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  2. For a brilliant comeback at age 86 in THE LIFE AHEAD, the latest in her record-setting career. Loren won a Best Actress Oscar in 1962 for TWO WOMEN and was the first actor to win for a foreign language movie. She was also nominated in 1965 for MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE.

    • September 20, 1934
  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sophia_LorenSophia Loren - Wikipedia

    Loren's performance earned her many awards, including the Cannes Film Festival 's best performance prize, and an Academy Award for Best Actress, the first major Academy Award for a non-English-language performance or to an Italian actress. She won 22 international awards for Two Women.

  4. One of the world’s most iconic movie stars, Sophia Loren has built a formidable acting career, effortlessly moving back and forth between major Hollywood films and Italian-based productions. She made history in 1961 as the first performer to win an Academy Award for a foreign-language role with Two Women, in which she stars as a strong-willed ...

  5. Jan 17, 2021 · Loren made Oscar history 59 years ago when she became the first performer to receive an Academy Award for a foreign-language film. She took home Best Actress for Vittorio DeSica ’s harrowing...

  6. www.imdb.com › name › nm0000047Sophia Loren - IMDb

    This performance received international acclaim and was honored with an Academy Award for Best Actress. Sophia remained a bona fide international movie star throughout the sixties and seventies, making films on both sides of the Atlantic, and starring opposite such leading men as Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Gregory Peck, and Charlton Heston.

    • January 1, 1
    • 1.71 m
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy
  7. Best Actor winner for Judgment at Nuremberg, presenter Joan Crawford. Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer. Original Song winners for "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's. View More Memorable Moments.

  8. Originally cast as the more glamorous child, Sophia fought against type and was re-cast as the mother, displaying a lack of vanity and proving herself as a genuine actress. This performance received international acclaim and was honored with an Academy Award for Best Actress.