Greta Scacchi
Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Greta Scacchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: February 18, 1960
Place of Birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Known For
Agatha Christie's Poirot
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Agatha Christie's Marple
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.
Merchant Ivory
The first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant, and their primary associates, writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins. Footage from more than fifty interviews, clips, and archival material gives voice to the family of actors and technicians who helped define Merchant Ivory’s Academy Award-winning work of consummate quality and intelligence. With six Oscar winners among the notable artists participating, these close and often long-term collaborators intimately detail the transformational cinematic creativity and personal and professional drama of the wandering company that left an indelible impact on film culture.
Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda is a British television serial drama adapted by Andrew Davies from the George Eliot novel of the same name. The serial was directed by Tom Hooper, produced by Louis Marks, and was first broadcast in three parts on BBC One from 23 November to 7 December 2002. The serial starred Hugh Dancy as Daniel Deronda, Romola Garai as Gwendolen Harleth, Hugh Bonneville as Henleigh Grandcourt, and Jodhi May as Mirah Lapidoth. Co-production funding came from WGBH Boston. Louis Marks originally wanted to make a film adaptation of the novel but abandoned the project after a lengthy and fruitless casting process. The drama took a further five years to make it to television screens. Filming ran for 11 weeks from May to August on locations in England, Scotland and Malta. The serial was Marks' final television production before his death in 2010.
War and Peace
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western
A documentary about the making of the 2006 AMC miniseries Broken Trail.
He Ain't Heavy
A desperate woman kidnaps and enforces rehab on her violent brother in a last-ditch effort to save their lives.
A.D. The Bible Continues
"A.D. The Bible Continues" picks up where the smash hit miniseries "The Bible" left off, continuing the greatest story ever told and exploring the exciting and inspiring events that followed the Crucifixion of Christ. The immediate aftermath of Christ's death had a massive impact on his disciples, his mother, Mary, and key political and religious leaders of the era, completely altering the entire world in an instant. Beginning at that fateful moment of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection, "A.D. The Bible Continues" will focus on the disciples who had to go forward and spread the teachings of Christ to a world dominated by political unrest, and the start of a whole new religion that would dramatically reshape the history of the world.
The Red Violin
300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays an appraiser going over its complex history.
The Terror
A chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events.
Filmography
as Narrator
as Bev
as Self
as Joan
as Frances
as Mrs Hardcastle
as Elena Vacchi
as The Lady
as Ms. Juliet Lansbury
as Joan Kirkhope
as Glenys Black
as Mother Mary
as Charlotte
as Voice of the Ancient Mother
as Abbess
as Alison
as Vera Eichmann
as Lady Jane Franklin
as Beatrice Leman
as Aurora
as General Meade
as Natalya Rostova
as Mrs Singer
as Miss Edith Mantel
as Mother Mary
as Helen van Zandt
as Cristina
as Mrs. Willis
as Cara
as Helen Madigan
as Cassandra Austen
as D.ssa Dubois
as Susan Ali
as Julia Parchant
as Dr. Adele Partridge
as Isabel
as Dr. Katie Arlen
as Nola Johns
as Therapist
as Self
as Tuppence
as Mary Duvan
as Juliette Martin
as Nicoletta
as Julia Reuter
as Diane
as Dottoresa Natalia
as Margaret Thatcher
as Lydia Glasher
as Gale Sondergaard
as Self
as Alice Palmer
as Christina Alibrandi
as Agnes MacDonnell
as Liz Cooper
as Lily MacIntosh
as Lucia
as Aunt Gwen Kitson
as Mrs. Ravenscroft
as Victoria Byrd (Oxford)
as Lady Macbeth
as Penelope
as Penelope
as Juliana
as Mrs. Weston
as Tsarina Alexandra
as Mental Patient (uncredited)
as Maria Cosway
as Deborah Voysey
as Laura Crocker-Harris
as George
as June Gudmundsdottir
as Judith
as Self
as Judith Merrick
as Isabel
as Carolyn Polhemus
as Mrs. Burton-Cox
as Maria
as Angela
as Diana, Lady Broughton
as Edna Bonnano
as Jane Steiner
as Nina Beckman
as Julia Matthews
as Terri
as Marguerite Gautier
as Anna-Luise Fischer
as Diana, 'The Mouse'
as Anna Chieri
as Olivia Rivers
as Anna
as Annie