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3	Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American writer, director, producer and former actress. Her films are recognized for [[SignatureStyle consistent elements]] including stories centered around females at turning points in their lives, a preference for expressing themes over plot, soft color palettes, memorable indie-oriented soundtracks, [[ProductionPosse recurring collaborators]] (Creator/KirstenDunst, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/ElleFanning, etc.), and a preference for patient, visual storytelling.
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5	As the daughter of Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, Sofia was raised among prominent Hollywood artists [[note]]Her grandfather Carmine being a composer, her brother Creator/RomanCoppola being a screenwriter and director (a friend and collaborator of Creator/WesAnderson in particular), Creator/TaliaShire being her aunt, and Nicolas Coppola (aka Creator/NicolasCage) and Creator/JasonSchwartzman as first cousins[[/note]]. The first industry she worked in was fashion, interning for Chanel at 15, and she later attended Mills College and [=CalArts=], studying painting and eventually dropping out of the latter.
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7	On account of her father being part of the UsefulNotes/NewHollywood, Sofia was raised among many Hollywood icons, with Creator/GeorgeLucas occasionally babysitting her (and Sofia admitting that she still thinks of him as her HonoraryUncle rather than the director of ''Star Wars''), and her growing up knowing the likes of Creator/MartinScorsese and Creator/StevenSpielberg and other famous figures who gathered to pay court to her father.
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9	If that sounds a little too much like the opening of ''Film/TheGodfather'', then [[WriteWhatYouKnow that's no accident]].
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11	Much as he did with all his children, Coppola gave Sofia cameos in his early films, with her appearing as a baby in the baptism scene in ''The Godfather'', then as Creator/DianeLane's kid sister in ''Film/RumbleFish'' and Nancy in ''Film/PeggySueGotMarried''. While she also became involved behind her father's camera, co-writing the script for his short film in ''Film/NewYorkStories'' at 18, she first gained recognition for her infamous performance as Mary Corleone in ''Film/TheGodfatherPartIII''. She was the last-minute replacement for Creator/WinonaRyder, cast with production already underway and Coppola needing a success to stave off bankruptcy. While the film was nowhere near a flop, its responses were noticeably below those of its predecessors, and Sofia's performance became one of its most criticized aspects. Outside of her father's work, she also played Anne Chambers in ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenweenie_%281984_film%29 Frankenweenie]]'' (she was credited as "Domino"), and one of Queen Amidala's handmaidens (Saché) in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
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13	Sofia would go on record stating that the intense backlash her ''Godfather'' performance received didn't affect her personally, as she had never wanted to be an actress in the first place. She didn't intend to become a filmmaker, either, but upon writing and directing the short film ''Lick the Star'' at the tail-end of the 1990s, she found that the field mixed her creative interests together perfectly. The decade culminated in the release of her debut feature in 1999, ''Literature/TheVirginSuicides'', which would become her BreakthroughHit. The film was one of Creator/KirstenDunst's first adult roles, and she and Sofia would form a partnership from that point onward.
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15	Sofia won further attention and acclaim for her next film, 2003's ''Film/LostInTranslation'', which contained Creator/BillMurray's CareerResurrection as a serious actor as well as Creator/ScarlettJohansson's StarMakingRole. She received the MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestOriginalScreenplay for the film, and its success led to her becoming established as one of Hollywood's most prominent young filmmakers and one of the few major female directors.
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17	She has continued to write and direct films, racking up awards and honors along the way, and has generally made arthouse or independent-leaning films rather than mainstream works, which has made for polarizing reception among audiences.
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19	Sofia was briefly married to fellow director Creator/SpikeJonze. She's currently married to Thomas Mars, lead singer of the popular French indie rock band [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(band) Phoenix]], and they have two daughters together. She keeps a low profile, not wanting her daughters to grow up jaded from being in the limelight.
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21	She also formed a Japan-exclusive fashion line called [[https://milkfed.jp/ Milkfed.]] with Kim Gordon of Music/SonicYouth, and the wine brand [[https://www.instagram.com/sofiawine/ SOFIA Wine]] as part of her father's own winery.
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23	!!Works of note:
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25	* ''Literature/TheVirginSuicides'' (1999)
26	* ''Film/LostInTranslation'' (2003)
27	* ''Film/MarieAntoinette2006''
28	* ''{{Film/Somewhere}}'' (2010)
29	* ''Film/TheBlingRing'' (2013)
30	* ''A Very Murray Christmas'' (2015)
31	* ''Film/TheBeguiled'' (2017)
32	* ''Film/OnTheRocks'' (2020)
33	* ''Film/{{Priscilla}}'' (2023)
34	[[/index]]
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36	!!Tropes & trivia about her works:
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38	* CentralTheme: Her work tends to focus on characters who are in isolation. Other themes that show up regularly are the female experience, female-led ensembles, and ennui.
39	* CreatorKiller: Her acting career was killed right out of the gate by her performance in ''Film/TheGodfatherPartIII''. Coppola has stated she wasn't that bothered about an acting career never taking off or by criticisms of her performance in ''Godfather Part III'' because she never aspired to be an actor, mostly taking roles in her father's films to help him out (she was only cast as Mary at the last minute because Creator/WinonaRyder dropped out due to physical and mental exhaustion).
40	* CrossCastRole: In ''The Godfather'' she portrayed Carlos and Connie's infant son in the baptism scene.
41	* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Coppola employs this technique across her films. ''Somewhere'' contains many shots of this type and ''The Bling Ring'' has a notable [[TheOner take]] of a home burglary shot from an aerial point of view.
42	* {{Minimalism}}
43	* ProductionPosse: Creator/KirstenDunst has worked with Coppola in ''The Virgin Suicides'', ''Marie Antoinette'', briefly in ''The Bling Ring'', and in ''The Beguiled''. Coppola worked with Creator/BillMurray in ''Lost in Translation'', ''A Very Murray Christmas'', and ''On the Rocks'', with Creator/RashidaJones in the latter two films. Creator/ElleFanning was in ''Somewhere'' and ''The Beguiled'', and Creator/JasonSchwartzman was in ''Marie Antoinette'' and ''A Very Murray Christmas''.
44	* ShowDontTell: Coppola’s films are not very plot-driven or dialogue-heavy, relying more on visual storytelling and capturing a mood.

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