Greta Scacchi was born on February 18, 1960 in Milan, Italy. She is an Italian-born Emmy Award-winning film actress.

In 1982, she made her film debut in the German movie Das Zweite Gesicht (The Second Face) and gave versatile performances in films such as Heat and Dust (1983), The Ebony Tower (1984), White Mischief (1987), Presumed Innocent (1990), The Player (1993), Country Life (1994) and Emma (1996).

In 1996 she won an Emmy Award for her work in the television film Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny.

Between 1983 and 1989, Scacchi was romantically involved with New Zealand singer/songwriter Tim Finn. A relationship with American actor Vincent D'Onofrio began in 1989 and ended 1993.

Filmography

• Miss Austen Regrets (2007)
• Shoot on Sight (2007)
• Brideshead Revisited (2008)
• "The Trojan Horse" (2007)
• Amour caché, L' (2007)
• "The Afternoon Play" (1 episode, 2007)
• Icicle Melt (2006)
• "Two Twisted" (1 episode, 2006)
• The Handyman (2006)
• The Book of Revelation (2006)
• "Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King" (2006)
• Broken Trail (2006)
• Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2006)
• Flightplan (2005)
• Maigret: L'ombra cinese (2004)
• Beyond the Sea (2004)
• Sotto falso nome (2004)
• Baltic Storm (2003)
• Ronzio delle mosche, Il (2003)
• Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002)
• Daniel Deronda (2002)
• Festival in Cannes (2001)
• "The Farm" (2001)
• One of the Hollywood Ten (2000)
• Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
• Cotton Mary (1999)
• Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)
• The Manor (1999)
• Ladies Room (1999)
• Violon rouge, Le (1998)
• Macbeth (1998)
• Love and Rage (1998)
• The Odyssey (1997)
• The Serpent's Kiss (1997)
• Emma (1996)
• Cosi (1996)
• Rasputin (1996)
• Jefferson in Paris (1995)
• The Browning Version (1994)
• Country Life (1994)
• Salt on Our Skin (1992)
• The Player (1992)
• Turtle Beach (1992)
• Shattered (1991)
• Fires Within (1991)
• Presumed Innocent (1990)
• Paura e amore (1988)
• Donna della luna, La (1988)
• Good Morning, Babylon (1987)
• Un homme amoureux (1987)
• White Mischief (1987)
• Burke & Wills (1985)
• Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1985)
• The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
• Defence of the Realm (1985)
• Camille (1984)
• "Waterfront" (1984)
• The Ebony Tower (1984)
• Dead on Time (1983)
• Heat and Dust (1983)
• Zweite Gesicht, Das (1982)
• "Bergerac" (1 episode, 1981)

Awards

• Australian Film Institute Award Best Supporting Actress "Looking for Alibrandi" 2000
• Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special "Rasputin" 1995 - 96