forager. Ar...

Flying

Flying

2024

as Annabì

5.3
Acting

Annabì has a fear of flying, which holds back her life and acting career. When her daughter decides to study abroad, Annabì sets out to conquer her fe...

Flying

Flying

2024

Director, Writer

5.3
Directing Writing

Annabì has a fear of flying, which holds back her life and acting career. When her daughter decides to study abroad, Annabì sets out to conquer her fe...

Romeo Is Juliet

Romeo Is Juliet

2024

as Clara

6.5
Acting

After her audition as Juliet fails to impress, a young actress determined to act in the latest production of Shakespeare's play crossdresses and is un...

Ten Minutes

Ten Minutes

2024

as Giovanna Brabanti

6.2
Acting

Ten minutes a day can change the course of your day. Ten minutes doing something completely new can change the course of a life. This is what Bianca w...

Amleto è mio fratello

Amleto è mio fratello

2023

Acting
A Brighter Tomorrow

A Brighter Tomorrow

2023

as Paola

7.0
Acting

An old film director, unhappy with the movie he's shooting about a Hungarian circus stranded in Rome during the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising, faces divor...

The First Day of My Life

The First Day of My Life

2023

as Arianna

6.7
Acting

In the exact moment they hit rock bottom, four strangers are visited by a mysterious man who gifts them a week to see how the world would be without t...

Tell It Like a Woman

Tell It Like a Woman

2022

as Diana

4.2
Acting

Tell It Like A Woman comprises of seven segments that are directed by female directors from different parts of the world and shot in Italy, India, Jap...

Esterno Notte (part II)

Esterno Notte (part II)

2022

as Eleonora Moro

7.9
Acting

The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists

Esterno Notte (part I)

Esterno Notte (part I)

2022

as Eleonora Moro

7.8
Acting

The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists

7 Women and a Murder

7 Women and a Murder

2021

as Margherita

5.5
Acting

When the family patriarch is murdered, seven women find themselves trapped together in his mansion to solve the mystery.

We Are Cinema

We Are Cinema

2021

as Self (archive footage)

9.5
Acting

An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.

Three Floors

Three Floors

2021

as Dora

6.4
Acting

Follows the lives of three families who live in a three-story building in a Roman neighbourhood.

The Great Silence

The Great Silence

2021

7.3
Acting

Villa Primic was once a luxurious home. Now in disrepair, the Primic family home is up for sale by the owner, Rose, and her two heirs, Massimiliano an...

Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti

Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti

2020

as Queen Anne of Austria

5.8
Acting

Now without Aramis, the Musketeers embark on a new mission.

The King's Musketeers

The King's Musketeers

2018

as Regina Anna d'Austria

5.9
Acting

In 17th-century France, the Queen brings the Three Musketeers — Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and an aging d'Artagnan — back from retirement for one last jo...

Just Believe

Just Believe

2018

as Adriana Alberti

6.1
Acting

The owner of a dilapidated B&B has an idea: in order to dodge bankruptcy, he has to turn his business into a place of worship—a tax-free activity, whe...

Piccoli crimini coniugali

Piccoli crimini coniugali

2017

as Moglie di Elia

5.5
Acting

Gilles is suffering from amnesia as the result of a mysterious accident.

How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents

How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents

2016

as Dir. Silvia Rufini

6.8
Acting

More and more parents take competitive behavior towards the teachers of their children: deny votes and programs, vaneggiano of likes, dislikes, and co...

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

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

2016

as Self

Acting

A documentary on the making of Mia Madre (2015).

La vita possibile

La vita possibile

2016

as Anna

6.1
Acting

Anna and her son Valerio run away from a husband and a father who has destroyed the love of their family with beatings and anger. They seek refuge in ...

These Days

These Days

2016

as Adria

4.5
Acting

Four girls unknowingly experience the happiest days of their lives during an uneventful best-friend trip to Belgrade.

Two Stepmoms

Two Stepmoms

2016

as Lucia

6.0
Acting

What would happen if two sworn enemies, two opposed women in temperament and lifestyle find out to share the most incredible legacy: the child of thei...

Two Stepmoms

Two Stepmoms

2016

Story

6.0
Writing

What would happen if two sworn enemies, two opposed women in temperament and lifestyle find out to share the most incredible legacy: the child of thei...

Me, Myself and Her

Me, Myself and Her

2015

as Federica Salvini

6.0
Acting

Two women -- a restaurateur and an architect -- have a seemingly idyllic romantic relationship, until the latter encounters a man she had a fling with...

Burning Love

Burning Love

2015

as Madre Leonardo Film

5.7
Acting

July 2006. Leonardo Zuliani has vanished. The news from Trastevere in Rome turns into a real national emergency, while a huge throng of followers gath...

Mia madre

Mia madre

2015

as Margherita

6.7
Acting

Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.

Well-Off People

Well-Off People

2014

as Carla

4.8
Acting

Umberto Maria Durloni is a successful lawyer and a socialite who likes parties and a lavish life. He's got it all, except any ethical qualms.Only a st...

Io... donna

Io... donna

2013

as Clara

Acting

In a particular moment of his life, the journalist Clara (Margherita Buy) thinks to her love life, always put after the work life. And so, in her hous...

Carlo!

Carlo!

2013

as Herself

5.6
Acting
Mi rifaccio vivo

Mi rifaccio vivo

2013

as Virginia Di Valerio

5.1
Acting

After spending most of his life being defeated by his rival Ottone, meek Biagio tries to commit suicide – but in the hereafter he's offered a chance t...

A Five Star Life

A Five Star Life

2013

as Irene

5.8
Acting

Single and middle-aged, beautiful Irene (Margarita Buy) is wholly devoted to her job as an inspector of luxury hotels. Constantly on the road, she ind...

Discovery at Dawn

Discovery at Dawn

2013

as Caterina Astengo

5.2
Acting

Thirty years after the disappearance of her father, a university professor who was targeted by radicals in the '70s, a woman discovers a way to commun...

Il rosso e il blu

Il rosso e il blu

2012

as Preside Giuliana

6.0
Acting

The story of a teacher and his students, set in an Italian high school.

6 sull'autobus

6 sull'autobus

2012

8.0
Acting

An old bus drives through the streets of Rome. It's a long day. The bus fills up with people and stories. Then empties out. People get on. And get off...

A Magnificent Haunting

A Magnificent Haunting

2012

as Lea Mami

6.5
Acting

An aspiring actor discovers that his spacious new apartment comes complete with eight friendly ghosts.

Love Is in the Air

Love Is in the Air

2012

as Luigia

5.4
Acting

Couple Andrea and Giulia, an outwardly successful couple, are having problems in the bedroom. When Giulia invites Max, an old friend from high school,...

Monicelli: La versione di Mario

Monicelli: La versione di Mario

2012

as Self

5.5
Acting

The life and work of master Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli (1915-2010).

30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente

30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente

2011

Acting
We Have a Pope

We Have a Pope

2011

as Moglie di Brezzi

6.8
Acting

The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have gathered to see him. His advisors, unable to convince...

Weddings and Other Disasters

Weddings and Other Disasters

2010

as Nanà

5.2
Acting

A single, independent woman finds herself organizing her sister's wedding with the help of her future brother-in-law.

Happy Family

Happy Family

2010

as Margherita

6.4
Acting

A blocked screenwriter, Ezio, is trying to finish a story about two off-kilter families thrown together when their teenage children announce they’re g...

Genitori & figli:) - Agitare bene prima dell'uso

Genitori & figli:) - Agitare bene prima dell'uso

2010

as Rossana

5.5
Acting

Parent-teenage children clashes in 21st century Italy.

The Cézanne Affair

The Cézanne Affair

2009

as Anna

6.3
Acting

Gabriele returns home in southern Italy to bid farewell to his father Ernesto, a former stationmaster in a small town not far from Bari. The old man r...

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

2009

as Maestrina

6.0
Acting

The enchanted story of Pinocchio.

The White Space

The White Space

2009

as Maria

5.9
Acting

An unexpected pregnancy and premature birth become a burden that Maria is unprepared for. Lacking control over events for the first time in her life, ...

The Ladies Get Their Say

The Ladies Get Their Say

2009

as Gabriella

7.3
Acting

Every Thursday a group of ladies would gather to play cards and discuss their loves, lives and children while their daughters played in the next room....

Days and Clouds

Days and Clouds

2007

as Elsa

6.8
Acting

Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele loses his job. He and his wife Elsa are forced t...

Saturn in Opposition

Saturn in Opposition

2007

as Angelica

6.9
Acting

This film focuses on contemporary 30- and 40-somethings trying to make sense of their lives in an age in which the old certainties have disappeared. L...

Commediasexi

Commediasexi

2006

as Dora

4.2
Acting

Congressman Bonfili, a family man and promoter in the Italian Parliament of a family law, has a clandestine affair with a feisty starlet wannabe actre...

The Unknown Woman

The Unknown Woman

2006

as Avvocatessa di Irena

7.2
Acting

Irena, a Ukrainian woman, comes to Italy looking for a job as a maid. She does everything she can to become a beloved nanny for an adorable little gir...

The Caiman

The Caiman

2006

as Paola Bonomo

6.7
Acting

Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a screenplay to RAI centered on the figure of Italy’s p...

The Days of Abandonment

The Days of Abandonment

2005

as Olga

5.7
Acting

Olga's life is shattered when her husband leaves her. This makes her fall into a period of self-degradation and self-destructive behaviors.

Manual of Love

Manual of Love

2005

as Barbara

5.8
Acting

Four intertwined stories on the joys and sorrows of love.

L'ombra cinese

L'ombra cinese

2004

as Louise Maigret

6.0
Acting

Maigret investigates the murder of a philandering businessman found dead in an apartment building full of colorful tenants.

La trappola di Maigret

La trappola di Maigret

2004

as Louise Maigret

8.5
Acting

A serial killer is stalking the streets of Paris and Maigret has to resort to setting a trap in order to catch him.

Love Returns

Love Returns

2004

as Silvia

5.9
Acting

Luca is a famous actor working on his new film as both its star and director. One day he gets extremely sick and, while at the hospital, rethinks his ...

The Vanity Serum

The Vanity Serum

2004

as Lucia Allasco

5.6
Acting

A detective with PTSD investigates the disappearance of several junk TV celebrities who have all been guests at the same controversial talk show.

Caterina in the Big City

Caterina in the Big City

2003

as Agata Iacovoni

6.5
Acting

When her social-climbing father is relocated from small-town North to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls to his old school, finding herself...

Margherita, ritratto confidenziale

2003

as Self

Acting
Ma che colpa abbiamo noi

Ma che colpa abbiamo noi

2003

as Flavia

6.4
Acting

Seven people in a therapy group are forced to find new ways of coping with their problems when their therapist dies in the middle of a session.

The Best Day of My Life

The Best Day of My Life

2002

as Sara Mazzoni

6.6
Acting

The lively goings-on of a modern family seen trough the eyes of a young girl just about to receive her first Communion.

His Secret Life

His Secret Life

2001

as Antonia

7.3
Acting

When Antonia's husband Massimo is killed in a car accident, she accidentally discovers that he has been having a same-sex affair with a produce wholes...

Against the wind

Against the wind

2000

as Clara

5.2
Acting
The Shadow of the Giant

The Shadow of the Giant

2000

as Adele

Acting

Capt. Eugenio arrives in a remote castle to take charge of a unit guarding a nameless prisoner. No one knows much about the inmate as he is held in a ...

Tutto l'amore che c'è

Tutto l'amore che c'è

2000

as Marisa

6.2
Acting

The story takes place in an unspecified town in Apulia. We are in the '70s. The arrival of three beautiful and uninhibited girls from the North, the d...

Sweet Idleness

Sweet Idleness

1999

as Countess Gabriella Nencini

7.0
Acting

This movie depicts the two years that young Stendhal spent in Italy. Stendhal, that time still known simply as Henri Beyle, is living the life of a wa...

Not of this World

Not of this World

1999

as Sister Caterina

6.3
Acting

The rumpled owner of a dry-cleaning firm joins forces with a nun to care for an abandoned baby.

Incompreso

1998

as Elisa Quaratesi

7.8
Acting

Freely taken from the novel "Misunderstood" by Florence Montgomery, "Incompreso" takes place in the second half of the 1950s in Lucca: Edoardo Quarate...

An Eyewitness Account

An Eyewitness Account

1997

as Franca Nava

7.4
Acting
Love, Money and Philosophy

Love, Money and Philosophy

1996

as Lucia

5.4
Acting

Stefano, a philosophy grad student without a future, tries to commit suicide after his girlfriend leaves him. He is saved by Giulio, a wisecracking pl...

Follow Your Heart

Follow Your Heart

1996

as Olga da giovane

6.2
Acting

The complicated travails of several generations of Italian women provide the basis for this drama that is based on a novel by Susanna Tamaro. It begin...

Bits & Pieces

Bits & Pieces

1996

4.9
Acting

Dive into the Eternal City – see Rome like you’ve never seen it before. Storefront robberies, bizarre murders, career dreamers, and cameos from Italy'...

Looking for Paradise

Looking for Paradise

1995

as Claudia Bertelli

6.0
Acting

The life and times of Claudia Bertelli, born in Milan in 1949 from bourgeois parents, educated in England, rebel and single mother, then feminist and ...

Le fils préféré

Le fils préféré

1994

as Anna Maria

6.6
Acting

Jean-Paul Mantegna, the son of Italian immigrants now living in Nice, is a hunted man, riddled with debt and involved in borderline illegal companies....

Prestazione straordinaria

Prestazione straordinaria

1994

as Clara Guerri

5.7
Acting

A white-collar worker finds himself in the crosshairs of his attractive female boss.

Condannato a nozze

Condannato a nozze

1993

as Sandra

4.1
Acting

A neurotic lawyer is split between the desire to stay faithful to his fiancée and the one to cheat on her. Things take a turn for the literal when one...

Arriva la bufera

Arriva la bufera

1993

as Eugenia Fontana

5.8
Acting

Depressed magistrate Damiano Fortezza relocates from Milan to a small town in Campania, where the three Fontana sisters, owners of a chain of incinera...

Cominciò tutto per caso

Cominciò tutto per caso

1993

as Stefania

6.0
Acting

A middle class couple crisis. A love story between a young blue collar guy an a Philippine girl. The lives of four people get closer in nowadays Rome.

Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato

Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato

1992

as Camilla

6.6
Acting

Bernardo is dumped by his girlfriend, his career as a rock music critic is beginning to decline and stars to see a psychologist but in the meantime he...

Ask for the Moon

Ask for the Moon

1991

as Elena Bacchelli

5.2
Acting

No-nonsense workaholic Marco runs the family business along with his older brother. When the latter suddenly disappears, Marco has to put aside his jo...

La settimana della sfinge

La settimana della sfinge

1990

as Gloria

5.2
Acting

Crossword-solving waitress Gloria falls for a womanizing TV repairman.

The Station

The Station

1990

as Flavia

6.2
Acting

A good-natured, albeit a bit pedantic stationmaster works at a railway station in the middle of nowhere. One night, a beautiful high-society woman ent...

Nulla ci può fermare

Nulla ci può fermare

1989

as Francesca

Acting
Stray Days

Stray Days

1988

as Annalisa

Acting

Italian comedy produced by Cannon featuring songs by Enrico Ruggeri.

It's Happening Tomorrow

It's Happening Tomorrow

1988

as Vera

5.6
Acting

1848, Tuscan countryside. Edo and Lupo are two peasants running away after having robbed their boss. Chased by mercenaries, they'll meet bandits, dams...

Zvanì - Il romanzo famigliare di Giovanni Pascoli

N/A

Acting