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Greta Scacchi

  • Actress
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Greta Scacchi
Claire is an MI5 agent who becomes the royal nanny, having to overcome challenges on her mission as she keeps the family safe for Christmas and resists Prince Colin's charms.
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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 5,000403
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 7 wins & 11 nominations total

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Greta Scacchi in Shattered (1991)
Greta Scacchi and Thomas Schücke in Das zweite Gesicht (1982)
Gwyneth Paltrow and Greta Scacchi in Emma (1996)
Greta Scacchi in Emma (1996)
Gwyneth Paltrow and Greta Scacchi in Emma (1996)
Greta Scacchi in Emma (1996)
Greta Scacchi in Emma (1996)
Jeremy Northam, Greta Scacchi, Toni Collette, James Cosmo, Angela Down, John Franklyn-Robbins, Phyllida Law, Sophie Thompson, and Polly Walker in Emma (1996)
Gwyneth Paltrow and Greta Scacchi in Emma (1996)
Gwyneth Paltrow and Greta Scacchi in Emma (1996)
Jeremy Northam and Greta Scacchi in Emma (1996)
Greta Scacchi in Presumed Innocent (1990)

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
Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
Looking for Alibrandi
7.0
  • Christina Alibrandi
  • 2000
Alan Rickman and Greta Scacchi in Rasputin (1996)
Rasputin
6.9
TV Movie
  • Tsarina Alexandra
  • 1996

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Actress

  • The Arena
    • The Mother
    • Completed
    • Short
  • Te l'avevo detto
    • Post-production
  • Run Rabbit Run (2023)
    Run Rabbit Run
    • Joan
    • 2023
  • Rachel Skarsten, Phoenix Laroche, Isabelle Wilson, and Dan Jeannotte in The Royal Nanny (2022)
    The Royal Nanny
    • Juliet Lansbury
    • TV Movie
    • 2022
  • Greta Scacchi and Bryan Brown in Darby and Joan (2022)
    Darby and Joan
    • Joan Kirkhope
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Greta Scacchi, Samuel West, and John Locke in Time & Tide: a trilogy (2021)
    Time & Tide: a trilogy
    • The Mother
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Tom Hughes in Shepherd (2021)
    Shepherd
    • Glenys Black
    • 2021
  • Resurrection (2021)
    Resurrection
    • Mother Mary
    • 2021
  • Johnny Depp, Mark Rylance, and Robert Pattinson in Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)
    Waiting for the Barbarians
    • Mai
    • 2019
  • Palm Beach (2019)
    Palm Beach
    • Charlotte
    • 2019
  • Nick Nolte and Sophie Lane in Head Full of Honey (2018)
    Head Full of Honey
    • Abbess
    • 2018
  • Isaure Multrier in Amanda (2018)
    Amanda
    • Alison
    • 2018
  • Operation Finale (2018)
    Operation Finale
    • Vera Eichmann
    • 2018
  • The Terror (2018)
    The Terror
    • Lady Jane Franklin
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Alessio Boni and Toni Servillo in The Girl in the Fog (2017)
    The Girl in the Fog
    • Beatrice Leman
    • 2017
  • Tenderness (2017)
    Tenderness
    • Aurora
    • 2017
  • George Blagden in Versailles (2015)
    Versailles
    • Madeleine de Foix
    • TV Series
    • 2017
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Personal details

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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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    Daughter: Leila George D'Onofrio, born on March 20, 1992. Leila's father is actor Vincent D'Onofrio.

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