Sophia Loren Guarda la Luna (from NINE)
Sophia Loren, is an Italian actress. In 1962, Loren, among 21 other awards, won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a nonEnglishspeaking performance. Loren has won several international awards, including one Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Laurel Award. In 1999, Loren was listed by the American Film Institute on AFI s 100 100 Stars as, 21 of 25 American female screen legends of all time. In 2002, she was honored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) at its annual Anniversary Gala and was inducted into its Italian American Hall of Fame. In 2009, the Guinness Book of World Records recognized her as Italy s Most Awarded Actress. In 1991, she received an honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievements. In 2009, after five years off the set and fourteen years since she starred in a prominent US theatrical film, Loren starred in Rob Marshall s film version of Nine
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