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Encyclopedia > Greta Scacchi
Greta Scacchi
Born February 18, 1960 (age 46)
Italy Milan, Italy
Height 175 cm (69 in)
Other name(s) Greta Gracco
Spouse(s) Vincent D'Onofrio 1991-1992
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
1996, Rasputin

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Greta's mother, an English dancer, and father, an Italian painter, divorced when she was three, and returned to England with Greta and her two older brothers. In 1975, after her mother remarried, the family, moved to Australia.


In 1977, Scacchi returned to England to pursue an acting career; she studied 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), White Mischief (1987), Presumed Innocent (1990), The Player (1993), and Country Life (1994). The Coopers Hall (right) became the theatre foyer in the 1970s. ... Miranda Richardson as Queenie in Blackadder II (1986) Miranda Richardson (born 3 March 1958, in Southport, Merseyside) is an English actress, noted for her distinctive ability to deeply delve into the minds of the characters she plays. ... Amanda Redman (born 12 August 1959) is a British actress most famous as Alison Braithwaite in the television series At Home with the Braithwaites. ... Book cover Heat and Dust is a novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala which won the Booker Prize in 1975. ... White Mischief is a 1987 film based on the Happy Valley murder case in Kenya in the 1941. ... This article is about the 1990 film. ... The Player (1992) is a movie that tells the story of Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins), a Hollywood studio executive who believes he is being blackmailed by a screenwriter whose script he once rejected. ... Country Life is a film made in 1994. ...


In 1996 she won an Emmy Award for her work in the television film Rasputin. She was nominated for a Golden Globe and numerous other awards. An Emmy Award. ... Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny is a biographical 1996 TV film about Rasputin. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...


Personal life

Between 1983 and 1989, Scacchi was romantically involved with New Zealand singer/songwriter Tim Finn. Her marriage in 1991 to American actor Vincent D'Onofrio lasted approximately eighteen months until 1993. Their daughter Leila was born 20 March 1992. Scacchi's son Matteo, fathered by her cousin and boyfriend, Carlo Mantegazza, was born in October 1998. Brian Timothy Tim Finn OBE (born June 25, 1952) is a singer and songwriter and one of New Zealands foremost musicians. ... Vincent Phillip DOnofrio (born June 30, 1959) is an American actor and producer. ...


Filmography

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Awards
Preceded by
Judy Davis
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Shirley Knight
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
1996
Rasputin
Succeeded by
Diana Rigg
Rebecca

  Results from FactBites:
 
Greta Scacchi - Biography - Moviefone (357 words)
The daughter of an English dancer and an Italian painter, Greta Scacchi was born in Milan, Italy, though she was primarily raised in London.
Around the age of 15, Scacchi moved with her family to Australia, where she held a series of odd jobs; among the most unique were cowgirl and Italian interpreter.
Her film roles were generally met with praise; in Emma (1996), Scacchi was held in very high esteem by both critics and co-star Gwyneth Paltrow, though her most significant role came in the film The Red Violin (1998).
Greta Scacchi: Information from Answers.com (681 words)
Greta Scacchi (born February 18, 1960 in Milan, Italy) is an Emmy Award-winning film actress.
Scacchi was born the daughter of an English dancer mother and an Italian painter father.
In 1977, Scacchi returned to England to pursue an acting career; she studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, with Miranda Richardson and Amanda Redman.
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