Sophia Loren
Biography
Sophia Loren is an Italian actress whose career has stretched across more than seventy years. Born in Rome in 1934, she began appearing in films at sixteen after beauty pageant success led her to take acting classes. Minor early roles preceded a five-picture contract with Paramount, which launched her international stardom in films such as The Pride and the Passion (1957), Houseboat (1958), and It Started in Naples (1960). Her work with Vittorio De Sica in Two Women (1960) brought the Academy Award for Best Actress, a first for a performance not in English. Loren earned the David di Donatello Award for Best Actress seven times, including for Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963) and A Special Day (1977), and received an Academy Honorary Award in 1991. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her among American cinema's great female stars. Later credits include Ready to Wear (1994), Grumpier Old Men (1995), and Nine (2009).
92years old
Turns 93 on September 20in 343 days
- Born Rome
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone (birth name)Also credited as Sofia Loren, Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolon, Sofia Scicolone, Sophia Villani Scicolone and Sofia Villani Scicolone
Movie Career
- Films
- 41
- Career span
- 71 years1951 to 2022
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Behind the award
Loren was the first performer to win an Academy Award for Best Actress for a non-English-language performance, taking the prize for Vittorio De Sica's Two Women in 1960.
A role that slipped away
In 1981, Sophia Loren was offered the part of Alexis Carrington on the television series Dynasty, but she declined the role.
About the name
Loren's professional name was changed to Sophia Loren by Carlo Ponti, a twist on the name of Swedish actress Märta Torén suggested by Goffredo Lombardo.
Early training
As Sofia Lazzaro, Sophia Loren was 16 when she had an uncredited extra role in Quo Vadis, Mervyn LeRoy's 1951 film. She also enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy's national film school.
First role
Loren's first film roles were small, uncredited parts in Hearts at Sea and The Vow, obtained through her acting school instructor Pino Serpe.
Big break
After she played the lead in Two Nights with Cleopatra in 1953, Loren's breakthrough role came in The Gold of Naples in 1954, which Vittorio De Sica directed.
Sophia Loren movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Vittorio De Sica directed four of these films, Anthony Mann two and Melville Shavelson two. Marcello Mastroianni appears in seven of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Marcello Mastroianni's page
Vittorio De Sica's page
Giacomo Furia's page
Anthony Quinn's page
Tina Pica's page
Agostino Salvietti's page
Anthony MannDirector, 2 films, 1961 to 1964
All films by Anthony Mann
All films by Melville Shavelson
Also three films together1 more actor
- Pasquale CennamoYesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), The Gold of Naples (1954) and Too Bad She's Bad (1954)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Sophia Loren's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$220 million
15 of the 41 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 41 films: 15 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 23 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 23Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$72M32.6% of the total
- 2$54M24.5% of the total
- 3$27M12.1% of the total
- 4$15M7.0% of the total
- 5$12M5.2% of the total
- 6$11M5.1% of the total
- 7$5.0M2.3% of the total
- 8$5.0M2.3% of the total
$19.4 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 1961 to 2019, nine of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 1991 | Honorary Award | Honorary | |
| 1962 | Academy Awards | Won | |
| 1962 | Best Actress | Two Women | Won |
| Golden Globes | |||
| 1995 | Cecil B. DeMille Award | Won | |
| BAFTA | |||
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won | ||
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| 1961 | Best Actress | Two Women | Won |
| Berlin Film Festival | |||
| Golden Bear | Won | ||
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| 1998 | Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement | Won | |
| Volpi Cup for Best Actress | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| 2019 | European Cultural Award | Won | |
| 2012 | Order of Saint Agatha | Won | |
| 1991 | César Award | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.