Sophia Loren Italian Actress Born 1934 in Rome

Sophia Loren, born 20 September 1934 in Rome, is an Italian actress. She is recognised as Lucilla in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964).

Early life

Sophia Loren was educated at École Jeannine Manuel.

Career

The earliest credit on record for Sophia Loren is Hearts at Sea (1950). During the 1950s, she worked on Variety Lights (1950) and Quo Vadis (1951, as Lygian slave). Work from the 1960s includes Two Women (1960) and Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963). Sunflower (1970) and The Cassandra Crossing (1976) are among her 1970s credits. In the 2000s, she appeared in Between Strangers (2002) and Nine (2009).

Her filmography here covers 101 films and 3 TV series from 1950 to 2020. Comedy is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (4), followed by drama (4) and comedy drama (2). The most recent title listed is The Life Ahead (2020).

Marcello Mastroianni appears in 15 of her listed titles, including Marriage Italian-Style (1964) and A Special Day (1977). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Jean-Paul Belmondo (three titles) and Peter Ustinov (two titles). In genre terms, the records list comedy and melodrama.

Recognition

In 1962, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Two Women. She has also won an award at the Academy Awards (1962) and an Academy Honorary Award (1991). Sophia Loren also earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1965 for Marriage Italian-Style. Awards come to 24 wins and 2 nominations in total.

Personal life

Former marriages on record are to Carlo Ponti (1957 to 1962) and Carlo Ponti (1966 to 2007, widowed). She is the mother of Carlo Ponti and Edoardo Ponti.