- Born
- Birth nameMargareta Scacchi
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Greta Scacchi was born in Milan, Italy, to Pamela Carsaniga, an English dancer and Luca Scacchi, an Italian art dealer and painter. She grew up in Milan and Sussex, England. In 1975, her mother and second husband moved to Australia, where, after she left school, Greta worked as an Italian interpreter on a ranch. At age 18, she returned to England and trained at the Bristol Old Vic, paying her way through college by working as a model for catalogues. Played small parts as a stage actress before she made her first appearance on British television, then the young film maker Dominik Graf directed her in Das zweite Gesicht (1982). She learned German for this movie. (She also speaks fluent Italian and French.) After Heat and Dust (1983), she played parts in French, Italian and English movies and Australian television, working with the Taviani Brothers, Margareta von Trotta and Diana Kurys. She turned down Hollywood for many years but after appearing in White Mischief (1987) agreed to co-star in Presumed Innocent (1990), Shattered (1991) and The Player (1992).
- IMDb mini biography by: Wladimir van Heemst <clar@kabelfoon.nl>
- Children
- ParentsPamela CarsanigaLuca Scacchi Gracco
- Last name is pronounced "skacky". Her last name is Italian for "chess".
- Turned down the Sharon Stone role in Basic Instinct (1992), saying she did not like the script or the director very much.
- Daughter: Leila George D'Onofrio, born on March 20, 1992. Leila's father is actor Vincent D'Onofrio.
- Became an Australian citizen on 12 January 1995
- Educated in Australia and England, UK
- [on her early career] It was very clear to me even then that I was always being invited to play a male fantasy. I had to work very hard to punch some integrity into the idea of being a woman when I was placed inside that male gaze.
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