Sofia Coppola

Sofia Carmina Coppola ( , ; born May 14, 1971) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and former actress. She has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Golden Lion, and a Cannes Film Festival Award, as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Her parents are filmmakers Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola, and she made her acting debut as an infant in her father's acclaimed crime drama ''The Godfather'' (1972). Coppola later appeared in several music videos and had a supporting role in the fantasy comedy film ''Peggy Sue Got Married'' (1986). She then portrayed Mary Corleone, the daughter of Michael Corleone, in the sequel ''The Godfather Part III'' (1990).

Coppola transitioned into filmmaking with her feature-length directorial debut in the coming-of-age drama ''The Virgin Suicides'' (1999). It was the first of her collaborations with actress Kirsten Dunst. Her films often deal with themes of loneliness, wealth, privilege, isolation, youth, femininity, and adolescence in America. Coppola received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the comedy-drama ''Lost in Translation'' (2003), and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, becoming the third woman to do so. She has since directed the historical drama ''Marie Antoinette'' (2006), the family drama ''Somewhere'' (2010), the satirical crime drama ''The Bling Ring'' (2013), the southern gothic thriller ''The Beguiled'' (2017), the comedy ''On the Rocks'' (2020), and the biographical drama ''Priscilla'' (2023).

In 2015, Coppola released the Netflix Christmas musical comedy special ''A Very Murray Christmas'', which earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. Provided by Wikipedia