Sofia Coppola

Birthplace: New York, New York
Birthday: May 12, 1971

A member of the filmmaking dynasty that includes such heavy hitters as father Francis Ford Coppola and cousin Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola parlayed her Hollywood clout and calling into various ventures, working as an actress, costume designer, screenwriter and later most notably, a director. Debuting onscreen not long after her on location birth, Coppola was featured in the climactic scene of her father's epic "The Godfather" (1972), playing the male infant being baptized. She went on to appear in several other of her father's films (credited as…more

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Actor

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Sandra After Dark, With Your Hostess, Sandra Bernhard
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
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Fog City Mavericks
The 76th Annual Academy Awards
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Career Milestones

2006
Directed Kirsten Dunst in, "Marie-Antoinette," as the ill-fated French queen opposite Jason Schwartzman's Louis XVI
2003
Produced, wrote and directed second feature "Lost in Translation", with Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director; received a nomination by the Directors Guild of America for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film; received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Picture
2000
Made feature directorial debut with "The Virgin Suicides", a 1970s suburbia-set adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides' cult novel; also scripted
1999
Played Sache, one of Queen Amidala's handmaidens in "Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace"
1998
Produced, directed and wrote the black and white comedy short "Lick the Star", screened at festivals and aired on Bravo and the Independent Film Channel