History Creator / SofiaCoppola

* 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.

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 UsefulNotes/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.

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, making three films together.

Sofia won further attention and acclaim for ''Film/LostInTranslation'', which contained Creator/BillMurray's CareerResurrection as a serious actor, and Creator/ScarlettJohansson's StarMakingRole. She received the UsefulNotes/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.

Sofia 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.

She also formed a Japan-exclusive fashion line [[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.

* ''Priscilla'' (2023)

She also formed a Japan-exclusive fashion line [[https://milkfed.jp/ Milkfed.]] with Kim Gordon of Music/SonicYouth and a wine brand [[https://www.instagram.com/sofiawine/ SOFIA Wine]] as part of her father's own winery.

She also formed a Japan-exclusive fashion line [[https://milkfed.jp/ Milkfed.]] and a wine brand [[https://www.instagram.com/sofiawine/ SOFIA Wine]] as part of her father's own winery.

* ''Priscilla'' (TBA)

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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]]. They have two daughters together. She keeps a low profile, not wanting her daughters to grow up jaded from being in the limelight.

Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an Academy Award-winning 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.

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 growing up knowing the likes of Creator/MartinScorsese and Creator/StevenSpielberg and other famous figures who gathered to pay court to her father.

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. Her decade culminated in the release of her debut feature in 1999, ''The Virgin Suicides'', which would become her BreakthroughHit. The film was one of Creator/KirstenDunst's first adult roles, and she and Sofia would form a partnership, making three films together.

Sofia won further attention and acclaim for ''Film/LostInTranslation'', which contained Creator/BillMurray's CareerResurrection as a serious actor, and Creator/ScarlettJohansson's StarMakingRole. The success of that film won her an Academy Award (for Original Screenplay rather than Directing), and it led to her becoming established as one of Hollywood's most prominent young filmmakers and one of the few major female directors.

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.

She 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]]. They have two daughters together. She keeps a low profile, not wanting her daughters growing up jaded from being in the limelight.

As the daughter of Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, Sofia was raised among prominent Hollywood artists [[note]]Her grandfather Carmine being a composer, her brother Roman Coppola 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.

Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an Academy Award-winning 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, [[ProductionPosse recurring collaborators]] (Creator/KirstenDunst, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/ElleFanning, etc.), and a preference for patient, visual storytelling.

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 frequently criticized aspects, even receiving two UsefulNotes/{{Golden Raspberry Award}}s. 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''.

* 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''.

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 frequently criticized aspects, even receiving two UsefulNotes/{{Golden Raspberry Award}}s. 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''.

* CreatorKiller: Her acting career was killed right out of the gate by her performance in ''Film/TheGodfather Part III''. 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).

* CreatorKiller: Her acting career was killed right out of the gate by her performance in ''Film/TheGodfather Part III'', while her directing career did not really recover from ''Film/MarieAntoinette2006'', until 2017 with ''The Beguiled'' receiving critical acclaim, coupled with her winning Best Director award at Cannes 2017, making her the ''second'' woman to do so. 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).

* ProductionPosse: Creator/KirstenDunst has worked with Coppola in ''The Virgin Suicides'', ''Marie Antoinette'', briefly in ''The Bling Ring'', and in ''The Beguiled''.

* ''Film/MarieAntoinette'' (2006)

* CreatorKiller: Her acting career was killed right out of the gate by her performance in ''Film/TheGodfather Part III'', while her directing career did not really recover from ''Film/MarieAntoinette'', until 2017 with ''The Beguiled'' receiving critical acclaim, coupled with her winning Best Director award at Cannes 2017, making her the ''second'' woman to do so. 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).

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'', and then as Creator/DianeLane's kid sister in ''Film/RumbleFish''. 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 frequently criticized aspects, even receiving two UsefulNotes/{{Golden Raspberry Award}}s. 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''.

* CreatorKiller: Her acting career was killed right out of the gate by her performance in ''Film/TheGodfather Part III'', while her directing career did not really recover from ''Film/MarieAntoinette'', until 2017 with ''The Beguiled'' receiving critical acclaim, coupled with her winning Best Director award at Cannes 2017, making her the ''second'' woman to do so.

As the daughter of Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, Sofia was raised among artists[[note]]Her grandfather Carmine being a composer, her brother Roman Coppola being a screenwriter and director (a friend and collaborator of Creator/WesAnderson in particular), Talia Shire 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.

Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an Academy Award-winning writer, director, producer and former actress.

As the daughter of Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, Sofia was raised among artists[[note]]Her grandfather Carmine being a composer, her brother Roman Coppola being a screenwriter and director (a friend and collaborator of Creator/WesAnderson in particular), Talia Shire being her aunt, and Nicolas Coppola (aka Creator/NicolasCage) and Creator/JasonSchwartzman as first cousins[[/note]]. More than that, on account of her father being part of the UsefulNotes/NewHollywood, she 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 growing up knowing the likes of Creator/MartinScorsese and Creator/StevenSpielberg and other famous figures who gathered to pay court to her father.

Sofia would go on record stating that the intense backlash her ''Godfather'' performance received didn't affect her personally, as writing and filmmaking had been her main creative interests, and she had never wanted to be an actress in the first place. She would pursue these interests by writing and directing her own shorts at the tail-end of the 1990s, culminating in the release of her debut feature in 1999, ''The Virgin Suicides'', which would become her BreakthroughHit. The film was one of Creator/KirstenDunst's first adult roles, and she and Sofia would [[ProductionPosse form a partnership]], making three films together.

Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an Academy Award winning writer and director.

As the daughter of Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, Sofia was raised among artists, with her grandfather Carmine being a composer, her brother Roman Coppola being a screenwriter and director (a friend and collaborator of Creator/WesAnderson in particular), Talia Shire being her aunt, and Nicolas Coppola (aka Creator/NicolasCage) and Creator/JasonSchwartzman as first cousins. More than that, on account of her father being part of the UsefulNotes/NewHollywood, she 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 growing up knowing the likes of Creator/MartinScorsese and Creator/StevenSpielberg and other famous figures who gathered to pay court to her father. If that sounds a little too much like the opening of ''Film/TheGodfather'', then [[WriteWhatYouKnow that's no accident]].

Much as he did with all his children, Coppola gave Sofia cameos in his early films. Appearing as a baby in the baptism scene in ''The Godfather'', and then as Creator/DianeLane's kid sister in ''Film/RumbleFish'' (where Nicholas Cage also appeared in an early role). She had never wanted to be an actress in the first place, her initial interests being writing and film-making. As a young woman she wrote the script for her father's short film in ''Film/NewYorkStories''. She became well known however, and on account of the fame and success of the film, still widely seen, for her performance in ''Film/TheGodfatherPartIII''. She was the last minute replacement for Creator/WinonaRyder who was originally cast but who then pulled out. On very short notice, with production already underway and Coppola needing a success to stave off bankruptcy, he cast his daughter. While the film was a success and got decent-to-mixed reviews at the time, in later years it was seen as the quintessential bad third movie of the trilogy, and Sofia Coppola's performance is often held accountable for its failure rather than many of its other problems. 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''.

Nonetheless, she marched on and started making her own shorts, and became a director in her own right. Her BreakthroughHit, ''The Virgin Suicides'' got much notice from reviews for its stylishness, as well as its take on a woman's coming-of-age story. It was also one of Creator/KirstenDunst's first adult roles, and she and Coppola would form a partnership, making three films together. She won attention and acclaim for ''Film/LostInTranslation'', Creator/BillMurray's CareerResurrection as a serious actor, and Creator/ScarlettJohansson's BreakthroughHit as a major star. The success of that film won her an Academy Award (for Original Screenplay rather than Direction), and it led to Sofia Coppola becoming established as one of Hollywood's most prominent young film-makers and one of the few major women directors. She has continued to direct films after that but has generally made arthouse or independent-leaning films rather than mainstream works. Her {{Biopic}} ''Film/MarieAntoinette'' is often seen as a polarizing work with some disliking its stylish and anachronistic take on history, while others liking it for the same reason.

As the daughter of Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, Sofia was raised among artists, with her grandfather Carmine being a composer, her brother Roman Coppola being a screenwriter and director (a friend and collaborator of Creator/WesAnderson in particular), Talia Shire being her aunt, and Nicolas Coppola (aka Creator/NicolasCage) and Creator/JasonSchwartzman as first cousins. More than that, on account of her father being part of the UsefulNotes/NewHollywood, she 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 growing up knowing the likes of Creator/MartinScorsese and Creator/StevenSpielberg and other famous figures who gathered to pay court to her father. If that sounds a little too much like the opening of ''The Godfather'', then [[WriteWhatYouKnow that's no accident]].

Much as he did with all his children, Coppola gave Sofia cameos in his early films. Appearing as a baby in the baptism scene in ''Film/TheGodfather'', and then as Creator/DianeLane's kid sister in ''Film/RumbleFish'' (where Nicholas Cage also appeared in an early role). She had never wanted to be an actress in the first place, her initial interests being writing and film-making. As a young woman she wrote the script for her father's short film in ''Film/NewYorkStories''. She became well known however, and on account of the fame and success of the film, still widely seen, for her performance in ''Film/TheGodfatherPartIII''. She was the last minute replacement for Creator/WinonaRyder who was originally cast but who then pulled out. On very short notice, with production already underway and Coppola needing a success to stave off bankruptcy, he cast his daughter. While the film was a success and got decent-to-mixed reviews at the time, in later years it was seen as the quintessential bad third movie of the trilogy, and Sofia Coppola's performance is often held accountable for its failure rather than many of its other problems. 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''.

She 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]].

She was briefly married to fellow director Creator/SpikeJonze. She's currently married to Thomas Mars, lead singer of the popular French indie rock band Music/{{Phoenix}}.

As the daughter of Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, Sofia was raised among artists, with her grandfather Carmine being a composer, her brother Roman Coppola being a screenwriter and director (a friend and collaborator of Creator/WesAnderson in particular), Talia Shire being her aunt, and Nicolas Coppola (aka Creator/NicolasCage) as a cousin. More than that, on account of her father being part of the UsefulNotes/NewHollywood, she 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 growing up knowing the likes of Creator/MartinScorsese and Creator/StevenSpielberg and other famous figures who gathered to pay court to her father. If that sounds a little too much like the opening of ''The Godfather'', then [[WriteWhatYouKnow that's no accident]].

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Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971 in New York City, New York) is an Academy Award winning writer and director.