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Monica Bellucci |
Sophia Loren |
| Born |
Monica Anna Maria Bellucci
(1964-09-30) 30 September 1964 (age 57)
Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy |
Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone
(1934-09-20) 20 September 1934 (age 87)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Occupation |
Actress
fashion model
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Actress |
| Years active |
1977–present (model)
1990–present (actress)
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1950–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Claudio Carlos Basso (m. 1990; div. 1992)
Vincent Cassel (m. 1999; div. 2013)
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Carlo Ponti Sr.
(m. 1957; ann. 1962)
(m. 1966; died 2007)
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| Children |
2 |
Carlo Ponti Jr.
Edoardo Ponti |
| Video games |
| Year | Title | Voice role |
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| 2003 | Enter the Matrix | Persephone | | 2004 | Prince of Persia: Warrior Within | Kaileena |
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| Dubbing roles |
| Year | Film | Role |
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| 2003 | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Marina | | 2005 | Robots | Cappy |
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| Awards and nominations |
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| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| 1997 | César Awards | Most Promising Actress | The Apartment | Nominated | | 2001 | European Film Awards | Audience Award for Best Actress | Malèna | Nominated | | 2003 | Saturn Award | Best Supporting Actress | Brotherhood of the Wolf | Nominated | | 2003 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actress | Ricordati di me | Won | | 2003 | Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award | Best Female | The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions | Nominated | | 2003 | David di Donatello Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Ricordati di me | Nominated | | 2003 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Female Breakout Star | The Matrix Reloaded and Tears of the Sun | Nominated | | 2004 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Kiss | The Matrix Reloaded | Nominated | | 2005 | Globo d'oro | European Golden Globe | | Won | | 2005 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actress | The Passion of the Christ | Nominated | | 2007 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actress | N | Nominated | | 2017 | San Sebastian Film Festival | Honorary Donostia Award | | Won | | 2017 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | European Nastro D'Argento | On the Milky Road | Won | | 2020 | Magritte Award | Honorary Magritte Award | | Won | | 2021 | David di Donatello Awards | David Speciale | | Won | | 2021 | Torino Film Festival | Stella Della Mole Award for Artistic Innovation | Lifetime achievement | Honoured |
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| Filmography/Television |
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| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1990 | Vita coi figli | Elda | | 1991 | The Raffle | Francesca | | 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | One of Dracula's brides | | 1992 | Ostinato Destino | Marina/Angela | | 1994 | Briganti – Amore e libertà | Costanza | | 1994 | The Heroes | Deborah | | 1995 | Snowball | Melina | | 1995 | Bits and Pieces | | | 1995 | Joseph | Pharaoh's wife | | 1996 | The Apartment | Lisa | | 1996 | Sorellina e il principe del sogno | Princess | | 1997 | Stressati | | | 1997 | Dobermann | Nat the Gypsy | | 1997 | Mauvais genre | Camille | | 1997 | Come mi vuoi | Nellina | | 1998 | Le Plaisir | Girl | | 1998 | Compromise | Monique | | 1998 | Kaputt Mundi | Giulia Giovannini | | 1998 | A los que aman | Valeria | | 1999 | Comme un poisson hors de l'eau | Myrtille | | 1999 | Méditerranées | Marguerite | | 2000 | Under Suspicion | Chantal Hearst | | 2000 | Franck Spadone | Laura | | 2000 | Malèna | Malèna Scordia | | 2001 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | Sylvia | | 2002 | Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre | Cleopatra | | 2002 | Irréversible | Alex | | 2003 | Remember Me, My Love | Alessia | | 2003 | Tears of the Sun | Dr. Lena Fiore Kendricks | | 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | Persephone | | 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions | Persephone | | 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | Mary Magdalene | | 2004 | Secret Agents | Barbara/Lisa | | 2004 | She Hate Me | Simona Bonasera | | 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | The Mirror Queen | | 2005 | How Much Do You Love Me? | Daniela | | 2006 | Sheitan | La belle vampiresse | | 2006 | Napoleon and Me | Baroness Emilia Speziali | | 2006 | The Stone Council | Laura Siprien | | 2007 | Heartango | L'inafferrabile | | 2007 | Manual of Love 2 | Lucia | | 2007 | Shoot 'Em Up | Donna Quintano | | 2007 | Le deuxième souffle | Manouche | | 2008 | Sanguepazzo | Luisa Ferida | | 2008 | L'uomo che ama | Alba | | 2009 | Don't Look Back | Jeanne | | 2009 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Gigi Lee | | 2009 | Baarìa – La porta del vento | Bricklayer's girlfriend | | 2009 | Omaggio a Roma | Tosca | | 2010 | The Whistleblower | Laura Leviani | | 2010 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Veronica | | 2010 | Rose, c'est Paris | L'esprit de gala | | 2011 | Manuale d'amore 3 | Viola | | 2011 | A Burning Hot Summer | Angèle | | 2012 | Rhino Season | Mina | | 2013 | Des gens qui s'embrassent (People who kiss) | Giovanna | | 2014 | The Wonders | Milly Catena | | 2014 | Na Quebrada | Paola | | 2015 | Ville-Marie | Sophie | | 2015 | Spectre | Lucia Sciarra | | 2016 | On the Milky Road | Nevesta | | 2018 | Nekrotronic | Finnegan | | 2019 | The Best Years of a Life | Elena | | 2019 | Spider in the Web | Angela | | 2020 | The Man Who Sold His Skin | Soraya Waldy | | 2021 | Fantasies (Les Fantasmes) | | | 2021 | The Befana Comes At Night 2: The Origins | Dolores | | 2022 | Memory | Davana Sealman | | TBA | The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection | Mary Magdalene | | TBA | Radical Eye: The Life and Times of Tina Modotti | Tina Modotti |
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| 2016 | Mozart in the Jungle | Alessandra | Guest role; 5 episodes | | 2017 | Twin Peaks: The Return | Herself | Episode: "Part 14" | | 2018 | Call My Agent! | Herself | 2 episodes |
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| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1950 | I'm the Capataz | Secretary of the Dictator | | Bluebeard's Six Wives | Girl kidnapped | | Tototarzan | A tarzanide | | Il voto | A commoner at the Piedigrotta festival | | Hearts at Sea | Extra | | 1951 | Brief Rapture | A girl in the boardinghouse | | Owner of the Vapor | Ballerinetta | | Milan Billionaire | Extra | | The Reluctant Magician | The bride | | Quo Vadis | Lygia's slave | | Era lui... sì! sì! (It Was Him!... Yes! Yes!) | Odalisque | | Anna | Night club assistant | | 1952 | And Arrived the Accordatore | Amica di Giulietta | | I Dream of Zorro | Conchita | | La Favorita | Leonora | | 1953 | The Country of the Campanelli | Bonbon | | We Find Ourselves in the Gallery | Marisa | | Two Nights with Cleopatra | Cleopatra/Nisca | | Girls Marked Danger | Elvira | | Good Folk's Sunday | Ines | | Aida | Aida | | Woman of the Red Sea | Barbara Lama | | 1954 | A Slice of Life | gazzara | | A Day in Court | Anna | | The Anatomy of Love | The girl | | Poverty and Nobility | Gemma | | Neapolitan Carousel | Sisina | | Pilgrim of Love | Giulietta / Beppina Delli Colli | | The Gold of Naples | Sofia | | Attila | Honoria | | Too Bad She's Bad | Lina Stroppiani | | The River Girl | Nives Mongolini | | 1955 | The Sign of Venus | Agnese Tirabassi | | The Miller's Beautiful Wife | Carmela | | Scandal in Sorrento | Donna Sofia | | 1956 | Lucky to Be a Woman | Antonietta Fallari | | 1957 | Boy on a Dolphin | Phaedra | | The Pride and the Passion | Juana | | Legend of the Lost | Dita | | 1958 | Desire Under the Elms | Anna Cabot | | The Key | Stella | | The Black Orchid | Rose Bianco | | Houseboat | Cinzia Zaccardi | | 1959 | That Kind of Woman | Kay | | 1960 | Heller in Pink Tights | Angela Rossini | | It Started in Naples | Lucia Curio | | The Millionairess | Epifania Parerga | | A Breath of Scandal | Princess Olympia | | Two Women | Cesira | | 1961 | El Cid | Ximena | | Madame Sans-Gêne | Catherine Hubscher | | 1962 | Boccaccio '70 | Zoe | | The Prisoners of Altona | Johanna | | Five Miles to Midnight | Lisa Macklin | | 1963 | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Adelina Sbaratti
Anna Molteni/Mara | | 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Lucilla | | Marriage Italian-Style | Filumena Marturano | | 1965 | Operation Crossbow | Nora | | Lady L | Lady Louise Lendale/Lady L | | 1966 | Judith | Judith | | Arabesque | Yasmin Azir | | 1967 | A Countess from Hong Kong | Natasha | | More Than a Miracle | Isabella Candeloro | | 1968 | Ghosts – Italian Style | Maria Lojacono | | 1970 | Sunflower | Giovanna | | The Priest's Wife | Valeria Billi | | 1971 | Lady Liberty | Maddalena Ciarrapico | | 1972 | Man of La Mancha | Aldonza/Dulcinea | | 1973 | The Sin | Hermana Germana | | 1974 | The Voyage | Adriana de Mauro | | Verdict | Teresa Leoni | | Brief Encounter | Anna Jesson | | 1975 | Sex Pot (la pupa del gangster / Get Rita) | Pupa | | 1976 | The Cassandra Crossing | Jennifer Rispoli Chamberlain | | 1977 | A Special Day | Antoinette | | 1978 | Blood Feud | Titina Paterno | | Brass Target | Mara/cameo role | | Angela | Angela Kincaid | | 1979 | Firepower | Adele Tasca | | 1980 | Sophia Loren: Her Own Story | Herself/Romilda Villani (her mother) | | 1983 | 2019, After the Fall of New York | Cameo appearance | | 1984 | Aurora | Aurora | | 1986 | Courage | Marianna Miraldo | | 1988 | The Fortunate Pilgrim | Lucia | | 1989 | Running Away | Cesira | | 1990 | Saturday, Sunday and Monday | Rosa Priore | | 1994 | Prêt-à-Porter | Isabella de la Fontaine | | 1995 | Grumpier Old Men | Maria Sophia Coletta Ragetti | | 1997 | Soleil [fr] | Maman Levy | | 2001 | Francesca e Nunziata | Francesca Montorsi | | 2002 | Between Strangers | Olivia | | 2004 | Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers | Maria | | Lives of the Saints | Teresa Innocente | | 2009 | Nine | Mamma | | 2010 | My House Is Full of Mirrors | Romilda Villani | | 2011 | Cars 2 | Mama Topolino | | 2014 | La Voce Umana | One-woman film role | | 2016 | Sophia Loren:
Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival | Herself | | 2020 | The Life Ahead | Madame Rosa | | 2021 | What Would Sophia Loren Do? | Herself |
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| Other names |
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Sofia Scicolone
Sofia Lazzaro |
| Citizenship |
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Italian
French
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| Books |
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Loren, Sophia (2015). Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life, Atria Books, ISBN 978-1476797434.
Loren, Sophia (1998). Sophia Loren's Recipes and Memories, Gt Pub Corp, ISBN 978-1577193678.
Loren, Sophia (1984). "Women & Beauty", Aurum Press, ISBN 0-688-01394-5.
Loren, Sophia (1972). In the Kitchen with Love, Doubleday, Library of Congress Catalog Card 79–183230.
Loren, Sophia (1971), In Cucina con Amore, Rizzoli Editore.
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| Selected discography |
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2020 – "Mambo Bacan" (from La Fille du Fleuve) / "Nyves" (RCA 18.350 10" 78rpm)
1956 – "Che m'e 'mparato a fà" / "I wanna a guy" (RCA, A25V-0473, 10" 78rpm)
1957 – "S'agapò" / "Adoro te" (with Paola Orlandi) (RCA, A25V 0585, 10" 78rpm)
1958 – "Bing! Bang! Bong!" (from Houseboat) / "Almost in Your Arms" (Philips PB 857 10" 78rpm)
1960 – "Goodness Gracious Me" / "Grandpa's Grave" (with Peter Sellers) (Parlophone, 45-R.4702 7" 45rpm)
1961 – "Zoo Be Zoo Be Zoo" / "Bangers and Mash" (with Peter Sellers) (Parlophone 45-R.4724 7" 45rpm)
1958 – Houseboat (Philips – BBL 7292) – With George Duning and Cary Grant
1960 – Escandalos Imperiales (Heliodor – 610 800) – With Maurice Chevalier
1960 – Peter and Sophia (Parlophone – PCSM 3012, LP) – with Peter Sellers
1963 – Poesie di Salvatore Di Giacomo (CAM, LP)
1972 – Man of La Mancha (United Artists Records, LP) with Peter O'Toole, James Coco, Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion
1992 – Le canzoni di Sophia Loren (CGD, 2xCD)
2006 – Secrets of Rome (Traditional Line, CD)
2009 – Τι Είναι Αυτό Που Το Λένε Αγάπη – Το Παιδί Και Το Δελφίνι (it:Δίφωνο, CD)
Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf, Jean-Pascal Beintus – Wolf Tracks. Mikhail Gorbachev, Bill Clinton, Sophia Loren. Russian National Orchestra – Kent Nagano. Pentatone PTC 5186011 (2003)
Prokofiev – Pedro y el lobo, Jean-Pascal Beintus – Las Huellas del Lobo. Antonio Banderas, Sophia Loren, Russian National Orchestra – Kent Nagano. Pentatone PTC 5186014 (2004).
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