Birth Name: Greta Scacchi
Birth Date: 1960-02-18
Birth Place: Milan, province of Milan, Italy
Details
Alternate Names: Greta Scaachi, Γκρέτα Σκάκι, Гре́та Ска́кки, Грета Скаккі, گرتا سکی
Physical Characteristics: N/A
Career
First Appearances: - Second Sight (1982) as Anna
Most Important Roles: - Shattered (1991) as Judith Merrick
- Emma (1996) as Mrs. Weston
- The Player (1992) as June Gudmundsdottir
- Presumed Innocent (1990) as Carolyn Polhemus
- Beyond the Sea (2004) as Mary Duvan
- Looking for Alibrandi (2000) as Christina Alibrandi
- Brideshead Revisited (2008) as Cara
- Shoot on Sight (2007) as Susan Ali
- Defence of the Realm (1986) as Nina Beckman
- The Manor (1999) as Mrs. Ravenscroft
Career Highlights: - Shattered (1991)
- Emma (1996)
- The Player (1992)
- Presumed Innocent (1990)
- Beyond the Sea (2004)
- Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
- Brideshead Revisited (2008)
- Shoot on Sight (2007)
- Defence of the Realm (1986)
- The Manor (1999)
Awards
Awards: - Nominated for 1 FCCA Award - Best Actress - Supporting Role (2025)
- Won FCCA Award - Best Supporting Actor - Female (2001)
- Nominated for 1 AFI Award - Best Actress in a Telefeature or Mini-Series (2001)
- Won AFI Award - Best Performance by an an Actress in a Supporting Role (2000)
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award - Most Outstanding Newcomer to Film (1984)
- Nominated for 1 CableACE - Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries (1996)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (2007)
- Won Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (1996)
- Won Joseph Plateau Honorary Award (2017)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (1997)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (1998)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (1997)
- Won Logie - Best Lead Actress (1985)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Nymph - Mini-Series - Best Performance by an Actress (2007)
- Won RTS Midlands Awards - Best Actress (2007)
- Nominated for 1 Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries (2007)
- Won Taormina Arte Award (2002)
- Won Capri Arts Award - Lifetime Award (2018)
- Won Penguin Award - Best Actress in a Miniseries (1985)
- Nominated for 1 IIFC Award - Best Actress - Short (2022)
Full 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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