Dobson in the play Bette and Joan at London's Arts Theatre, directed by Bill Alexander, about the personal and professional relationship between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. At the end of that year she appeared at the Ensemble Theatre, Sydney in David Williamson's new play, Nothing Personal. In September 2013, Sir Jonathan Miller directed a gala performance of William Shakespeare's King Lear at The Old Vic in London. Scacchi played Regan. In 2014, she played Arkadina in Chekhov's The Seagull in Perth. In 2015 she joined the Headlong theatre company to star on a UK tour in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie as Amanda. Between 20 August and 12 November 2016, she 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. 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; she later applied again due to Brexit. She is a citizen of Italy, Australia and the United Kingdom. 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. In 1997, Scacchi began a relationship with her first cousin, Carlo Mantegazza. They have a son, Matteo. Scacchi is an active supporter of campaigns and organisations that promote environmental causes. She has supported Greenpeace and Christian Aid's climate change campaign. 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. In October 2013, for her services to the arts she was awarded Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Knight in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic). Filmography Theatre References External links Interview in the Spectator 1960 births Actresses from Milan Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Australian film actresses Italian film actresses Italian expatriates in England Australian expatriates in England People of Lombard descent Australian television actresses Italian emigrants to Australia Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom Italian people of English descent Knights of