Sophia Loren
Biography
Sophia Loren is an Italian actress born on September 20, 1934, in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She has appeared in numerous films, including Houseboat, El Cid, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Marriage Italian Style, A Special Day, and Courage. Loren has received international recognition for her performances, winning 50 awards, including an Oscar, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Laurel Award. She is known for her acting work and has been credited in 178 projects. Loren is also known by various names, including Sofia Villani Scicolone, Sofia Lazza, and several others listed in her profile.
Career overview
Sophia Loren is an Italian actress born on September 20, 1934, in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She has appeared in numerous films throughout her career. Loren's acting credits include Houseboat, released in 1958, and El Cid, released in 1961. She also starred in Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, released in 1963, Marriage Italian Style, released in 1964, and A Special Day, released in 1977.
Loren's performances have garnered international recognition. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, released in 1962. This achievement marked a significant milestone, as Loren became the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance. Her success extends beyond film, as she has also appeared in movies for home box-office and American blockbusters.
With a career spanning multiple decades, Loren has accumulated a substantial number of acting credits. According to available information, she has appeared in at least 178 films and television shows. Her extensive body of work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including multiple Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award.
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- Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life (2026) as Self (Archive Footage)
- Quelli che il cinema (2025) as Self
- Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Brasiliana: The Black Musical That Introduced Brazil to the World (2024) as Herself (archive footage)
- Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Belmondo: The Incorrigible (2022)
- Sophia! (2022) as Sé stessa
- Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
- We Are Cinema (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft (2021)
- What Would Sophia Loren Do? (2021) as Self
- Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- The Life Ahead (2020) as Madame Rosa
- Beautiful Like a Poem (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Untouchable (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Sophia Loren, a special destiny (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne (2019) as Self
- Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
- Sophia Loren: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2016) as Self - Guest
- Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) as Self (archive)
- Behind the White Glasses (2015) as Self
- Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian (2015) as Self
- I Am Divine (2014) as Self (archive)
- Human Voice (2014) as Angela
- Great Women: Sophia on Loren (2014) as Herself
- Talking Pictures (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Mademoiselle C (2013) as Self
- Girlfriend in a Coma (2012) as Mara (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Hollywood Invasion (2011) as self archive footage
- Bert Stern - Original Madman (2011)
- Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) as Self (archive footage)
- 1960 (2010) as Self (archive footage)
- L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010) as Self
- Nine (2009) as Mamma
- Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
- Vittorio D. (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (2007) as Self
- A Prince Called Toto (2007) as Self
- Marcello, una vita dolce (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers (2006) as Maria (as Sofia Loren)
- Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess (2006) as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- Looking for Sophia (2004) as Self (archive footage)
- Lives of the Saints (2004) as Teresa Innocente
- Francesca and Nunziata (2003) as Francesca Montorsi
- Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years (2003) as Self
- V Graham Norton (2002) as Self
- Heart of the Festival (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Between Strangers (2002) as Olivia
- Cleavage (2002)
- Beckmann (1999) as Self
- The View (1997) as Self
- Leute heute (1997) as Self
- Soleil (1997) as Madame Levy
- Kulturzeit (1995) as self
- Grumpier Old Men (1995) as Maria Sophia Coletta Ragetti
- Prêt-à-Porter (1994) as Isabella de la Fontaine
- Anthony Quinn: An Original (1990) as Self (archive footage)
- Saturday, Sunday and Monday (1990) as Rosa Priore
- Running Away (1989) as Cesira
- The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988) as Lucia
- Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988) as Self
- Courage (1986) as Marianna Miraldo
- Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema (1985) as Self
- Goldene Kamera (1984) as Self
- Aurora (1984) as Aurora
- Wogan (1982) as Self
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
- Wetten, dass..? (1981) as Self
- Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) as Sophia Loren / Romilda Villani
- SuperTotò (1980)
- Firepower (1979) as Adele Tasca
- Brass Target (1978) as Mara
- Blood Feud (1978) as Titina Paterno
- A Special Day (1977) as Antonietta Taberi
- Angela (1977) as Angela
- Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti (1977) as Self (archive footage)
- Cérémonie des César (1976) as Self - President
- Music & Guests (1976) as Self
- The Cassandra Crossing (1976) as Jennifer Rispoli Chamberlain
- Brief Encounter (1976) as Anna Jesson
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
- Numéro un (1975) as Self
- Gun Moll (1975) as Pupa
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self
- The Voyage (1974) as Adriana de Mauro
- Jury of One (1974) as Teresa Leoni
- Man of La Mancha (1972) as Dulcinea / Aldonza
- White Sister (1972) as soeur Germana
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- Lady Liberty (1971) as Maddalena Ciarrapico
- Sunflower (1970) as Giovanna
- The Priest's Wife (1970) as Valeria Billi
- Hollywood Blue (1970) as (archive footage)
- Lionpower from MGM (1967) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) as Natascha
- More Than a Miracle (1967) as Isabella Candeloro
- Ghosts, Italian Style (1967) as Maria Gennari
- With Love, Sophia (1967) as Self-Hostess
- Monument (1967) as Self (archive footage)
- Arabesque (1966) as Yasmin Azir
- Judith (1966) as Judith Auerbach
- Operation Crossbow (1965) as Nora Van Ostamgen
- Lady L (1965) as Lady Louise Lendale / Lady L
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as Lucilla
- Marriage Italian Style (1964) as Filumena Marturano
- Pour le plaisir (1964) as Self
- Sophia Loren in Rome (1964) as Self
- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963) as Adelina Sbaratti / Anna Molteni / Mara
- La Rabbia (1963) as Self (archive footage)
- Showman (1963)
- Boccaccio '70 (1962) as Zoe (segment "La riffa")
- Lykke og krone (1962)
- The Condemned of Altona (1962) as Johanna von Gerlach
- Five Miles to Midnight (1962) as Lisa Macklin
- El Cid (1961) as Jimena
- Madame (1961) as Catherine Hubscher
- The New Steve Allen Show (1961) as Self
- Two Women (1960) as Cesira
- It Started in Naples (1960) as Lucia Curcio
- Heller in Pink Tights (1960) as Angela Rossini
- A Breath of Scandal (1960) as Princess Olympia
- The Millionairess (1960) as Epifania Parerga
- Zwischen Glück und Krone (1959)
- That Kind of Woman (1959) as Kay
- The Black Orchid (1959) as Rose Bianco
- Houseboat (1958) as Cinzia Zaccardi
- Desire Under the Elms (1958) as Anna Cabot
- The Key (1958) as Stella
- Along the Coast (1958) as Self (archive footage)
- Boy on a Dolphin (1957) as Phaedra
- Legend of the Lost (1957) as Dita
- The Pride and the Passion (1957) as Juana
- Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
- What a Woman! (1956) as Antonietta Fallari
- Was bin ich? (1955) as Self
- Scandal in Sorrento (1955) as Donna Sofia
- The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955) as Carmela
- The Sign of Venus (1955) as Agnese
- Reflets de Cannes (1954) as Self
- Too Bad She's Bad (1954) as Lina Stroppiani
- A Day in Court (1954) as Anna
- The Gold of Naples (1954) as Sofia (segment Pizza on Credit)
- The Anatomy of Love (1954) as Ragazza
- Woman of the River (1954) as Nives Mongolini
- Poverty and Nobility (1954) as Gemma
- Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954) as Cleopatra / Nisca
- Attila (1954) as Honoria
- Neapolitan Carousel (1954) as Sisina
- Pilgrim of Love (1954) as Giulietta / Beppina Delli Colli
- The Country of the Campanelli (1954) as Bonbon
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Africa Under The Sea (1953) as Barbara Lama
- I'll See You on the Balcony (1953) as Marisa
- Aida (1953) as Aida
- Good Folk's Sunday (1953) as Ines
- Girls Marked Danger (1952) as Elvira
- The Dream of Zorro (1952) as Conchita
- È arrivato l'accordatore (1952) as Amica di Giulietta
- La Favorita (1952) as Leonora
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Anna Jesson
- Quo Vadis (1951) as Lygia's Slave (uncredited)
- Lebbra bianca (1951) as A girl in the boardinghouse
- Anna (1951) as Vittorio's assistant (uncredited)
- Milano miliardaria (1951) as Una commessa del bar
- It's Him!... Yes! Yes! (1951) as Odalisca
- Il padrone del vapore (1951) as Una ballerinetta
- Io sono il capataz (1951) as Segretaria del Dittatore (uncredited)
- Il mago per forza (1951) as La Sposa
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self
- Cuori sul mare (1950) as Una ragazza al ristorante
- Tototarzan (1950) as Una tarzanide (uncredited)
- Le sei mogli di Barbablù (1950) as Ragazza rapita (uncredited)
- The Promise (1950) as Un popolana alla festa di Piedigrotta
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Bambi (1948) as Self (archive footage)
- Bambi (1948) as Self