After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her breakthrough role in Duccio Tessari's UNA GRANDE STORIA D'AMORE (1986), which was followed by roles in Daniele Luchetti's two projects DOMANI ACCADRÀ (1988) and LA SETTIMANA DELLA SFINGE (1990). For the last one, she won the best performance by an actress in a leading role award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
After this success, she played the heroine in Sergio Rubini's LA STAZIONE, an authentic Italian masterpiece for which she won her first David di Donatello Prize and the Silver Ribbon as best leading actress, in 1990. In 1994 she was directed by her then-husband, Sergio Rubini, in the movie PRESTAZIONE STRAORDINARIA. She also formed an association with Italian director Giuseppe Piccioni, who directed her in four films: the most important being CUORI AL VERDE (1996) and FUORI DAL MONDO, which earned Margherita her second David di Donatello Award.
Now Margherita Buy is one of the most appreciated actresses of European cinema: Ferzan Ozpetek's LE FATE IGNORANTI /HIS SECRET LIFE (aka IGNORANT FAIRIES), in which she brilliantly portrayed a widow who discovered her husband had been having an affair with a man for the last seven years, won her a Silver Ribbon as best lead. Cristina Comencini 's IL PIÙ BEL GIORNO DELLA MIA VITA/THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE won her another Silver Ribbon, this time as best supporting actress. Paolo Virzì's CATERINA VA IN CITTA/CATERINA IN THE BIG CITY won her a David as best supporting actress. For her work in Giovanni Veronesi's MANUALE D'AMORE/ MANUAL OF LOVE she was awarded her third Silver Ribbon, and a fourth David di Donatello.
In 2006 she starred in the release LA SCONOSCIUTA/THE UNKNOWN WOMAN, by Academy Award winner Giuseppe Tornatore.
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