Greta Scacchi

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Greta Scacchi
Born	February 18 1960 (age 48) Milan, Italy
Other name(s)	Greta Gracco
Awards Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie 1996 Rasputin

Greta Scacchi (born February 18, 1960 in Milan, Italy) is an Emmy Award-winning film actress.

Greta's mother, an English dancer, and father, an Italian painter, divorced when she was three, and returned to England with Greta and her two older brothers. In 1975, after her mother remarried, the family moved to Australia.

In 1977, Scacchi returned to England to pursue an acting career; she studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, with Miranda Richardson and Amanda Redman. In 1982, she made her film debut in the German movie Das Zweite Gesicht (The Second Face) and gave versatile performances in films such as Heat and Dust (1983), White Mischief (1987), Presumed Innocent (1990), The Player (1993), and Country Life (1994).

In 1996 she won an Emmy Award for her work in the television film Rasputin. She was nominated for a Golden Globe and numerous other awards.

Personal life

Between 1983 and 1989, Scacchi was romantically involved with New Zealand singer/songwriter Tim Finn. A relationship with American actor Vincent D'Onofrio began in 1989 and ended 1993. Their daughter Leila was born in March 1992. Scacchi's son Matteo, fathered by her cousin and boyfriend, Carlo Mantegazza, was born in October 1998.

Filmography

Marple: By the Pricking of my Thumbs 2006 The Book Of Revelation (2006) Syriana (2005) (Scenes deleted) Flightplan (2005) Beyond the Sea (2004) Sotto falso nome (Under False Name) (2004) Il Ronzio delle mosche (The Buzz of the Flies) (2003) Baltic Storm (2003) Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002) TV movie Daniel Deronda (2002) TV miniseries The Farm (2001) TV miniseries Festival in Cannes (2001) Christmas Glory 2000 (2000) TV movie One of the Hollywood Ten (2000) Looking for Alibrandi (2000) Ladies Room (1999) Cotton Mary (1999) Tom's Midnight Garden (1999) The Manor (1999) Love and Rage (1998) Le Violon rouge (The Red Violin) (1998) Macbeth (1998) TV movie The Odyssey (1997) TV movie The Serpent's Kiss (1997) Emma (1996) Cosi (1996)

Rasputin (1996) TV movie Jefferson in Paris (1995) Country Life (1994) The Browing Version (1994) Salt on Our Skin (1992) The Player (1992) Turtle Beach (1992) Shattered (1991) Fires Within (1991) Presumed Innocent (1990) La donna della luna (The Moon Woman) (1988) Three Sisters (1988) White Mischief (1987) Good Morning, Babylon (1987) Un homme amoureux (1987) Carve You In Marble (August 1986) Defence of the Realm (1985) Burke & Wills (1985) Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1985) TV movie The Coca-Cola Kid (1985) The Ebony Tower (1984) Camille (1984) TV movie Waterfront (1984) TV mini-series Heat and Dust (1983) Dead On Time (1982/short) Das Zweite Gesicht (1982)

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