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- Birth name: Greta Gracco
- Date of birth: 18 February
- Place of birth: Milan, Italy
- Category: Actor
- Nationality: British
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Greta Scacchi's mother was an Italian dancer and her father was an
Italian painter. She grew up in Milan and later moved to
London. In 1975 her parents moved to Australia, and Greta
worked as a cowgirl and an Italian commentator. At 18
she returned to London and had lessons at the
Old-Vic-Theatre. She played small
parts as a stage actress and worked as a model for
commercials. The young film maker Dominik Graf
discovered her and her first film was Zweite Gesicht in
1982.
She learned German for this movie.
After Heat and Dust
(1982), she played roles in Australian and English television. While
playing in a modenised play by Anton Tsjechov in 1988, (directed by Margarethe von Trotta),
she was discovered by Hollywood. Greta Scacchi became an internationally renowned film, theatre
and television actress. She has worked
extensively in Australia, America and Europe.
Her theatre credits include Easy Virtue (Chichester Festival Theatre),
Simpa Tico and Miss Julie (Sydney Theatre Company), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Original Shakespeare Company), A Doll's House ( Festival of Partti),
Uncle Vanya ( Vaudeville Theatre, London), Airbase (Oxford Playhouse and
Arts Theatre), In Times Like These (Bristol Old Vic) and Cide With Rosie
Phoenix Arts Theatre, Leicester) .
Greta's television credits include Michael Bogdanov's Macbeth, The Odyssey,
Rasputin with Ian McKellen and Alan Rickman ( and for which she won an
Emmy for Best Supporting Actress), Waterfront, Dr Fischer Of Geneva with
Alan Bates and James Mason, and The Ebony Tower with Laurence Oliver.
- One of the Hollywood Ten (2000) .... Gale Sondergaard
... aka Punto de mira (2000) (Spain)
- Looking for Alibrandi (2000) .... Christina Alibrandi
- Ladies Room (1999/I) .... Lucia Brizzi
- Cotton Mary (1999) .... Lily Macintosh
- Tom's Midnight Garden (1999) .... Aunt Gwen Kitson
- Manor, The (1999) .... Mrs. Ravenscroft
- Love and Rage (1998) .... Agnes MacDonnell
- Violon rouge, Le (1998) .... Victoria Byrd (Oxford)
... aka Red Violin, The (1998) (Canada: English title) (USA)
... aka Violino rosso, Il (1998) (Italy)
- Macbeth (1998/II) (TV) .... Lady Macbeth
- Bravo Randy (1997)
- Odyssey, The (1997) (TV) .... Penelope
... aka Abenteuer des Odysseus, Die (1997) (TV) (Germany)
... aka Homer's Odyssey (1997) (TV)
... aka Odissea (1997) (TV)
- Serpent's Kiss, The (1997) .... Juliana
... aka Baiser du serpent, Le (1997) (France)
... aka Schlangenkuss, Der (1997) (Germany)
- Emma (1996) .... Mrs. Weston
- Cosi (1996) (uncredited) .... Mental Patient
- Rasputin (1996) (TV) .... Tsarina Alexandra
- Jefferson in Paris (1995) .... Maria Cosway
- Country Life (1994) .... Deborah Voysey
- Browning Version, The (1994) .... Laura Crocker-Harris
- Salt on Our Skin (1992) .... George
... aka Desire (1992/I) (USA)
... aka Salz auf unserer Haut (1992) (Germany)
- Player, The (1992) .... June Gudmundsdottir
- Fires Within (1991) .... Isabel
... aka Little Havana (1991) (USA)
- Turtle Beach (1991) .... Judith
... aka Killing Beach, The (1991)
- Shattered (1991) .... Judith Merrick
- Presumed Innocent (1990) .... Caroline Polhemus
- Donna della luna, La (1988) .... Angela
... aka Moon Woman, The (1988) (Australia: literal English title)
... aka Woman in the Moon (1988)
- Paura e amore (1988) .... Maria
... aka Fürchten und Lieben (1988) (West Germany)
... aka Love and Fear (1988)
... aka Three Sisters (1988)
- White Mischief (1987) .... Lady Diana Broughton
- Good Morning, Babylon (1987) .... Edna
... aka Good morning Babilonia (1988) (Italy)
- Un homme amoureux (1987) .... Jane Steiner
... aka Man in Love, A (1987) (USA)
... aka Uomo innamorato, Un (1987) (Italy)
- Coca-Cola Kid, The (1985) .... Terri
- Defence of the Realm (1985) .... Nina Beckman
- Burke & Wills (1985) .... Julia Matthews
- Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1985) (TV) .... Anna-Luise Fischer
- Ebony Tower, The (1984) (TV) .... Diana, 'The Mouse'
- Camille (1984) (TV) .... Marguerite Gautier
- Waterfront (1983) (mini) TV Series
- Dead On Time (1982)
- Heat and Dust (1982) .... Olivia Rivers
- Zweite Gesicht, Das (1982)
... aka Second Face, The (1982)
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