Greta Scacchi is an Emmy Award-winning Italian-Australian actress known for her roles in the films White Mischief, Presumed Innocent and The Player.
University of Western Australia, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Hollywood High School
Nationality
Italy
Spouse
Vincent D'Onofrio (m. 1989–1993)
Children
Leila George D'Onofrio, Matteo Mantegazza
Parents
Luca Scacchi Gracco, Pamela Carsaniga
Siblings
Tom Scacchi Gracco, Paul Scacchi Gracco, Sarah Georgette Scacchi Gracco
Partner
Carlo Mantegazza
Nicknames
Greta Gracco , Greta Scaachi , Greta Scacchi Gracco
Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress, Logie Award for Best Lead Actress in a Miniseries/Telemovie
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television, AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama, BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, S...
Movies
White Mischief, Presumed Innocent, The Player, Heat and Dust, Shattered, The Coca-Cola Kid, Emma, The Red Violin, A Man in Love, Broken Trail, Fires Within, Jefferson in Paris, Cotton Mary, Looking for Alibrandi, The Browning Version, The Odyssey, Brideshead Revisited, Salt on Our Skin, Flightplan, ...
TV Shows
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, Daniel Deronda, The Trojan Horse, Two Twisted, Waterfront
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Quote
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[on having her ears pierced for the first time especially to play Cuban refugee Isabel in Fires Within (1991)] It felt very strange to have pierced ears and to feel those big earrings tugging at my earlobes and banging against my neck every time I moved. But when I was doing my initial research into the role after I decided to take it, I found out that all Cuban women have their ears pierced when they're little girls, and most of them wear big hoop earrings a lot of the time, so it would look a little odd if I didn't do the same. And it actually did help me get into character as Isabel, so it was definitely worth the slight pain of having them pierced in the first place.
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Fact
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Her last name is Italian for "chess".
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Has two older brothers.
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She and Valeria Golino were apartment-mates in Los Angeles in 1988.
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Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1996
$4 Million
