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
Flightplan
as Therapist
The Player
as June Gudmundsdottir
Waiting for the Barbarians
as Mai
Emma
as Mrs. Weston
Resurrection
as Mother Mary
Operation Finale
as Vera Eichmann
Presumed Innocent
as Carolyn Polhemus
The Red Violin
as Victoria Byrd (Oxford)
White Mischief
as Diana, Lady Broughton
Cosi
as Mental Patient (uncredited)
Known For - TV Shows
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs. Burton-Cox
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Tuppence
Bergerac
as Annie
Richard & Judy
as Self
The Terror
as Lady Jane Franklin
Bodies
as The Lady
A.D. The Bible Continues
as Mother Mary
War and Peace
as Natalya Rostova
The Afternoon Play
as Diane
Darby and Joan
as Joan Kirkhope