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Greta Scacchi

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Greta Scacchi
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Greta Scacchi was born in Milan, Italy, to Pamela Carsaniga, an English dancer and Luca Scacchi, an Italian art dealer and painter. She grew up in Milan and Sussex, England. In 1975, her mother and second husband moved to Australia, where, after she left school, Greta worked as an Italian interpreter on a ranch. At age 18, she returned to England and trained at the Bristol Old Vic, paying her way through college by working as a model for catalogues. Played small parts as a stage actress before she made her first appearance on British television, then the young film maker Dominik Graf directed her in Das zweite Gesicht (1982). She learned German for this movie. (She also speaks fluent Italian and French.) After Heat and Dust (1983), she played parts in French, Italian and English movies and Australian television, working with the Taviani Brothers, Margareta von Trotta and Diana Kurys. She turned down Hollywood for many years but after appearing in White Mischief (1987) agreed to co-star in Presumed Innocent (1990), Shattered (1991) and The Player (1992).
BornFebruary 18, 1960
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BornFebruary 18, 1960
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000296
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 10 wins & 12 nominations total

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    Known for

    Tim Robbins in The Player (1992)
    The Player
    7.5
    • June Gudmundsdottir
    • 1992
    Gwyneth Paltrow in Emma (1996)
    Emma
    6.6
    • Mrs Weston
    • 1996
    Harrison Ford and Greta Scacchi in Presumed Innocent (1990)
    Presumed Innocent
    6.9
    • Carolyn Polhemus
    • 1990
    Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi, and Bob Hoskins in Shattered (1991)
    Shattered
    6.5
    • Judith Merrick
    • 1991

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    Actress



    • The Arena
      • The Mother
      • Completed
      • Short



    • Greta Scacchi and Bryan Brown in Darby and Joan (2022)
      Darby and Joan
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Joan Kirkhope
      • 2022–2025
    • Leila George and Sam Corlett in He Ain't Heavy (2024)
      He Ain't Heavy
      6.0
      • Bev
      • 2024
    • One Trillion Dollars (2023)
      One Trillion Dollars
      5.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Elena
      • 2023
    • Stephen Graham, Amaka Okafor, Kyle Soller, Shira Haas, and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd in Bodies (2023)
      Bodies
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Polly
      • The Lady
      • 2023
    • I Told You So (2023)
      I Told You So
      4.8
      • Frances
      • 2023
    • Lily LaTorre and Sarah Snook in Run Rabbit Run (2023)
      Run Rabbit Run
      5.0
      • Joan
      • 2023
    • Rachel Skarsten, Phoenix Laroche, Isabelle Wilson, and Dan Jeannotte in The Royal Nanny (2022)
      The Royal Nanny
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Juliet Lansbury
      • 2022
    • Greta Scacchi, Samuel West, and John Locke in Time & Tide: a trilogy (2021)
      Time & Tide: a trilogy
      Short
      • The Mother
      • 2021
    • Tom Hughes in Shepherd (2021)
      Shepherd
      4.9
      • Glenys Black
      • 2021
    • Resurrection (2021)
      Resurrection
      5.8
      • Mother Mary
      • 2021
    • Johnny Depp, Mark Rylance, and Robert Pattinson in Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)
      Waiting for the Barbarians
      5.9
      • Mai
      • 2019
    • Palm Beach (2019)
      Palm Beach
      5.6
      • Charlotte
      • 2019
    • Nick Nolte and Sophie Lane in Head Full of Honey (2018)
      Head Full of Honey
      5.6
      • Abbess
      • 2018
    • Isaure Multrier in Amanda (2018)
      Amanda
      7.0
      • Alison
      • 2018
    • Operation Finale (2018)
      Operation Finale
      6.6
      • Vera Eichmann
      • 2018

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    • Alternative name
      • Greta Scaachi
    • Height
      • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
    • Born
      • February 18, 1960
      • Milan, Lombardy, Italy
    • Children
        Leila George
    • Parents
        Pamela Carsaniga
    • Other works
      Stage: Appeared (as "Hester Collyer" in "The Deep Blue Sea" with Jacqueline Tong and Simon Williams.
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      • 2 Interviews
      • 3 Articles
      • 11 Pictorials
      • 5 Magazine Cover Photos

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      Last name is pronounced "skacky". Her last name is Italian for "chess".

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