Sophia Loren Updates

“I’ve always found Sophia Loren’s status as an actor a little overlooked. A genuine performer, she provided the raven-haired, sophisticated European answer to America’s Monroe-esque blonde bombshell obsession. But that hardly does her justice. Seen as a sex symbol for much of her career, she was undoubtedly an icon of the Swinging Sixties. Her breakthrough role was as a pizza seller in The Gold of Naples (1945) In the subsequent years, she garnered recognition with the Italian audience for roles in Lucky to Be a Woman (1956) and Scandal in Sorrento (1955). Her role as Donna Sofia, a playful woman in love with a fisherman, proved to sceptics that she was more than just a pretty face.

With a dynamic screen presence, acting chops and great comedic timing, Loren expanded into”