Sofia Coppola

Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971 in New York City, New York) is an American film director, actress, producer, and writer. She is the daughter of Italian-American director Francis Ford Coppola and Eleanor Coppola, who is of Anglo-Saxon descent. She was married to director Spike Jonze on June 26, 1999 but the marriage ended in divorce on December 9, 2003. She is niece to Oscar-nominated actress, Talia Shire.

Career

Coppola's career in film began early, as she appeared as an infant or a child extra in several of her father's films. The best known of these roles is her appearance in The Godfather as the baby boy in the christening scene.

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Anna (1987) was the first film in which Coppola performed that was not associated with her father. However, her best known role is Mary Corleone in The Godfather Part III (1990), a role into which she was parachuted at the last minute after Winona Ryder fell ill. This heavily criticized performance effectively ended her acting career, barring an appearance in the independent film Inside Monkey Zetterland (1992), and a bit part in The Phantom Menace (1999).

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Anna - 1987 - The Godfather Part III - 1990 - Winona Ryder - Inside Monkey Zetterland - 1992 - The Phantom Menace - 1999

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Coppola is now better known as a successful film director. She has directed three films: Lick The Star (1996) The Virgin Suicides (1999) and Lost In Translation (2003). The latter won the Academy Award for original screenplay and three Golden Globe awards including Best Picture.

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Lick The Star - 1996 - The Virgin Suicides - 1999 - Lost In Translation - 2003 - Academy Award - Golden Globe

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Coppola's forthcoming film is a biopic of Marie Antoinette adapted from the biography by British historian Lady Antonia Fraser. Kirsten Dunst is set to play the lead role, and Coppola has controversially cast her cousin Jason Schwartzman as Marie-Antoinette's husband, King Louis XVI.

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Biopic - Marie Antoinette - Antonia Fraser - Kirsten Dunst - Jason Schwartzman - Louis XVI

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