Sophia Loren
Born 1934 · Italian actress
Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone, known professionally as Sophia Loren, is an Italian actress. Over a career spanning more than seven decades, she has received an Academy Award, seven David di Donatello Awards, five special Golden Globe Awards, a Cecil B. DeMille Award, a BAFTA Award, a Laurel Award, a Grammy Award, a Volpi Cup, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an Academy Honorary Award. Loren was also named one of the greatest legends of American cinema by the American Film Institute and appointed a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1991 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1996. At the age of 92 as of 2026, she is one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood, and remains active in both Italy and the United States.
Sophia Loren, in order
- 1950 Hearts at Sea: acted · directed by Giorgio Bianchi
- 1950 Il voto: acted · directed by Mario Bonnard
- 1950 Le Sei mogli di Barbablù: acted · directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
- 1950 Totò Tarzan: acted · directed by Mario Mattoli
- 1950 Variety Lights: acted · directed by Alberto Lattuada and Federico Fellini
- 1951 Anna: acted · directed by Alberto Lattuada
- 1951 Era lui... sì! sì!: acted · directed by Marcello Marchesi and Marino Girolami
- 1951 Il Mago per forza: acted · directed by Marcello Marchesi and Marino Girolami
- 1951 Il padrone del vapore: acted · directed by Mario Mattoli
- 1951 Io sono il capataz: acted · directed by Giorgio Simonelli
- 1951 Lebbra bianca: acted · directed by Enzo Trapani
- 1951 Milano miliardaria: acted · directed by Marcello Marchesi and Marino Girolami
- 1951 Quo Vadis: acted · directed by Mervyn LeRoy
- 1952 Girls Marked Danger: acted · directed by Luigi Comencini
- 1952 La Favorita: acted · directed by Cesare Barlacchi
- 1952 The Dream of Zorro: acted · directed by Mario Soldati
- 1952 È arrivato l'accordatore: acted · directed by Duilio Coletti
- 1953 A Day in Court: acted · directed by Steno
- 1953 Aida: acted · directed by Clemente Fracassi
- 1953 Ci troviamo in galleria: acted · directed by Mauro Bolognini
- 1953 Good Folk's Sunday: acted · directed by Anton Giulio Majano
- 1953 Two Nights with Cleopatra: acted · directed by Mario Mattoli
- 1953 Woman of the Red Sea: acted · directed by Giovanni Roccardi
- 1954 A Slice of Life: acted · directed by Alessandro Blasetti and Paul Paviot
- 1954 Attila: acted · directed by Pietro Francisci
- 1954 Neapolitan Carousel: acted · directed by Ettore Giannini
- 1954 Poverty and Nobility: acted · directed by Mario Mattoli
- 1954 The Country of the Campanelli: acted · directed by Jean Boyer
- 1954 The Gold of Naples: acted · directed by Vittorio De Sica
- 1954 The Pilgrim of Love: acted · directed by Andrea Forzano
- 1954 Too Bad She's Bad: acted · directed by Alessandro Blasetti
- 1955 Pane, amore e...: acted · directed by Dino Risi
- 1955 The Miller's Beautiful Wife: acted · directed by Mario Camerini
- 1955 The River Girl: acted · directed by Mario Soldati
- 1955 The Sign of Venus: acted · directed by Dino Risi
- 1956 Lucky to Be a Woman: acted · directed by Alessandro Blasetti
- 1957 Boy on a Dolphin: acted · directed by Jean Negulesco
- 1957 Legend of the Lost: acted · directed by Henry Hathaway
- 1957 The Pride and the Passion: acted · directed by Stanley Kramer
- 1958 Desire Under the Elms: acted · directed by Delbert Mann
- 1958 Houseboat: acted · directed by Melville Shavelson
- 1958 The Key: acted · directed by Carol Reed
- 1959 Heller in Pink Tights: acted · directed by George Cukor
- 1959 That Kind of Woman: acted · directed by Sidney Lumet · audiences 54%
- 1959 The Black Orchid: acted · directed by Martin Ritt · audiences 62% · streaming on Hoopla
- 1960 A Breath of Scandal: acted · directed by Michael Curtiz
- 1960 It Started in Naples: acted · directed by Melville Shavelson · critics 0%, audiences 56% · streaming on Hoopla
- 1960 The Millionairess: acted · directed by Anthony Asquith
- 1960 Two Women: acted · directed by Vittorio De Sica
- 1961 El Cid: acted · directed by Anthony Mann
- 1961 Madame: acted · directed by Christian-Jaque
- 1962 Boccaccio '70: acted · directed by Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti · critics 56%, audiences 78% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
- 1962 Five Miles to Midnight: acted · directed by Anatole Litvak
- 1962 The Condemned of Altona: acted · directed by Vittorio De Sica
- 1962 The Raffle: acted · directed by Vittorio De Sica
- 1963 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: acted · directed by Vittorio De Sica
- 1964 Marriage Italian-Style: acted · directed by Vittorio De Sica
- 1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire: acted · directed by Anthony Mann
- 1965 La Dama de Beirut: acted · directed by Ladislao Vajda
- 1965 Lady L: acted · directed by Peter Ustinov
- 1965 Operation Crossbow: acted · directed by Michael Anderson · critics 75%, audiences 53% · streaming on YouTube (free)
- 1965 The Love Goddesses: acted · directed by Saul J. Turell · audiences 69% · streaming on Criterion Channel
- 1966 Arabesque: acted · directed by Stanley Donen
- 1966 Judith: acted · directed by Daniel Mann
- 1967 A Countess from Hong Kong: acted · directed by Charlie Chaplin
- 1967 Ghosts – Italian Style: acted · directed by Renato Castellani
- 1967 More Than a Miracle: acted · directed by Francesco Rosi
- 1968 The Woman is a Stranger: acted · directed by René Gainville
- 1970 Sunflower: acted · directed by Vittorio De Sica
- 1971 Lady Liberty: acted · directed by Mario Monicelli
- 1971 The Priest's Wife: acted · directed by Dino Risi
- 1972 Man of La Mancha: acted · directed by Arthur Hiller
- 1972 White Sister: acted · directed by Alberto Lattuada
- 1974 Brief Encounter (TV movie): acted · directed by Alan Bridges
- 1974 The Voyage: acted · directed by Vittorio De Sica
- 1974 Verdict: acted · directed by André Cayatte
- 1975 Sex Pot: acted · directed by Giorgio Capitani
- 1976 The Cassandra Crossing: acted · directed by George P. Cosmatos
- 1976 Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca: acted · directed by Mario Morra
- 1977 A Special Day: acted · directed by Ettore Scola
- 1977 Angela: acted · directed by Boris Sagal
- 1978 Blood Feud: acted · directed by Lina Wertmüller
- 1978 Brass Target: acted · directed by John Hough
- 1979 Firepower: acted · directed by Michael Winner
- 1980 Sophia Loren: Her Own Story: acted · directed by Mel Stuart
- 1984 Aurora (TV movie): acted · directed by Maurizio Ponzi
- 1988 Running Away (TV movie): acted · directed by Dino Risi
- 1988 The Fortunate Pilgrim (TV series): acted · directed by Stuart Cooper
- 1990 Sabato, domenica e lunedì: acted · directed by Lina Wertmüller
- 1994 Prêt-à-Porter: acted · directed by Robert Altman · critics 22%, audiences 27%
- 1995 Grumpier Old Men: acted · directed by Howard Deutch
- 1997 Soleil: acted · directed by Roger Hanin
- 2001 Francesca and Nunziata (TV movie): acted · directed by Lina Wertmüller
- 2002 Between Strangers: acted · directed by Edoardo Ponti
- 2004 Lives of the Saints: acted · directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
- 2004 Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers: acted · directed by Lina Wertmüller
- 2009 Nine: acted · directed by Rob Marshall · critics 38%, audiences 37% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
- 2010 L'ultimo gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo: acted · directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
- 2010 My House Is Full of Mirrors (TV series): acted · directed by Vittorio Sindoni
- 2013 Mademoiselle C.: acted · directed by Fabien Constant
- 2014 Human Voice (short film): acted · directed by Edoardo Ponti
- 2016 Belmondo par Belmondo: acted · directed by Régis Mardon
- 2020 Beautiful Like a Poem (short film): acted · directed by Mohammad Mohammadian
- 2020 The Life Ahead: acted · directed by Edoardo Ponti