Greta Scacchi
Greta Scacchi, January 2008
Born	18 February 1960 (1960-02-18) (age 49) Milan, Italy
Other name(s)	Greta Gracco
Occupation	Actor

Greta Scacchi (born 18 February 1960) is an English actress.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early life

Scacchi was born Greta Gracco in Milan, Italy on February 18, 1960, the daughter of Luca Scacchi Gracco, an Italian art dealer and painter, and Pamela Carsaniga, an English dancer and antiques dealer.^[1][2] Scacchi's parents divorced when she was four, and her mother returned to her native England with Greta and her two older brothers, first to London, then to Haywards Heath, West Sussex.^[3] In 1975, after her mother's remarriage to Giovanni Carsinga,^[4] the family settled in Adelaide, Australia.

[edit] Career

In 1977, Scacchi returned to England to pursue an acting career, studying 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), The Ebony Tower (1984), The Coca Cola Kid (1985), White Mischief (1987), Presumed Innocent (1990), The Player (1992) and Country Life (1994). She turned down the role of Catherine Trammell in Basic Instinct (1992).^[5]

In 1996 she won an Emmy Award for her work as Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia in the television film Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny and was nominated for a Golden Globe and numerous other awards. In 2007 she received an Emmy Award nomination for Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for Broken Trail.

Scacchi is fluent in English, French, German and Italian, which has made her a popular choice for European casting directors and has been an asset when working for European directors and producers.

[edit] 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 (1989-1993) produced a daughter Leila (born March 1992). Scacchi also has a son Matteo Mantegazza (born October 1998) by her Italian first cousin, Carlo Mantegazza.

In January 1995 Scacchi became an Australian citizen and currently lives in Hurstpierpoint.^[6]

[edit] Filmography

Das Zweite Gesicht (1982) Dead on Time (1982) Heat and Dust (1983) The Ebony Tower (1984) Camille (1984) TV Waterfront (1984) TV Defence of the Realm (1985) Burke & Wills (1985) Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1985) TV The Coca-Cola Kid (1985) Carve You In Marble (August 1986) White Mischief (1987) Good Morning, Babylon (1987) A Man in Love (Un homme amoureux) (1987) The Moon Woman (1988) Love and Fear (1988) Three Sisters (1988) Presumed Innocent (1990) Shattered (1991) Fires Within (1991) Salt on Our Skin (1992) The Player (1992) Turtle Beach (1992) Country Life (1994) The Browning Version (1994) Jefferson in Paris (1995) Emma (1996) Cosi (1996) Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996) TV

The Odyssey (1997) TV The Serpent's Kiss (1997) Love and Rage (1998) The Red Violin (1998) Macbeth (1998) TV Ladies Room (1999) Cotton Mary (1999) Tom's Midnight Garden (1999) The Manor (1999) Christmas Glory 2000 (2000) TV One of the Hollywood Ten (2000) Looking for Alibrandi (2000) The Farm (2001) TV Festival in Cannes (2001) Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002) TV Daniel Deronda (2002) TV The Buzz of the Flies (2003) Baltic Storm (2003) Beyond the Sea (2004) Under False Name (2004) Flightplan (2005) Broken Trail (2006) Marple: By the Pricking of my Thumbs (2006) The Book of Revelation (2006) Brideshead Revisited (2008) Shoot on Sight (2008) The Trojan Horse (2008) TV Ways to Live Forever (2010)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.spectator.co.uk/i//the-magazine/features/704721/i-never-want-to-be-as-insecure-as-olivier.thtml
• Greta Scacchi at the Internet Movie Database

• Greta Scacchi at the TCM Movie Database
• Greta Scacchi at Yahoo! Movies

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