Sofia Coppola, the daughter of one of cinema’s most influential directors, has made a name for herself.
For her film Lost in Translation, the 51-year-old became the first American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director in 2003.
Who is Sofia Coppola?
Sofia Coppola was born on May 14, 1971, in New York City.
She is the only daughter of documentarian Eleanor Coppola and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.
The filmmaker and actress is of Italian descent through her father and grew up in Rutherford, California.
In 1972, she made her film debut as an infant in her father’s acclaimed crime drama The Godfather.
She also appeared in Frankenweenie and The Outsiders.
Sofia decided to pursue a career in filmmaking after receiving negative feedback for her performance in The Godfather Part III.
She has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award, a Golden Lion Award, and a Cannes Film Festival Award.
Previously, Coppola was wed to filmmaker Spike Jonze.
1999 saw their wedding and 2003 saw their divorce.
Coppola dated director Quentin Tarantino from 2003 to 2005.
On August 27, 2011, she wed musician Thomas Mars in Bernalda, Italy.
The two fell in love in 1999 after Mars’ band was asked to record a song for her film The Virgin Suicides.
Their two daughters, Romy (born November 28, 2006) and Cosima, were born as a couple. (born May 2010).
Romy, Sofia’s daughter, went viral on March 21, 2023 after posting a video about being sent to her room for trying to rent a helicopter with her father’s credit card.
Make vodka sauce pasta with me because I’m grounded because I tried to book a helicopter from New York to Maryland on my dad’s credit card because I wanted to have dinner with my camp friend, the 16-year-old said in a now-deleted, 49-second-long TikTok.
The biggest rule my parents have set for me is that I can’t have any public social media accounts, Romy said to the camera, explaining why she chose to post her cooking video on TikTok.
The estimated net worth of Sofia Coppola is $45 million.
This has been made possible by her work as a screenwriter, producer, and director in addition to her infrequent appearances in television shows and films.
Sofia spent $2.75 million on a house in New York in 2018.
