Sophia Loren
Biography
Sophia Loren, OMRI (born Sofia Villani Scicolone; 20 September 1934) is an Italian actress. In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance. Loren has won 50 international awards, including an Oscar, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Laurel Award. Her other films include: Houseboat (1958), El Cid (1961), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Marriage Italian Style (1964), A Special Day (1977). She has received critical and commercial success in movies for home box-office such as Courage (1986) and in American blockbusters such as Grumpier Old Men (1995), and Nine (2009). In 1994 she starred in Robert Altman's Ready to Wear, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination in 1995. The same year she received the Cecil B. de Mille award for lifetime achievements. In 1999, Loren was listed by the American Film Institute on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars as #21 of 25 American female screen legends of all time. In 2002, she was honored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) at its annual Anniversary Gala and was inducted into its Italian American Hall of Fame. In 2009, the Guinness Book of World Records recognized her as "Italy's Most Awarded Actress". In 1991, the Republic of France awarded her a Distinction of la Légion d'honneur (the Legion of Honor) with the grade of Chevalier (Knight). In 1997, Loren was invested Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic). In 2010, she was awarded the Praemium Imperiale by the Imperial Family of Japan on behalf of the Japan Art Association. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sophia Loren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Cinzia Zaccardi
Houseboat
Mamma
Nine
Giovanna
I girasoli
Epifania Parerga
The Millionairess
Isabella de la Fontaine
Prêt-à-Porter
Self (archive footage)
Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière
Rosa Priore
Sabato, domenica e lunedì
Natascha
A Countess from Hong Kong
Teresa Leoni
Verdict
Yasmin Azir
Arabesque
Juana
The Pride and the Passion
Cesira
La ciociara
Jennifer Rispoli Chamberlain
The Cassandra Crossing
Dita
Legend of the Lost
Nora Van Ostamgen
Operation Crossbow
Antonietta Taberi
Una giornata particolare
Adelina Sbaratti / Anna Molteni / Mara
Ieri, oggi, domani
Angela Rossini
Heller in Pink Tights
Isabella Candeloro
C'era una volta
Marisa
Ci troviamo in galleria
Phaedra
Boy on a Dolphin
Maria Sophia Coletta Ragetti
Grumpier Old Men
Lisa Macklin
Le Couteau dans la plaie
Lucia Curcio
It Started in Naples
Aida
Aida
Maria Gennari
Questi fantasmi
Zoe (segment "La riffa")
Boccaccio '70
Self (archive footage)
1960
Lina Stroppiani
Peccato che sia una canaglia
Dulcinea / Aldonza
Man of La Mancha
Jimena
El Cid
Olivia
Between Strangers
Ragazza rapita (uncredited)
Le sei mogli di Barbablù
Adele Tasca
Firepower
Lucilla
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Self (archive footage)
Untouchable
Self (archive footage)
Tab Hunter Confidential
Filumena Marturano
Matrimonio all'italiana
Self
Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne
Algérie en flammes
Cleopatra / Nisca
Due notti con Cleopatra
Carmela
La bella mugnaia
Cesira
La Ciociara
Anna
Un giorno in pretura
Princess Olympia
A Breath of Scandal
Lady Louise Lendale / Lady L
Lady L
Mara
Brass Target
Self (archive footage)
Du côté de la côte
Self
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
Sofia (segment Pizza on Credit)
L'oro di Napoli
Titina Paterno
Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova. Si sospettano moventi politici
Donna Sofia
Pane, amore e...
Honoria
Attila
Agnese
Il segno di Venere
Rose Bianco
The Black Orchid
Gemma
Miseria e nobiltà
(archive footage)
Hollywood Blue
Anna Cabot
Desire Under the Elms
Stella
The Key
Herself
Donne nel Mito: Sophia Racconta la Loren
Pupa
La pupa del gangster
Maria (as Sofia Loren)
Peperoni ripieni e pesci in faccia
Adriana de Mauro
Il viaggio
Ines
La domenica della buona gente
Anna Jesson
Brief Encounter
Marianna Miraldo
Courage
Johanna von Gerlach
I sequestrati di Altona
Valeria Billi
La moglie del prete
With Love, Sophia
Mara (archive footage) (uncredited)
Girlfriend in a Coma
Judith Auerbach
Judith
Catherine Hubscher
Madame Sans-Gêne
Kay
That Kind of Woman
Conchita
Il sogno di Zorro
Madame Levy
Soleil
Sophia Loren in Rome
Maddalena Ciarrapico
La mortadella
Nives Mongolini
La donna del fiume
Aurora
Qualcosa di biondo
Francesca Montorsi
Francesca e Nunziata
Self (archive footage)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
Paris Hilton, Inc.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Notre Dame de la Croisette
Odalisca
Era lui, sì, sì!
Showman
Self (archive footage)
La Rabbia di Pasolini
Angela
Voce umana
Self (archive footage)
Cercando Sophia
Sisina
Carosello napoletano
Sé stessa
Sophia!
Self (archive footage)
Vittorio D.
soeur Germana
Bianco, rosso e...
Lygia's Slave (uncredited)
Quo Vadis
Elvira
La tratta delle bianche
Self
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
La Favorita
Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Self (archive footage)
Noi siamo cinema
Self
Dietro gli occhiali bianchi
Amica di Giulietta
È arrivato l'accordatore
Una tarzanide (uncredited)
Tototarzan
Vittorio's assistant (uncredited)
Anna
Sophia Loren / Romilda Villani
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Self
Sophia: Ieri, oggi, domani
Ragazza
Tempi nostri - Zibaldone n. 2
Self
Bellissimo: Immagini del cinema italiano
Angela
Angela
Self (archive footage)
Bert Stern - Original Madman
Giulietta / Beppina Delli Colli
Pellegrini d'amore
Self
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
Madame Rosa
La vita davanti a sé
Un popolana alla festa di Piedigrotta
Il voto
Una commessa del bar
Milano miliardaria
La Sposa
Il mago per forza
Barbara Lama
Africa sotto i mari
Self (archive footage)
La rabbia
Self (archive footage)
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
Antonietta Fallari
La fortuna di essere donna
Una ballerinetta
Il padrone del vapore
Una ragazza al ristorante
Cuori sul mare
Segretaria del Dittatore (uncredited)
Io sono il capataz
A girl in the boardinghouse
Lebbra bianca
Bonbon
Il paese dei campanelli
Self
Mademoiselle C
Self
What Would Sophia Loren Do?
Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self
Un principe chiamato Totò
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Grace face à son destin
Self (archive footage)
Marcello, una vita dolce
Self - Guest
Sophia Loren: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Self (archive footage)
Monument
Self
Marcello Mastroianni, l'Italien idéal
Self (archive footage)
Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo
SuperTotò
Self (archive footage)
Zwischen Glück und Krone
Histoires de festival
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
138
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-09-20
Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Also Known As
소피아 로렌