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 nonEnglishspeaking 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 boxoffice such as Courage 1986 and in American blockbusters such as Grumpier Old Men 1995 and Nine 2009 In 1994 she starred in Robert Altmans 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 AFIs 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 Italys Most Awarded Actress In 1991 the Republic of France awarded her a Distinction of la Légion dhonneur 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article  Sophia Loren licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia