Greta Scacchi

Greta Scacchi was born on Feb 18, 1960 in Italy. Greta Scacchi's big-screen debut came with Dr. Fischer of Geneva directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in 1984. Greta Scacchi is known for Darby and Joan directed by David Caesar, Bryan Brown stars as Jack Darby and Greta Scacchi as Joan Kirkhope. Greta Scacchi has got 7 awards and 11 nominations so far. The most recent award Greta Scacchi achieved is Capri, Hollywood. The upcoming new tvshow Greta Scacchi plays is Darby and Joan - Season 1 which will be released on Aug 08, 2022.

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 Chaleur et poussière (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 Sur la route de Nairobi (1987) agreed to co-star in Présumé innocent (1990), Troubles (1991) and The Player (1992).