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'''Sofia Carmina Coppola''' (born May 14, 1971) is an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[United States|America]]n [[film director]], [[actor|actress]], [[film producer|producer]] and [[screenwriter]]. She is the third female director, and only American woman, to be nominated for an [[Academy Award for Directing]], the other two being [[Lina Wertmüller]] and [[Jane Campion]].
'''Sofia Carmina Coppola''' (born May 14, 1971) is an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[United States|America]]n [[film director]], [[actor|actress]], [[film producer|producer]] and [[screenwriter]]. She is the third female director, and only American woman, to be nominated for an [[Academy Award for Directing]], the other two being [[Lina Wertmüller]] and [[Jane Campion]].


==Early life==
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Coppola was born in New York City, New York, the youngest child and only daughter of set decorator/artist [[Eleanor Coppola]] ([[married and maiden names|née]] Neil) and director [[Francis Ford Coppola]] (''[[Godfather (film)|Godfather]]'' and ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''), granddaughter of the late composer [[Carmine Coppola]], sister of [[Roman Coppola]] and the late [[Gian-Carlo Coppola]], niece of [[Talia Shire]] and a cousin of [[Nicolas Cage]], [[Jason Schwartzman]] and [[Robert Carmine]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} She attended [[Mills College]] and the [[California Institute of the Arts]], and interned with [[Chanel]] when she was 15.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article4059937.ece|title= Sofia Coppola: I'm more interested in looking than being looked at|accessdate= 2008-06-03|author= Lisa Armstrong|date= 2008-06-04|publisher= [[The Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/style/14iht-fsofia.html|title=

Sofia Coppola: Discreet, chic and grown-up|last=Menkes|first=Suzy|date=200-10-14|publisher=''New York Times''|accessdate=2009-07-29}}</ref> After graduating, Coppola started a clothing line called ''Milkfed'' that is sold exclusively in Japan.<ref name="mf">{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Helen |Title=Did you know Sofia Coppola has a fashion line called MilkFed? |publisher=Sassybella.com |date=2007-11-05 |url=http://www.sassybella.com/2007/11/did-you-know-sophia-coppola-has-a-fashion-line-called-milkfed/ |title=Did you know Sofia Coppola has a fashion line called MilkFed? |date=5 November 2007 |author=Helen Lee |accessdate=2009-07-29}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==

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Sofia Coppola
Born
Sofia Carmina Coppola
Occupation(s)director, producer, screenwriter, actress
Years active1972 - present
SpouseSpike Jonze (1999-2003)
PartnerThomas Mars

Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an Academy Award-winning American film director, actress, producer and screenwriter. She is the third female director, and only American woman, to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing, the other two being Lina Wertmüller and Jane Campion.

Early life

Coppola was born in New York City, New York, the youngest child and only daughter of set decorator/artist Eleanor Coppola (née Neil) and director Francis Ford Coppola (Godfather and Apocalypse Now), granddaughter of the late composer Carmine Coppola, sister of Roman Coppola and the late Gian-Carlo Coppola, niece of Talia Shire and a cousin of Nicolas Cage, Jason Schwartzman and Robert Carmine.[citation needed] She attended Mills College and the California Institute of the Arts, and interned with Chanel when she was 15.[1][2] After graduating, Coppola started a clothing line called Milkfed that is sold exclusively in Japan.[3]

Career

Acting

Coppola began her career as an infant, making several background appearances in her father's films. The most well-known of these early roles is her appearance in The Godfather as the baby boy in the christening scene. She is also featured in her father's film The Outsiders in a scene where Matt Dillon, Tommy Howell, and Ralph Macchio are eating at a Dairy Queen before the famous burning church scene.

Frankenweenie (1984) was the first film she performed in that was not associated with her father. However, it often goes unnoticed due to her stage name, "Domino" which she adopted at the time because she thought it was glamorous, while still being quite ridiculous.[4]

In 1986, 15-year old Sophia was given the role of Kathleen Turner's sister, Nancy Kelcher, in Peggy Sue Got Married. The film was directed by her father, Francis Ford Coppola, and co-starred her cousin, Nicholas Cage.

The 1989 short film entitled Life Without Zoe was released as part of a 3-part anthology film, New York Stories. It was written by Sofia Coppola and her father, Francis Ford Coppola (who also directed the film).

Her best known acting role is Mary Corleone in The Godfather Part III (1990), a role for which she was cast by her father after Winona Ryder fell ill. This was a significant role for such an inexperienced actress, and the casting decision has been described as celebrity nepotism.[3] Her heavily criticized performance (for which she received the award of "Worst New Star" in the 1990 Golden Raspberry Awards) effectively ended her acting career, save for appearances in the 1992 independent film Inside Monkey Zetterland, and in the background of films by her friends and family. In 1999, she appeared as Saché in George Lucas' Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. She has since been quoted as saying she wasn't hurt by the criticism from her role in The Godfather Part III because she never especially wanted an acting career.[5]

Coppola can also be seen in several music videos from the 1990s, appearing in The Black Crowes' "Sometimes Salvation" in 1992 and went on to play a gymnast in the 1997 video for "Elektrobank" by the Chemical Brothers, which was directed by her ex-husband Spike Jonze.

Directing

Her first three films were Lick the Star (1998), The Virgin Suicides (1999) and Lost in Translation (2003). Lost in Translation won the Academy Award for original screenplay and three Golden Globe Awards including Best Picture. Alongside Lina Wertmüller and Jane Campion, Coppola became the third female director to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing. She is also the only American woman to be nominated (Wertmüller is Italian and Campion is a New Zealander). Her win for best original screenplay made her a third-generation Oscar winner. In 2004, Coppola was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[6]

Coppola's most recent film is the biopic Marie Antoinette, adapted from the biography by British historian Lady Antonia Fraser. Kirsten Dunst plays the title character who marries King Louis XVI, played by Jason Schwartzman, Coppola's cousin. It débuted at the Cannes Film Festival where, despite boos in the audience, it received a standing ovation.[7] Critics were divided.

In the mid-1990s, she and best friend Zoe Cassavetes helmed the short-lived series Hi Octane on Comedy Central. which spotlighted performers in underground music, with frequent guests like Donovan Leitch, Mike Watt, Thurston Moore, Beck, and model-actress Jenny Shimizu (whose contribution to the show was educating viewers on the proper way to repair a transmission on a vehicle).

In December 2008, Coppola's first commercial premiered during an episode of Gossip Girl. The advertisement in which she directed for the Christian Dior fragrance Miss Dior Chérie which was shot in France with model Maryna Linchuk was very well received and continues to be popular on YouTube.[8]

Variety reported in April 2009 that her new film, Somewhere, had recently received permission to film at Chateau Marmont. The plot of her latest work will centre around a "bad-boy" actor portrayed by Stephen Dorff who is forced to re-evaluate his life when his daughter, played by Elle Fanning, arrives unexpectedly.[9]

Robert Schwartzman (Lead singer, Rooney) cousin of Coppola confirmed rumours of Benicio del Toro's involvement in the band's blog late June 2009. However, it is still unclear if the role will just be a cameo.[10]

Modeling

At the beginning of the 1990s, she was often featured in female-oriented magazines like Seventeen and YM. In 1998, she co-founded the clothing line Milkfed in Japan with friend Stephanie Hayman in cooperation with Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon.

In 2002, fashion designer Marc Jacobs handpicked the actress/director to be the face of his house's fragrance. The campaign involved photographs of her shot by photographer Juergen Teller in his chic signature grainy style.

Personal life

Coppola married director Spike Jonze in 1999 after being friends for nearly ten years; they were divorced in 2003. In the past, Sofia has been romantically linked to Keanu Reeves, Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis, and director Quentin Tarantino.[11]

Sofia Coppola lives in Paris, France. Sofia described her love for the city and her favorite places there, "The Palais-Royal, the Tuileries Garden, the Musee D'Orsay. You can tell I love the city, right? It's a filmmaker's dream there; the colors are beautiful!"[12] There, in Paris, on Tuesday, November 28, 2006, Coppola gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Romy, who is named in honor of her brother Roman. The child's father is Thomas Mars, of the French rock band Phoenix.[13]

In April 2009, singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens uploaded a song about Coppola.[14]

Filmography

Director

Films

Year Film Oscars BAFTA Golden Globe
Nominations Wins Nominations Wins Nominations Wins
1998 Lick the Star
1999 The Virgin Suicides
2003 Lost in Translation
4
1
8
3
5
3
2006 Marie Antoinette
1
1
3
2010 Somewhere

Music videos

Commercials

Actress

Films

Year Film Role Notes
1972 The Godfather Michael Francis Rizzi (uncredited)
1974 The Godfather: Part II Child on ship (uncredited)
1983 The Outsiders Little Girl Credited as 'Domino'
Rumble Fish Donna
1984 Frankenweenie Anne Chambers
The Cotton Club Child in Street
1986 Peggy Sue Got Married Nancy Kelcher
1987 Anna Noodle
1990 The Godfather: Part III Mary Corleone
1992 Inside Monkey Zetterland Cindy
1999 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Saché
2001 CQ Enzo's Mistress

Music videos

See also

References

  1. ^ Lisa Armstrong (2008-06-04). "Sofia Coppola: I'm more interested in looking than being looked at". The Times. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
  2. ^ Menkes, Suzy (200-10-14). "Sofia Coppola: Discreet, chic and grown-up". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-29. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ Lee, Helen (5 November 2007). "Did you know Sofia Coppola has a fashion line called MilkFed?". Sassybella.com. Retrieved 2009-07-29. {{cite web}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help); Unknown parameter |Title= ignored (|title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ FFWD Weekly Interview - May 18, 2000
  5. ^ Out of the Godfather's shadow
  6. ^ Academy Invites 127 to Membership
  7. ^ ‘Marie Antoinette’ - a Quotational Reference Guide
  8. ^ Miss Dior Chérie Commercial (Director's Cut) [1]
  9. ^ [2]
  10. ^ http://www.movieline.com/2009/06/exclusive-details-on-benicio-del-toros-cameo-in-sofia-coppolas-somewhere.php
  11. ^ Coppola and Tarantino Share Suite
  12. ^ Chen, Eva (March 2009), "Beauty Blogger", Teen Vogue, p. 113{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  13. ^ People: Nicole Kidman, Sofia Coppola, Michael Richards
  14. ^ Lindsay, Andrew (2009-04-27). "Sufjan Stevens posts song about Sofia Coppola". Stereokill.net. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
for Lost in Translation
2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
for Lost in Translation
2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by César Award for Best Foreign Film
for Lost in Translation
2005 		Succeeded by


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