Sofia Carmina Coppola\u00a0(\/\u02c8ko\u028ap\u0259l\u0259\/\u00a0KOH-p\u0259-l\u0259, Italian:\u00a0[so\u02c8fi\u02d0a\u00a0\u02c8k\u0254ppola]; born May 14, 1971) is an American filmmaker and former actress. She has\u00a0won\u00a0an\u00a0Academy Award, two\u00a0Golden Globe Awards, a\u00a0Golden Lion,\u00a0and a\u00a0Cannes Film Festival Award. She was also nominated for three\u00a0BAFTA Awards, as well as a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award.<\/p>\n
Her parents are filmmakers\u00a0Eleanor\u00a0and\u00a0Francis Ford Coppola, and she made her acting debut as an infant in her father’s acclaimed crime drama\u00a0The Godfather\u00a0(1972). Coppola later appeared in several music videos and had a supporting role in the fantasy comedy film\u00a0Peggy Sue Got Married\u00a0(1986). She then portrayed\u00a0Mary Corleone, the daughter of\u00a0Michael Corleone, in the sequel\u00a0The Godfather Part III (1990).<\/p>\n
Coppola transitioned into filmmaking with her feature-length directorial debut in the coming-of-age drama\u00a0The Virgin Suicides\u00a0(1999). It was the first of her collaborations with actress\u00a0Kirsten Dunst. Her films often deal with themes of\u00a0loneliness, wealth,\u00a0privilege,\u00a0isolation,\u00a0youth,\u00a0femininity, and\u00a0adolescence\u00a0in America. Coppola received the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay\u00a0for the comedy-drama\u00a0Lost in Translation\u00a0(2003), and was nominated for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Director, becoming the third woman to do so. She has since directed the historical drama\u00a0Marie Antoinette\u00a0(2006), the family drama\u00a0Somewhere\u00a0(2010), the satirical crime drama\u00a0The Bling Ring\u00a0(2013), the\u00a0southern gothic\u00a0thriller\u00a0The Beguiled\u00a0(2017), the comedy\u00a0On the Rocks\u00a0(2020), and the biographical drama\u00a0Priscilla\u00a0(2023).<\/p>\n
In 2015, Coppola released the\u00a0Netflix\u00a0Christmas musical comedy special\u00a0A Very Murray Christmas, which earned her a nomination for the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.<\/p>\n
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Sofia Carmina Coppola\u00a0(\/\u02c8ko\u028ap\u0259l\u0259\/\u00a0KOH-p\u0259-l\u0259, Italian:\u00a0[so\u02c8fi\u02d0a\u00a0\u02c8k\u0254ppola]; born May 14, 1971) is an American filmmaker and former actress. She has\u00a0won\u00a0an\u00a0Academy Award, two\u00a0Golden Globe Awards, a\u00a0Golden Lion,\u00a0and a\u00a0Cannes Film Festival Award. She was also nominated for three\u00a0BAFTA Awards, as well as a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award. Her parents are filmmakers\u00a0Eleanor\u00a0and\u00a0Francis Ford Coppola, and she made her acting debut as an infant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-28581","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n