Greta Scacchi

{{Short description|Italian-born actress (born 1960)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Greta Scacchi.jpg

| name = Greta Scacchi

| honorific_suffix = OMRI

| caption = Scacchi in 2008

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|02|18}}

| birth_place = Milan, Italy

| death_date =

| death_place =

| citizenship = {{hlist|Italy|Australia|United Kingdom}}

| occupation = Actress

| alma_mater = Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

| years_active = 1981–present

| website =

| partner = {{ubl|Tim Finn
(1983–1989)|Vincent D'Onofrio
(1989–1993)|Carlo Mantegazza
(1997–2010)}}

| children = 2, including Leila George

}}

Greta Scacchi {{post-nominals|post-noms=OMRI}} ({{IPAc-en|'|s|k|ae|k|i}} {{respell|SKAK|ee}},{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/find-things-to-do/greta-scacchi-mold-2842569|title=Greta Scacchi, Mold|work=Daily Post|date=2008-03-21|access-date=2025-05-11}} {{IPA|it|ˈɡrɛːta ˈskakki|lang}}; born 18 February 1960) is an actress known for her roles in the films White Mischief (1987), Presumed Innocent (1990), The Player (1992), Emma (1996) and Looking for Alibrandi (2000). Born in Italy to a British-Italian couple, she was raised in Britain and finally settled in Australia, becoming a naturalized citizen.

Scacchi had her first leading role in the romantic drama film Heat and Dust (1983), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination. For her portrayal of Alix of Hesse in the biographical television film Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996), she earned a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Scacchi received another Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance in the Western television film Broken Trail (2006).

Early life

Scacchi was born on 18 February 1960 in Milan, Italy, the daughter of Luca Scacchi, an Italian art dealer and painter, and Pamela Risbey, an English dancer and antiques dealer.{{cite news| url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/Player/Player_Page/0,,45425,00.html|work=The Guardian|location=London|title=Greta Scacchi profile|access-date=4 May 2010}} Scacchi's parents divorced when she was four, and her mother returned to her native United Kingdom with Greta and her two older brothers, first to London, then to Haywards Heath, West Sussex.{{cite news |first1=Cally |last1=Law |first2=Greta |last2=Scacchi |title=Slight mischief |work=The Sunday Times |page=2 |date=17 Aug 2008}}

In 1975, after Scacchi's mother's remarriage, the family moved to Perth, Western Australia, where her stepfather was a visiting professor at the University of Western Australia (UWA).{{cite web|last1=Newbigin|first1=Nerida|title=Giovanni Carsaniga (1934–2016)|url=https://acis.org.au/2016/04/04/giovanni-carsaniga-1934-2016/|website=Australasian Centre for Italian Studies|access-date=24 September 2016|date=4 April 2016}}{{cite news|first=Jane|last=Cornwell|title=Greta Scacchi: acting royalty|date=22 June 2014|url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/greta-scacchi-acting-royalty-20140617-3abbd.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=15 January 2016}}{{cite web| url=http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201411097111/conversation-greta-scacchi| title=In Conversation… with Greta Scacchi| date=9 November 2014| publisher=University of Western Australia}} While in Perth, Scacchi attended Hollywood Senior High School{{cite web |url=http://www.shenton.wa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Hollywood-History.pdf |title=Hollywood Senior High School – A History |access-date=6 January 2011 |last=Bosworth |first=Michael |year=2000}} and joined UWA's University Dramatic Society, where she made her theatrical debut at the New Dolphin Theatre in Edward Bond's play Early Morning under director Arne Neeme.{{cite journal |title=The Octagon Takes a Bow |journal=Uniview |date=Summer 2010 |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=16–19 |url=http://uniview.publishing.uwa.edu.au/?f=273786 |access-date=6 January 2011}} In 1977, Scacchi returned to the United Kingdom to study at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where her contemporaries included Miranda Richardson and Amanda Redman.

Career

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Scacchi's first on-screen role was in the first season finale of Bergerac in 1981, when she played a model who was the girlfriend of an international criminal being pursued by the eponymous detective. The following year, she made her film debut in the German film {{ill|Second Sight (1982 film)|it|3=La moglie... gli uccelli|lt=Second Sight}}.

Scacchi's first leading role was in the British film Heat and Dust (1983), opposite Shashi Kapoor and Julie Christie; her performance earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer to Film. She went on to give performances in films such as The Ebony Tower (1984), The Coca-Cola Kid (1985), White Mischief (1987), Presumed Innocent (1990), The Player (1992) and Country Life (1994). She turned down the role of Catherine Trammell in Basic Instinct (1992).Bryce Hallett, Her world's a stage, The Sydney Morning Herald, Metropolitan, 10 February 2001, p.3 She later reflected on her early career: "It was very clear to me even then that I was always being invited to play a male fantasy. I had to work very hard to punch some integrity into the idea of being a woman when I was placed inside that male gaze."{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/12/greta-scacchi-she-stoops-to-conquer-orange-tree-richmond-interview | title=Greta Scacchi: 'I was always being invited to play a male fantasy' | work=The Guardian | first=Jude | last=Rogers | date=12 November 2023 | access-date=12 December 2024}}

In 1996, Scacchi won an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Alexandra of Hesse in the television film Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny, and was nominated for a Golden Globe and numerous other awards. In 1999, she had a role as an Italian-Australian single mother in the Australian film Looking for Alibrandi,{{cite web|url=http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?Article_ID=3540&p=y |title=Urban Cinefile Scacchi, Greta - Looking For Alibrandi |publisher=Urbancinefile.com.au |date=29 May 2014 |access-date=22 June 2014}} a performance for which she won the 2000 AFI award for Best Supporting Actress.{{cite web|last=George |first=Sandy |url=http://www.screendaily.com/looking-for-alibrandi-finds-five-afi-awards/404275.article |title=Looking For Alibrandi finds five AFI Awards | News | Screen |publisher=Screendaily.com |date=19 November 2000 |access-date=22 June 2014}}

In 2007, Scacchi received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Broken Trail.

Scacchi is fluent in English, French, German, and Italian, which has made her a popular choice for European casting directors.

Scacchi has performed in a wide range of parts in theatre. She appeared In Times Like These (Bristol Old Vic) and Cider with Rosie (Phoenix Arts Theatre, Leicester) as her film career was taking off. After making four films in 15 months, in 1985 she appeared with Mark Rylance and Kevin McNally in Airbase (Oxford Playhouse and Arts Theatre). In Uncle Vanya at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, in 1987, she played opposite Michael Gambon and Jonathan Pryce. In 1991, she played Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House in the Festival of Perth. A year later, she played the lead role in Strindberg's Miss Julie for the Sydney Theatre Company. She returned to Sydney in 1996 to play Cecilia in Sam Shepard's Simpatico. In 1999, she took the lead in Easy Virtue in Chichester, directed by actress Maria Aitken.

In 2001, Scacchi returned to Sydney for Harold Pinter's Old Times, directed by Aarne Neeme, playing Kate. In 2004, she toured Italy with an Italian production Vecchi Tempi of the same play, but this time playing Anne. In 2005, she performed at the Theatre Royal, Bath, in Thea Sharrock's production of Noël Coward's Private Lives. Back in Australia in 2008, she was nominated for a Sydney Theatre Best Actress Award for playing Queen Elizabeth in Schiller's Mary Stuart in Sydney. In that year, Scacchi also performed in Terence Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea at the Theatre Royal, Bath, on tour and then in the West End back at the Vaudeville Theatre.{{cite news|last1=Spencer|first1=Charles|title=The Deep Blue Sea: Swept away on an ocean of bitter tears|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3671744/The-Deep-Blue-Sea-Swept-away-on-an-ocean-of-bitter-tears.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3671744/The-Deep-Blue-Sea-Swept-away-on-an-ocean-of-bitter-tears.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=12 December 2016|work=The Telegraph|date=10 March 2008|location=London}}{{cbignore}}

In 2010, Scacchi replaced an injured Kristin Scott Thomas in the Chatelet Theatre, Paris in the French premiere (37 years after it was written) of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music. As Desiree she sang "Send In The Clowns".{{cite news|last1=Christiansen|first1=Rupert|title=Bittersweet soufflé is a delight|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/7262669/A-Little-Night-Music-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/7262669/A-Little-Night-Music-review.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=12 December 2016|work=The Telegraph|date=18 February 2010|location=London}}{{cbignore}}

In May 2011, Scacchi appeared alongside Anita Dobson in the play Bette and Joan at London's Arts Theatre, written by Anton Burge and directed by Bill Alexander, about the personal and professional relationship between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.{{cite web|url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/bette-joan|last1=Brown|first1=Peter|title=Bette & Joan|publisher=Londontheatre.co.uk|date=10 May 2011|access-date=10 November 2012}} At the end of that year she appeared at the Ensemble Theatre, Sydney in David Williamson's new play, Nothing Personal.Sydney Morning Herald 18 December 2011

In September 2013, Jonathan Miller directed a gala performance of William Shakespeare's King Lear at The Old Vic in London. Scacchi played Regan.{{cite web |url=http://bookings.oldvictheatre.com/single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=16151 |title=The Old Vic | King Lear |publisher=Bookings.oldvictheatre.com |access-date=22 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195502/http://bookings.oldvictheatre.com/single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=16151 |archive-date=29 October 2013}}

In 2014, Scacchi played Arkadina in Chekhov's The Seagull in Perth.{{cite news|last1=Laurie|first1=Victoria|title=Daughter joins Greta Scacchi on stage for Chekhov in Perth|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/stage/daughter-joins-greta-scacchi-on-stage-for-chekhov-in-perth/news-story/cf96701b23640e3cc5955b363a35bd83|access-date=12 December 2016|work=The Australian|date=13 August 2014}} In 2015, she joined the Headlong theatre company to star on a UK tour in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie as Amanda.{{cite news|last1=Brennan|first1=Clare|title=The Glass Menagerie review – 3D actors trapped in a 2D production|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/sep/20/the-glass-menagerie-review-tennessee-williams-ellen-mcdougall-west-yorkshire-playhouse|access-date=12 December 2016|work=The Guardian|date=20 September 2015|location=London}}

File:Greta Scacchi in She Stoops To Conquer.jpg]]

Between 20 August and 12 November 2016, Scacchi played Phoebe Rice opposite Kenneth Branagh's Archie Rice in a revival of John Osborne's The Entertainer at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End. The play received mixed reviews but hers were uniformly positive.{{cite news|last1=Evans|first1=Lloyd|title=John Osborne's The Entertainer is a big, fat, boring slice of prime-time chitchat|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/09/john-osbornes-the-entertainer-is-a-big-fat-boring-slice-of-prime-time-chitchat/|access-date=12 December 2016|work=The Spectator|date=10 September 2016|location=London}}{{cite news|last1=Clapp|first1=Susannah|author-link=Susannah Clapp |title=The Entertainer review – Kenneth Branagh's off-key swan song|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/sep/04/entertainer-kenneth-branagh-john-osborne-garrick-review|access-date=12 December 2016|work=The Observer|date=4 September 2016|location=London}}

In June 2024, Scacchi returned to the role of Joan in Darby and Joan after the show was renewed for a second series.{{Cite web |last=Slatter |first=Sean |date=2024-06-06 |title=Bryan Brown, Greta Scacchi ready to ride again with 'Darby and Joan' S2 |url=https://if.com.au/bryan-brown-greta-scacchi-ready-to-ride-again-with-darby-and-joan-s2/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=IF Magazine |language=en-AU}}

Personal life

Scacchi is an Italian citizen by birth. She applied for British citizenship after turning 18, but was refused and refused again on appeal;{{cite web|last=Urban|first=Andrew L.|title=Scacchi, Greta – Looking for Alibrandi|url=http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=3540|access-date=14 May 2011|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101241/http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=3540|url-status=dead}} she later applied again due to Brexit. She is a citizen of Italy, Australia and the United Kingdom.{{cite news|last=Walmsley|first=Olivia|date=6 September 2022|title=Greta Scacchi: 'Fitting the photogenic ideal opened lots of doors for me – but it was also frustrating'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2022/09/06/greta-scacchi-fitting-photogenic-ideal-opened-lots-doors-also/|url-status=live|work=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220906114823/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2022/09/06/greta-scacchi-fitting-photogenic-ideal-opened-lots-doors-also/|archive-date=6 September 2022|access-date=6 September 2022|url-access=limited}}

From 1983 to 1989, Scacchi was in a relationship with New Zealand musician Tim Finn. She had a four-year relationship with American actor Vincent D'Onofrio, with whom she has a daughter, actress Leila George.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3561370/Greta-Scacchi-glad-to-be-back.html |title=Greta Scacchi: glad to be back |first=Marianne |last=Macdonald |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=28 September 2008}}{{cite news |last=Macdonald |first=Marianne |date=28 November 1999 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/nov/28/2 |title='Trainspotting, I'd love to do that...' |work=The Guardian |quote=Her daughter's father is the actor Vincent D'Onofrio, with whom Scacchi had a four-year relationship that ended acrimoniously not long after the baby, Leila, was born |access-date=2 April 2015}} She was previously the mother-in-law of actor Sean Penn, who was married to George from 2020 to 2022.{{cite web |last1=Kasprak |first1=Alex |title=Is Sean Penn Vincent D'Onofrio's Son-In-Law? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sean-penn-vincent-donofrio/ |website=Snopes |access-date=9 September 2024 |date=14 February 2021}}

In 1997, Scacchi began a relationship with her first cousin, Carlo Mantegazza. They have a son.{{Cite web|date=21 June 2014|title=Greta Scacchi: acting royalty|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/greta-scacchi-acting-royalty-20140617-3abbd.html|access-date=22 April 2021|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=11 July 2011|title=Greta Scacchi on having a child with her cousin Carlo Mantegazza|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/greta-scacchi-on-having-a-child-with-her-cousin-carlo-mantegazza-and-marriage-to-vincent-donofrio/news-story/d069ed991e4d0274ec3ceca4599d5082|access-date=22 April 2021|website=NewsComAu|language=en}}

Scacchi is an active supporter of campaigns and organisations that promote environmental causes. She has supported Greenpeace and Christian Aid's climate change campaign.{{cite web|url=https://www.christianaid.org.uk/aboutus/celebrity-supporters/greta-scacchi.aspx |title=Greta Scacchi |publisher=Christian Aid |date=16 April 2014 |access-date=22 June 2014}} In 2009, she posed nude with a codfish to promote the documentary The End of the Line, a film exposing the effects of overfishing. She continues to lead the linked Fishlove campaign, which has seen a host of well known actors pose for photographs with a variety of fish.{{cite web|author=Vanessa Thorpe, arts and media correspondent |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jun/20/greta-scacchi-environmental-campaigner |title=Greta Scacchi revels in her happiest role yet: environmental campaigner | Environment | The Observer |date=19 June 2010 |publisher=Theguardian.com |access-date=22 June 2014}}

In October 2013, Scacchi was awarded the Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Knight in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic) for her services to the arts.{{cite web|url=http://www.mymovies.it/cinemanews/2013/103842/|title=Cinema: conferito a Greta Scacchi Ordine a Merito|last=MYmovies.it}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1982

| {{ill|Second Sight (1982 film)|it|3=La moglie... gli uccelli|lt=Second Sight}}

| Anna

|

rowspan="2"|1983

| Heat and Dust

| Olivia

| Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer to Film

Dead on Time

| Pretty girl

| Short film

rowspan="2"|1984

| The Ebony Tower

| Diana/'The Mouse'

| TV film

Camille

| Marguerite

| TV film

rowspan="4"|1985

| Defence of the Realm

| Nina Beckman

| Feature film

Burke & Wills

| Julia Matthews

| Feature film

Doctor Fischer of Geneva

| Anna-Luise Fischer

| TV film

The Coca-Cola Kid

| Terri

| Feature film

rowspan="3"|1987

| White Mischief

| Diana Lady Broughton

| Feature film

Good Morning, Babylon

| Edna Bonnano

| Feature film

A Man in Love

| Jane Steiner

| Feature film

rowspan="2"|1988

| Young Distance (aka La Donna della Luna)

| Angela

| Feature film

Love and Fear (aka Three Sisters, the original title is Paura e amore)

| Maria

| Feature film

1990

| Presumed Innocent

| Carolyn Polhemus

| Feature film

1991

| Shattered

| Judith Merrick

| Feature film

rowspan="4"|1992

| Fires Within

| Isabel

| Feature film

Salt on Our Skin

| George

| Feature film

The Player

| June

| Feature film

Turtle Beach

| Judith

| Feature film

rowspan="2"|1994

| Country Life

| Deborah Voysey

| Feature film

The Browning Version

| Laura Crocker-Harris

| Feature film

1995

| Jefferson in Paris

| Maria Cosway

| Feature film

rowspan="3"|1996

| Emma

| Anne Taylor Weston

| Feature film

Così

| Mental patient (uncredited)

| Feature film

Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny

| Alexandra of Hesse

| TV film
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

1997

| The Serpent's Kiss

| Juliana

| Feature film

rowspan="3"|1998

| Love and Rage

| Agnes MacDonnell

| Feature film

The Red Violin

| Victoria Byrd

| Feature film

Macbeth

| Lady Macbeth

| TV film

rowspan="5"|1999

| Ladies Room

| Lucia

|

Cotton Mary

| Lily MacIntosh

| Feature film

Tom's Midnight Garden

| Aunt Gwen Kitson

| Feature film

The Manor

| Mrs. Ravenscroft

|

Looking for Alibrandi

| Christina Alibrandi

| Feature film
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Supporting Actress

2000

| One of the Hollywood Ten

| Gale Sondergaard

| Biopic

2001

| Festival in Cannes

| Alice Palmer

|

2002

| Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

| Margaret Thatcher

| TV film

2003

| Baltic Storm

| Julia Reuter

| Feature film

rowspan="2"|2004

| Strange Crime

| Nicoletta

| Feature film

Beyond the Sea

| Mary Duvan

| Feature film

2005

| Flightplan

| Therapist

| Feature film

rowspan="3"|2006

| The Book of Revelation

| Isabel

| Feature film

Icicle Melt

|

| Short film

The Handyman

| Julia Parchant

| Short film

2007

| Hidden Love

| Dr. Dubois

| Feature film

rowspan="3"|2008

| Brideshead Revisited

| Cara

| Feature film

Shoot on Sight

| Susan Ali

| Feature film

Miss Austen Regrets

| Cassandra Austen

| TV film

rowspan="2"|2010

| Un altro mondo

| Cristina

|

Way to Live Forever

| Private instructor

| Feature film

2011

| {{ill|Hindenburg: The Last Flight|de|Hindenburg (2011)}}

| Helen Van Zandt

| TV film

2014

| The Falling

| Miss Mantel

| Feature film

rowspan="2"|2017

| La Tenerezza

| Aurora

| Feature film

The Girl in the Fog

| Beatrice Lehman

| Italian: La Ragazza Nella Nebbia

rowspan="2"|2018

| Operation Finale

| Vera Eichmann

| Feature film

Amanda

| Alison

| Feature film

rowspan="2"|2019

| Palm Beach

| Charlotte

| Feature film

Waiting for the Barbarians

| Mai

| Feature film

2021

| Shepherd

| Glenys Black

| Feature film

rowspan=2| 2023

| Run Rabbit Run

| Joan

| Feature film

I Told You So (Te l’avevo detto)

| Frances

|

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1981

| Bergerac

| Annie

| TV series, season 1, episode 10: "The Hood and the Harlequin"

1983

| The Mike Walsh Show

| Guest - Herself

| TV series, 1 episode

1984

| Waterfront

| Anna Cheri

| TV miniseries, 3 episodes

rowspan="4"|1995

| Good Morning Australia

| Guest

| TV series, 1 episode

Denton

| Guest

| TV series, 1 episode

Ernie and Denise

| Guest

| TV series, 1 episode

Midday

| Guest

| TV series, 1 episode

1997

| The Odyssey

| Penelope

| TV miniseries
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

2001

| The Farm

| Liz Cooper

| TV miniseries, 4 episodes

2002

| Daniel Deronda

| Lydia Glasher

| TV series

rowspan="2"|2005

| Il Commissario Maigret

|

| Italian TV production

Two Twisted

| Dr Adele Partridge

| TV series, episode: Heart Attack

rowspan="4"|2006

| Broken Trail

| Nola Johns

| TV miniseries
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Agatha Christie's Marple

| Tuppence Beresford

| TV series, episode: "By the Pricking of My Thumbs"

Two Twisted

| Adele Partridge

| TV series

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King

| Dr. Katie Arlen

| TV miniseries, episode: "Autopsy Room Four"

2008

| The Trojan Horse

| Helen Madigan

| TV miniseries, 2 episodes

rowspan="2"|2013

| Agatha Christie's Poirot

| Mrs Burton-Cox

| TV series, episode: "Elephants Can Remember"

Masterpieces Unveiled

| Presenter

| TV documentary series, 8 episodes

2015

| A.D. The Bible Continues

| Mother Mary

| TV series, 4 episodes

2016

| War & Peace

| Countess Rostova

| TV series, 6 episodes

rowspan="2"|2017

| Versailles

| Madeleine de Foix

| TV series, season 2

The Terror

| Lady Jane Franklin

| TV series (based on the Dan Simmons novel of the same name)

2022-present

| Darby & Joan

| Joan Kirkhope

| TV series

2023

| Bodies

| Polly Harker

| TV limited series, 8 episodes

=Radio=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1989

| The Skull Beneath Her Skin

| Cordelia Grey

| Radio play of P D James novel. Scacchi's radio debut.

Theatre

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1976

|Early Morning

|Florence Nightingale

|Edward Bond's play at Dolphin Theatre, Perth

1981

|Cider With Rosie

|Rosie & other parts

|Phoenix, Leicester

rowspan="2"|1985

|In Times Like These

|Vivien Mercer

|Bristol Old Vic, Bristol

Airbase

|Lt. Madeline Kohler

|Oxford Playhouse and Arts Theatre, London

1987

|Uncle Vanya

|Yelena

|Vaudeville Theatre, London

1991

|A Doll's House

|Nora

|The Hole in the Wall Theatre Company, Perth

1992

|Miss Julie

|Miss Julie

|Sydney Theatre Company

1996

|Simpatico

|Cecilia

|Sydney Theatre Company

1999

|Easy Virtue

|Larita

|Chichester, England

2001

|Old Times

|Kate

|Sydney Theatre Company

2004

|Vecchi Tempi

|Anne

|Italian tour of Harold Pinter play

2005

|Private Lives

|Amanda

|Theatre Royal, Bath

rowspan="2"|2008

|Mary Stuart

|Queen Elizabeth

|Sydney Theatre Company

The Deep Blue Sea

|Hester

|Theatre Royal, Bath; Vaudeville, London

2010

|A Little Night Music

|Desiree

|Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris. French premiere

2011

|Bette and Joan

|Bette Davis

|Arts Theatre, London and tour

2013

|King Lear

|Regan

|The Old Vic, London

2014

|The Seagull

|Madame Arkadina

|Black Swan Theatre, Perth

2015

|The Glass Menagerie

|Amanda

|Headlong/West Yorkshire Playhouse/Liverpool Playhouse co-production

2016

|The Entertainer

|Phoebe Rice

|The Garrick Theatre, London

References

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