Sofia Carmina CoppolaΒ (/ΛkoΚpΙlΙ/Β KOH-pΙ-lΙ, Italian:Β [soΛfiΛaΒ ΛkΙppola]; born May 14, 1971) is an American filmmaker and former actress. She hasΒ wonΒ anΒ Academy Award, twoΒ Golden Globe Awards, aΒ Golden Lion,Β and aΒ Cannes Film Festival Award. She was also nominated for threeΒ BAFTA Awards, as well as aΒ Primetime Emmy Award.
Her parents are filmmakersΒ EleanorΒ andΒ Francis Ford Coppola, and she made her acting debut as an infant in her father's acclaimed crime dramaΒ The GodfatherΒ (1972). Coppola later appeared in several music videos and had a supporting role in the fantasy comedy filmΒ Peggy Sue Got MarriedΒ (1986). She then portrayedΒ Mary Corleone, the daughter ofΒ Michael Corleone, in the sequelΒ The Godfather Part III (1990).
Coppola transitioned into filmmaking with her feature-length directorial debut in the coming-of-age dramaΒ The Virgin SuicidesΒ (1999). It was the first of her collaborations with actressΒ Kirsten Dunst. Her films often deal with themes ofΒ loneliness, wealth,Β privilege,Β isolation,Β youth,Β femininity, andΒ adolescenceΒ in America. Coppola received theΒ Academy Award for Best Original ScreenplayΒ for the comedy-dramaΒ Lost in TranslationΒ (2003), and was nominated for theΒ Academy Award for Best Director, becoming the third woman to do so. She has since directed the historical dramaΒ Marie AntoinetteΒ (2006), the family dramaΒ SomewhereΒ (2010), the satirical crime dramaΒ The Bling RingΒ (2013), theΒ southern gothicΒ thrillerΒ The BeguiledΒ (2017), the comedyΒ On the RocksΒ (2020), and the biographical dramaΒ PriscillaΒ (2023).
In 2015, Coppola released theΒ NetflixΒ Christmas musical comedy specialΒ A Very Murray Christmas, which earned her a nomination for theΒ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.
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