Greta Scacchi
Greta Scacchi | |
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Greta Scacchi, January 2008 | |
Born |
Greta Gracco 18 February 1960 Milan, Italy |
Nationality |
Italy Australia |
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse(s) | Vincent D'Onofrio (m. 1989; div. 1993) |
Partner(s) | Carlo Mantegazza |
Children |
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Greta Scacchi (born 18 February 1960) is an Italian-Australian actress known for her roles in the films White Mischief, Presumed Innocent and The Player. She won an Emmy Award in 1996 for her portrayal of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia in the television film, Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny.
Early life
Scacchi was born Greta Gracco in Milan, Italy, on 18 February 1960, the daughter of Luca Scacchi Gracco, an Italian art dealer and painter, and Pamela, an English dancer and antiques dealer.[1] 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.[2] In 1975, after her mother's remarriage to Giovanni Carsaniga,[3] the family settled in Perth, Australia, where she attended Hollywood Senior High School and the University of Western Australia (UWA).[4] She made her theatrical debut at UWA's New Dolphin Theatre in Edward Bond's play Early Morning.[5]
Career
In 1977, Scacchi left UWA to return 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).[6]
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 1999, she had a role as an Italian-Australian single mother in the Australian film Looking for Alibrandi,[7] a performance for which she won the 2000 AFI award for Best Supporting Actress.[8]
In 2007, she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding 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. In May 2011, she appeared alongside Anita Dobson in the play Bette and Joan at London's Arts Theatre, directed by Bill Alexander, about the personal and professional relationship between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.[9]
In September 2013 Sir Jonathan Miller directed a Gala Performance of William Shakespeare's King Lear at The Old Vic in London. Scacchi played Regan.[10]
Personal life
Scacchi was in a relationship with New Zealand musician Tim Finn from 1983–89. A marriage to American actor Vincent D'Onofrio[11] (1989–1993) produced a daughter, Leila (born 20 March 1992). Scacchi also has a son Matteo (born 1998) by Carlo Mantegazza.[12]
Scacchi applied for British citizenship after turning 18, but was turned down because her father was not a British citizen. After appealing unsuccessfully, she decided not to apply for it again, and retained her Italian citizenship.[13] In January 1995, she became an Australian citizen and has since had dual nationality.
She lived for many years in Hurstpierpoint until moving in early 2011 to a rented property in East Grinstead because of a dispute with her neighbour.[14]
Scacchi is an active supporter of campaigns and organisations that promote environmental causes. She has supported Greenpeace and, more recently, Christian Aid's climate change campaign.[15] In 2009, she posed nude with a Codfish to promote the documentary End of the Line, a film exposing the effects of over-fishing.[16]
In October 2013 she was made a Cavaliere dell’Ordine al Merito for her services to the Arts.[17]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | Bergerac | Annie | "The Hood and the Harlequin" |
1982 | Das Zweite Gesicht | Anna | |
1983 | Dead on Time | Pretty girl | |
1983 | Heat and Dust | Olivia | Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer to Film |
1984 | The Ebony Tower | Diana | TV film |
1984 | Camille | Marguerite | TV film |
1984 | Waterfront | Anna Cheri | TV mini-series |
1985 | Defence of the Realm | Nina Beckman | |
1985 | Burke & Wills | Julia Matthews | |
1985 | Doctor Fischer of Geneva | Anna Luise-Fischer | TV film |
1985 | The Coca-Cola Kid | Terri | |
1987 | White Mischief | Diana Lady Broughton | |
1987 | Good Morning, Babylon | Edna Bonnano | |
1987 | A Man in Love | Jane Steiner | |
1988 | Love and Fear | Maria | |
1990 | Presumed Innocent | Carolyn Polhemus | |
1991 | Shattered | Judith Merrick | |
1992 | Fires Within | Isabel | |
1992 | Salt on Our Skin | George | |
1992 | The Player | June | |
1992 | Turtle Beach | Judith | |
1994 | Country Life | Deborah Voysey | |
1994 | The Browning Version | Laura Crocker-Harris | |
1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Maria Cosway | |
1996 | Emma | Mrs. Weston | |
1996 | Così | Mental patient | Uncredited |
1996 | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | Tsarina Alexandra | TV film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
1997 | The Odyssey | Penelope | TV film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
1997 | The Serpent's Kiss | Juliana | |
1998 | Love and Rage | Agnes MacDonnell | |
1998 | The Red Violin | Victoria Byrd | |
1998 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | TV film |
1999 | Ladies Room | Lucia | |
1999 | Cotton Mary | Lily MacIntosh | |
1999 | Tom's Midnight Garden | Aunt Gwen | |
1999 | The Manor | Mrs. Ravenscroft | |
1999 | Looking for Alibrandi | Christina Alibrandi | Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Supporting Actress |
2000 | One of the Hollywood Ten | Gale Sondergaard | |
2001 | The Farm | Liz Cooper | TV film |
2001 | Festival in Cannes | Alice Palmer | |
2002 | Jeffrey Archer: The Truth | Margaret Thatcher | TV film |
2002 | Daniel Deronda | Lydia Glasher | TV serial |
2003 | Baltic Storm | Julia Reuter | |
2004 | Strange Crime | Nicoletta | |
2004 | Beyond the Sea | Mary Duvan | |
2005 | Flightplan | Therapist | |
2006 | Broken Trail | Nola Johns | 2 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
2006 | Marple | Tuppence Beresford | Episode: "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" |
2006 | The Book of Revelation | Isabel | |
2006 | Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the stories of Stephen King | Dr. Katie Arlen | TV mini-series- Episode-Autopsy Room Four |
2007 | Hidden Love | Dr. Dubois | |
2008 | Brideshead Revisited | Cara | |
2008 | Shoot on Sight | Susan Ali | |
2008 | Miss Austen Regrets | Cassandra Austen | TV film |
2008 | The Trojan Horse | Helen Madigan | 2 episodes |
2010 | Un altro mondo | Cristina | |
2010 | Way to Live Forever | Private instructor | |
2011 | Hindenburg | Helen Van Zandt | TV film |
2013 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Mrs Burton-Cox | Episode: "Elephants Can Remember" |
2014 | The Falling | Miss Mantel | |
2015 | A.D.: The Bible Continues | Mother Mary | 4 episodes |
References
- ↑ "Greta Scacchi profile". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ↑ Law, Cally; Scacchi, Greta (17 Aug 2008). "Slight mischief". The Sunday Times. p. 2.
- ↑ "Greta Scacchi Biography – Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 10 Nov 2012.
- ↑ Bosworth, Michael (2000). "Hollywood Senior High School – A History" (PDF). Retrieved 6 Jan 2011.
- ↑ "The Octagon Takes a Bow". Uniview 29 (1): 16–19. Summer 2010. Retrieved 6 Jan 2011.
- ↑ Bryce Hallett, Her world's a stage, The Sydney Morning Herald, Metropolitan, 10 February 2001, p.3
- ↑ "Urban Cinefile Scacchi, Greta - Looking For Alibrandi". Urbancinefile.com.au. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ↑ George, Sandy (19 November 2000). "Looking For Alibrandi finds five AFI Awards | News | Screen". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ↑ "Bette & Joan". Londontheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ "The Old Vic | King Lear". Bookings.oldvictheatre.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ↑ Macdonald, Marianne (28 September 2008). "Greta Scacchi: glad to be back". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ↑ Maher, Kevin (26 April 2008). "Greta Scacchi takes on Miss Austen Regrets". The Times. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ↑ Urban, Andrew L. "Scacchi, Greta – Looking for Alibrandi". Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ↑ Walker, Emily (5 February 2011). "Greta Scacchi's "driven out" of Sussex dream home". The Argus. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ↑ "Greta Scacchi". Christian Aid. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ↑ Vanessa Thorpe, arts and media correspondent. "Greta Scacchi revels in her happiest role yet: environmental campaigner | Environment | The Observer". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ↑ Cinema: conferito a Greta Scacchi Ordine a Merito
External links
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- Greta Scacchi at the Internet Movie Database
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- Interview in the Spectator
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