Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 18, 1960 (age 66)
Place of Birth
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Also Known As
- Greta Scaachi
- Γκρέτα Σκάκι
- Гре́та Ска́кки
- Грета Скаккі
- گرتا سکی
Greta Scacchi
Biography
Greta Scacchi OMRI (born 18 February 1960) is an Italian-Australian actress. She is best known for her roles in the films White Mischief (1987), Presumed Innocent (1990), The Player (1992), Emma (1996), and Looking for Alibrandi (2000).
Her first leading role, in Heat and Dust (1983), earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer to Film. For her portrayal of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia in the television film, Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996), she won a Primetime Emmy Award and earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In 2006, Scacchi received a second Emmy nomination for her role in the television film Broken Trail, and earned her first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
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Known For - Movies
The Player
as June Gudmundsdottir
Flightplan
as Therapist
Operation Finale
as Vera Eichmann
Emma
as Mrs. Weston
The Red Violin
as Victoria Byrd (Oxford)
Brideshead Revisited
as Cara
Presumed Innocent
as Carolyn Polhemus
Waiting for the Barbarians
as Mai
White Mischief
as Diana, Lady Broughton
The Girl in the Fog
as Beatrice Leman
Known For - TV Shows
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs. Burton-Cox
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Tuppence
Bergerac
as Annie
The Terror
as Lady Jane Franklin
Richard & Judy
as Self
A.D. The Bible Continues
as Mother Mary
Bodies
as The Lady
War and Peace
as Natalya Rostova
The Odyssey
as Penelope
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
as Dr. Katie Arlen