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Sophia Loren
Actor
Born September 20, 1934 (87 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 2020 | The Life Ahead · as Madame Rosa |
| 2018 | Hollywood, No Sex Please! · as Cesira |
| 2015 | Behind the White Glasses · as Unknown |
| 2014 | Human Voice · as Unknown |
| 2013 | I Am Divine · as Kay |
| 2012 | Girlfriend in a Coma · as Mara (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2010 | My House Is Full of Mirrors · as Romilda Villani |
| 2009 | Nine · as Mamma |
| 2004 | Lives of the Saints · as Teresa Innocente |
| 2004 | Lives of the Saints (TV Series) · as Teresa Innocente |
| 2002 | Between Strangers · as Olivia |
| 1995 | Grumpier Old Men · as Maria Sophia Coletta Ragetti |
| 1994 | Ready to Wear · as Isabella de la Fontaine |
| 1989 | Running Away · as Cesira |
| 1986 | Courage · as Marianna Miraldo |
| 1979 | Firepower · as Adele Tasca |
| 1978 | Blood Feud · as Titina Paterno |
| 1978 | Brass Target · as Mara |
| 1977 | A Special Day · as Antonietta Taberi |
| 1977 | Angela · as Angela |
| 1976 | The Cassandra Crossing · as Jennifer Rispoli Chamberlain |
| 1975 | Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca · as actor |
| 1974 | Verdict · as Teresa Leoni |
| 1974 | The Voyage · as Adriana de Mauro |
| 1974 | Brief Encounter · as Anna Jesson |
| 1972 | Man of La Mancha · as Dulcinea / Aldonza |
| 1972 | White Sister · as soeur Germana |
| 1971 | Lady Liberty · as Maddalena Ciarrapico |
| 1970 | The Priest's Wife · as Valeria Billi |
| 1970 | Sunflower · as Giovanna |
| 1967 | Ghosts, Italian Style · as Maria Lojacono |
| 1967 | More Than a Miracle · as Isabella Candeloro |
| 1967 | A Countess from Hong Kong · as Natascha |
| 1966 | Arabesque · as Yasmin Azir |
| 1965 | The Love Goddesses · as (archive footage) |
| 1965 | Lady L · as Lady Louise Lendale / Lady L |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow · as Nora Van Ostamgen |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire · as Lucilla |
| 1964 | Marriage Italian Style · as Filumena Marturano |
| 1963 | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow · as Adelina Sbaratti / Anna Molteni / Mara |
| 1963 | Hollywood: The Great Stars · as Lisa Macklin |
| 1962 | Five Miles to Midnight · as Lisa Macklin |
| 1962 | The Condemned of Altona · as Johanna von Gerlach |
| 1962 | Boccaccio '70 · as Zoe ("La Riffa") |
| 1961 | El Cid · as Jimena |
| 1961 | Madame · as Catherine Hubscher |
| 1960 | The Millionairess · as Epifania Parerga |
| 1960 | It Started in Naples · as Lucia Curcio |
| 1960 | Heller in Pink Tights · as Angela Rossini |
| 1960 | A Breath of Scandal · as Princess Olympia |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | That Kind of Woman · as Kay |
| 1958 | Houseboat · as Cinzia Zaccardi |
| 1958 | Desire Under the Elms · as Anna Cabot |
| 1958 | The Key · as Stella |
| 1958 | The Black Orchid · as Rose Bianco |
| 1957 | The Pride and the Passion · as Juana |
| 1957 | Legend of the Lost · as Dita |
| 1957 | Boy on a Dolphin · as Phaedra |
| 1956 | What a Woman! · as Antonietta Fallari |
| 1955 | The Sign of Venus · as Agnese |
| 1955 | Scandal in Sorrento · as Donna Sofia |
| 1955 | The Miller's Beautiful Wife · as Carmela |
| 1954 | Two Nights with Cleopatra · as Cleopatra / Nisca |
| 1954 | The Gold of Naples · as Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito") |
| 1954 | Attila · as Honoria |
| 1954 | Miseria e nobiltà · as Gemma |
| 1954 | The Anatomy of Love · as Ragazza |
| 1954 | A Day in Court · as Anna |
| 1954 | Neapolitan Carousel · as Sisina |
| 1954 | The River Girl · as Nives Mongolini |
| 1954 | Pilgrim of Love · as Giulietta / Beppina Delli Colli |
| 1954 | Too Bad She's Bad · as Lina Stroppiani |
| 1953 | Aida · as Aida |
| 1953 | Ci troviamo in galleria · as Marisa |
| 1953 | La domenica della buona gente · as Ines |
| 1953 | Africa sotto i mari · as Barbara Lama |
| 1952 | La tratta delle bianche · as Elvira |
| 1951 | Quo Vadis · as Lygia's Slave (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Anna · as Vittorio's assistant |
| 1951 | Lebbra bianca · as A girl in the boardinghouse |
| 1951 | Io sono il capataz · as Segretaria del Dittatore (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Anna Jesson |
| 1950 | Le sei mogli di Barbablù · as Ragazza rapita (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Tototarzan · as Una tarzanide (uncredited) |