Sofia Coppola

Sofia Carmina Coppola born May 14 1971 is an American filmmaker and actress The youngest child and only daughter of filmmakers Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola she made her film debut as an infant in her fathers acclaimed crime drama film The Godfather 1972 Coppola later appeared in several music videos as well as a supporting role in Peggy Sue Got Married 1986 Coppola then portrayed Mary Corleone the daughter of Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III 1990 After her performance drew criticism she turned her attention to filmmaking Coppola made her featurelength directorial debut with the comingofage drama The Virgin Suicides 1999 It was the first of her collaborations with actress Kirsten Dunst In 2004 Coppola received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the comedydrama Lost in Translation and became the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director In 2006 Coppola directed the historical drama Marie Antoinette starring Dunst as the title character In 2010 with the drama Somewhere Coppola became the first American woman and fourth American filmmaker to win the Golden Lion the top prize at the Venice Film Festival In 2013 she directed the satirical crime film The Bling Ring based on the crime ring of the same name which drew from the Vanity Fair article The Suspects Wore Louboutins by Nancy Jo Sales about the real group of burglarizing teens who were motivated by vanity and worship The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival In 2015 she released her Christmas special A Very Murray Christmas starring Bill Murray on Netflix At the 2017 Cannes Film Festival she won Best Director for her work on the drama film The Beguiled becoming the second woman in the festivals history to win the award Her latest film On the Rocks 2020 received a limited theatrical release in October 2020 by A24 as well as a streaming release on AppleTV The film received positive reviews however critics also stated that On the Rocks isnt destined to achieve the same kind of iconic status as some of Coppolas previous work