Italian actress who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Cesira in the 1962 film Two Women. Her other notable films include Marriage Italian-Style, A Countess from Hong Kong, Sunflower and More Than a Miracle.
Early Life (Childhood)Loren was born Sofia Villani Scicolone in the Clinica Regina Margherita in Rome, Italy. Loren has two younger paternal half-brothers, Giuliano and Giuseppe.
Interesting FactsShe was a finalist for a beauty pageant in Naples at the age of fourteen. She voiced the character Mama Topolino in the 2011 Disney feature Cars 2.
Personal LifeShe married Carlo Ponti in 1957; the couple divorced in 1962, but remarried in 1966. She had two sons named Edoardo and Carlo. Loren is a Roman Catholic.
RumorIn September 1999, Loren filed a lawsuit against 76 adult websites for posting altered nude photos of her on the internet.
