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Greta Scacchi

Greta Scacchi

Actor · Born February 18, 1960 (66) · Milan, Lombardy, Italy

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.

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Born
February 18, 1960 (66)
From
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Works as
Actor
Titles
63 on MovieCove · 95 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 4% in 30 days

What are Greta Scacchi's films like?

Across their 56 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama25 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 93rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
25%
Morality
21%
Self
18%
Survival
13%
Society
9%
Power
9%
Ideas
6%
Family bonds12 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love11 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception10 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 50 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 11 · Serious 17 · Dark 22

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 24 · Stylized 20 · Heightened 6

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 13 · Charged 21 · Intense 16

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 37 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 36 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 28 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 16 · Engaged 25 · Full focus 9

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 11 · Affecting 19 · Heavy 20

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 27 · Open-ended 13 · Ambiguous 10

Roles they play

31 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 11 of 31 analyzed roles.

Ally
11 of 31
Hero
6 of 31
Mentor
5 of 31
Shapeshifter
4 of 31
Shadow
3 of 31
Threshold guardian
1 of 31
Herald
1 of 31
Show the 31 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
31
Melancholic
31
Contemplative
16
Romantic
13
Warm
11
Other
46

How their films linger

Thought-provoking25 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 12 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet30
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous14

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Greta Scacchi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 38 of their 63 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (24).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Greta Scacchi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

95 credits, 63 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Signorinella: Little Miss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Narrator

  • He Ain't Heavy(2024)

    as Bev

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Run Rabbit Run(2023)

    as Joan

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • I Told You So(2023)

    as Frances

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • She Stoops To Conquer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Mrs Hardcastle

  • One Trillion Dollars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · as Elena Vacchi

  • Bodies(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as The Lady

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Royal Nanny(2022)

    as Ms. Juliet Lansbury

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Darby and Joan(2022)

    Show 14 episodes · as Joan Kirkhope

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Shepherd(2021)

    as Glenys Black

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Resurrection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Mother Mary

  • Waiting for the Barbarians(2019)

    as Mai

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Palm Beach(2019)

    as Charlotte

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Time of the Sixth Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Voice of the Ancient Mother

  • Head Full of Honey(2018)

    as Abbess

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Amanda(2018)

    as Alison

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Operation Finale(2018)

    as Vera Eichmann

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Terror(2018)

    Show 4 episodes · as Lady Jane Franklin

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Girl in the Fog(2017)

    as Beatrice Leman

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Tenderness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Aurora

  • Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • The White King(2016)

    as General Meade

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • War & Peace(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Natalya Rostova

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • North v South (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Mrs Singer

  • The Falling(2014)

    as Miss Edith Mantel

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • A.D. The Bible Continues(2015)

    Show 12 episodes · as Mother Mary

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Hindenburg: The Last Flight(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · as Helen van Zandt

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows

  • Un altro mondo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Cristina

  • Ways to Live Forever(2010)

    as Mrs. Willis

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Brideshead Revisited(2008)

    as Cara

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Trojan Horse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · as Helen Madigan

  • Miss Austen Regrets(2007)

    as Cassandra Austen

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Hidden Love(2007)

    as D.ssa Dubois

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Shoot on Sight(2007)

    as Susan Ali

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Handyman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Julia Parchant

  • Icicle Melt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Madeleine

  • Two Twisted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Adele Partridge

  • The Book of Revelation(2006)

    as Isabel

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Katie Arlen

  • Broken Trail(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · as Nola Johns

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Wimbledon 2005 Official Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Narrator

  • Flightplan(2005)

    as Therapist

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Agatha Christie's Marple(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Tuppence

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Beyond the Sea(2004)

    as Mary Duvan

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • L'ombra cinese (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Juliette Martin

  • Sotto falso nome(2004)

    as Nicoletta

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Baltic Storm(2003)

    as Julia Reuter

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Afternoon Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Diane

  • Il ronzio delle mosche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Dottoresa Natalia

  • Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Margaret Thatcher

  • Daniel Deronda(2002)

    Show 4 episodes · as Lydia Glasher

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • One of the Hollywood Ten(2000)

    as Gale Sondergaard

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Festival in Cannes(2001)

    as Alice Palmer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Farm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 3 episodes · as Liz Cooper

  • Looking for Alibrandi(2000)

    as Christina Alibrandi

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Love & Rage(1999)

    as Agnes MacDonnell

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Cotton Mary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Lily MacIntosh

  • Ladies Room(1999)

    as Lucia

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Tom's Midnight Garden(1998)

    as Aunt Gwen Kitson

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Manor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Mrs. Ravenscroft

  • The Red Violin(1998)

    as Victoria Byrd (Oxford)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Macbeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Lady Macbeth

  • The Odyssey(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · as Penelope

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • The Serpent's Kiss(1997)

    as Juliana

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Emma(1996)

    as Mrs. Weston

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Rasputin(1996)

    as Tsarina Alexandra

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Cosi(1996)

    as Mental Patient (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • TFI Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Jefferson in Paris(1995)

    as Maria Cosway

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Country Life(1994)

    as Deborah Voysey

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Browning Version(1994)

    as Laura Crocker-Harris

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Desire(1992)

    as George

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Player(1992)

    as June Gudmundsdottir

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Turtle Beach(1992)

    as Judith

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Shattered(1991)

    as Judith Merrick

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Fires Within(1991)

    as Isabel

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Presumed Innocent(1990)

    as Carolyn Polhemus

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Poirot(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Burton-Cox

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Love and Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Maria

  • Woman in the Moon(1988)

    as Angela

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • White Mischief(1987)

    as Diana, Lady Broughton

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Good Morning Babylon(1987)

    as Edna Bonnano

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • A Man in Love(1987)

    as Jane Steiner

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Defense of the Realm(1985)

    as Nina Beckman

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Burke & Wills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Julia Matthews

  • The Coca-Cola Kid(1985)

    as Terri

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Camille(1984)

    as Marguerite Gautier

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Dr. Fischer of Geneva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Anna-Luise Fischer

  • The Ebony Tower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Diana, 'The Mouse'

  • Waterfront (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Anna Chieri

  • Dead on Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Actor

  • Heat and Dust(1983)

    as Olivia Rivers

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Second Sight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Anna

  • Bergerac(1981)

    Show 1 episode · as Annie

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Time & Tide - A Trilogy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 95 titles, 94 of them dated from 1981 to 2025; peak year 1991.

Biggest box office

Flightplan (2005)

$223M worldwide

Highest rated

The Player (1992)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Bodies (2023)

Film career

19812025

Peak 1991 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 10 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting95 of 95: 95 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score59th

By decade

1980s17 · acting1990s21 · acting2000s27 · acting2010s17 · acting2020s12 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 5% of 38 roles
8388980818

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Greta Scacchi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 51; across their 50 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 50

Approval · how many liked their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 50

Reach · how many have seen their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 50

Midcredits score across 63 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th22
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

35 of their 63 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser35
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed22

Most divisive · actor

Head Full of Honey (2018)

84th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Player (1992)

Midcredits 93rd · 80% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 48 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Greta Scacchi's work okay for kids?

Across up to 18 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore12 titles36–74 · median 52 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity18 titles9–63 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity12 titles11–73 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs11 titles14–45 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense11 titles44–70 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Greta Scacchi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Greta Scacchi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Ivory shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers