Sophia Loren
Known for Acting · 175 credits
- Born
- 1934-09-20 (age 91)
- Place of birth
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Also known as
- 소피아 로렌 · Софі Лорен · Софія Лорен · Sofia Lazzaro · Sofia Scicolone · Sofia 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (28)
The View
1997
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Wogan
1982
as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self (archive footage)
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Beckmann
1999
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Numéro un
1975
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
V Graham Norton
2002
as Self
Kulturzeit
1995
as self
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Was bin ich?
1955
as Self
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Cérémonie des César
1976
as Self - President
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Anna Jesson
Music & Guests
1976
as Self
The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988
as Lucia
Lives of the Saints
2004
as Teresa Innocente
Quelli che il cinema
2025
as Self
Movies (147)
Operation Crossbow
1965
as Nora Van Ostamgen
Houseboat
1958
as Cinzia Zaccardi
The Cassandra Crossing
1976
as Jennifer Rispoli Chamberlain
El Cid
1961
as Jimena
Nine
2009
as Mamma
Quo Vadis
1951
as Lygia's Slave (uncredited)
Arabesque
1966
as Yasmin Azir
Two Women
1960
as Cesira
Sunflower
1970
as Giovanna
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Lucilla
Brass Target
1978
as Mara
Boccaccio '70
1962
as Zoe (segment "La riffa")
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self (archive)
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
as Isabella de la Fontaine
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1963
as Adelina Sbaratti / Anna Molteni / Mara
A Special Day
1977
as Antonietta Taberi
Grumpier Old Men
1995
as Maria Sophia Coletta Ragetti
Between Strangers
2002
as Olivia
Judith
1966
as Judith Auerbach
A Countess from Hong Kong
1967
as Natascha
Marriage Italian Style
1964
as Filumena Marturano
Angela
1977
as Angela
Firepower
1979
as Adele Tasca
Attila
1954
as Honoria
Untouchable
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Boy on a Dolphin
1957
as Phaedra
Lebbra bianca
1951
as A girl in the boardinghouse
The Pride and the Passion
1957
as Juana
Courage
1986
as Marianna Miraldo
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The Millionairess
1960
as Epifania Parerga
Madame
1961
as Catherine Hubscher
Mademoiselle C
2013
as Self
It Started in Naples
1960
as Lucia Curcio
The Key
1958
as Stella
Legend of the Lost
1957
as Dita
White Sister
1972
as soeur Germana
Anna
1951
as Vittorio's assistant (uncredited)
We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Lady Liberty
1971
as Maddalena Ciarrapico
I Am Divine
2014
as Self (archive)
Vittorio D.
2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Priest's Wife
1970
as Valeria Billi
Man of La Mancha
1972
as Dulcinea / Aldonza
A Day in Court
1954
as Anna
Heart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Heller in Pink Tights
1960
as Angela Rossini
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Ghosts, Italian Style
1967
as Maria Gennari
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
The Voyage
1974
as Adriana de Mauro
Lady L
1965
as Lady Louise Lendale / Lady L
The Black Orchid
1959
as Rose Bianco
La Rabbia
1963
as Self (archive footage)
Jury of One
1974
as Teresa Leoni
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
A Breath of Scandal
1960
as Princess Olympia
More Than a Miracle
1967
as Isabella Candeloro
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
as Self
The Condemned of Altona
1962
as Johanna von Gerlach
Gun Moll
1975
as Pupa
Scandal in Sorrento
1955
as Donna Sofia
Behind the White Glasses
2015
as Self
Desire Under the Elms
1958
as Anna Cabot
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Cleavage
2002
1960
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The Life Ahead
2020
as Madame Rosa
Woman of the River
1954
as Nives Mongolini
Neapolitan Carousel
1954
as Sisina
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010
as Self
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Five Miles to Midnight
1962
as Lisa Macklin
Too Bad She's Bad
1954
as Lina Stroppiani
The Sign of Venus
1955
as Agnese
That Kind of Woman
1959
as Kay
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
2015
as Self
Poverty and Nobility
1954
as Gemma
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011
Blood Feud
1978
as Titina Paterno
It's Him!... Yes! Yes!
1951
as Odalisca
The Gold of Naples
1954
as Sofia (segment Pizza on Credit)
Good Folk's Sunday
1953
as Ines
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
2021
Zwischen Glück und Krone
1959
Brief Encounter
1976
as Anna Jesson
Francesca and Nunziata
2003
as Francesca Montorsi
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977
as Self (archive footage)
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
1955
as Carmela
Two Nights with Cleopatra
1954
as Cleopatra / Nisca
Cuori sul mare
1950
as Una ragazza al ristorante
Along the Coast
1958
as Self (archive footage)
SuperTotò
1980
Milano miliardaria
1951
as Una commessa del bar
Looking for Sophia
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Monument
1967
as Self (archive footage)
È arrivato l'accordatore
1952
as Amica di Giulietta
Girls Marked Danger
1952
as Elvira
Hollywood Invasion
2011
as self archive footage
Tototarzan
1950
as Una tarzanide (uncredited)
Le sei mogli di Barbablù
1950
as Ragazza rapita (uncredited)
Girlfriend in a Coma
2012
as Mara (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Blue
1970
as (archive footage)
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
2006
as Maria (as Sofia Loren)
Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Human Voice
2014
as Angela
What a Woman!
1956
as Antonietta Fallari
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
as Sophia Loren / Romilda Villani
Aida
1953
as Aida
The Dream of Zorro
1952
as Conchita
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Promise
1950
as Un popolana alla festa di Piedigrotta
The Anatomy of Love
1954
as Ragazza
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
2003
as Self
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
1990
as Rosa Priore
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
About Sophia Loren
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),… With 175 credits spanning from 1948 to 2025, Sophia Loren has appeared in 147 films and 28 TV shows.
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- Operation Crossbow (1965) — as Nora Van Ostamgen
- Houseboat (1958) — as Cinzia Zaccardi
- The Cassandra Crossing (1976) — as Jennifer Rispoli Chamberlain
- El Cid (1961) — as Jimena
- Nine (2009) — as Mamma
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