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A solar beauty, a sex bomb physique in a young woman at her debut in the cinema, soon becoming a star in the star system. Talent and beauty are the key words of the fairy tale of the most admired woman in Italy, as a magazine defined her some time ago.
It's Sphia Loren, the pizza seller in Neapolitan movies, the " bersagliera" who De Sica has a weakness for, or "Filumena Marturano" who Mastroianni fell in love with.
It is also thanks to her name and talent that Naples can be appreciated and recognized in the world today.

Sophia, the life of a star
Loren was born in Rome on September 20, 1934. Her real name was Scicolone but star system rules imposed a more sophisticated, captivating, less banal name. She is one of the most popular stars of the post-war period. She personifies the ideal Italian beauty: a large pelvis, a sex bomb physique, an angel face with an evil look. She is also the heroin of the rags to rich fairy tale: she lived with her mother a humble life in her hometown, Pozzuoli, until the time in which, thanks to her Mediterranean , stunning beauty she started a carrier as model at the age of 14. Star system's doors opened to her as she met Carlo Ponti who offered her the role of Anna in 1951. Her stage name was first Sophia Lazzaro; it's in 1952 with the film " LA Favorita" that she would choose the stage name which would give her popularity all over the world. In the sixties she is considered a sex symbol, a myth consecrated by the film "Attila " starring alongside Antony Quinn who, as reported by the magazines of that time, courted her .
In 1957 she got married with Carlo Ponti in Mexico, a sort of scandal in the catholic world because he had been previously married and separated. they would get married in Italy in 1966. Their marriage was not considered favourably by right-minded people, to such a point that some movie magazines tried to boycott the films played by the actress. In the same time, an agreement with the Paramount of four films reinforces her international success since from 1958 with the movie Desire under the elms". In 1961 People Magazine elected her one of the fifties most beautiful women in the world. On June 16 1999 she received the Premio Donatello for her extraordinary carrier .

Quotes
"She is the most talented and beautiful woman I have been worked until now". The sentence, a sort of spiritual testament, was pronounced by Marcello Mastroianni few days before his death , so doing he assigned his personal Oscar to Loren who was her partner in many films which have consecrated Italian cinema in the world.
Esteemed and appreciated by film directors of all over the world, she has fascinated as well the public as the critics who could not explain the naturalness and magic arising from Sophia Loren talent.
Roberto benigni himself, who won the Oscar with his film "La vita è bella" in 1999 and was prized by Sophia on stage, declared that " this award has been wonderful for two reasons, because it is an Oscar and because it comes from the Queen of the Italian cinema".
Today Sophia Loren is a model housewife; after played in some Italian fictions who have received a high success and after the remake of old films ( unforgettable the streap tease scene with Mastroianni ), she lives in Hollywood, writes cook books and has appeared in Usa tv networks in cooking programs.
Her specialty: obviously, Neapolitan cuisine.

Awards
The Oscar award , the Leone d'Oro, the Golden Globe: it is true that an award does not effectively reflect the whole talent of an actress, but we can admit that Loren's carreer is that of an undisputed star. A career culminated with the Golden Globe assigned by foreign press in Italy.

1996 ShoWest Convention, USA, Lifetime Achievement Award
1995 Golden Globe's Cecil B. DeMille Award
1995 Nominated for Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: Prêta-à-Porter (1994).
1990 Honorary Academy Award for "a career rich with memorable performances that has added permanent luster to our art form."
1977 Golden Globe World Film Favorite - Female
1973 DiDonatello award for The Voyage
1969 Best Actress DiDonatello award for Sunflower
1969 Golden Globe World Film Favorite - Female
1968 Ramo d'Oro award in Italy for More Than a Miracle
1965 Golden Globe World Film Favorite - Female
1965 Academy Award Nominee for Best Actress in Matrimonio all'italiana
1964 Best Actress DiDonatello award for Marriage Italian Style
1964 Alexander Korda award British Film Festival for Marriage Italian Style
1964 Golden Globe World Film Favorite - Female for Marriage Italian Style
1963 Best Actress DiDonatello award for Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1963 Golden Globe award for Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1962 Oscar for Best Actress in Ciociara, La (Two Women)
1961 Cannes Film Festival won Best Actress for Ciociara, La
1961 David Donatello award - Italy for Two Women
1961 Golden Globe award, Two Women
1961 British Film Academy, Two Women
1960 Best Actress Rapallo Festival - Italy for Heller in Pink Tights
1959 Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival, Black Orchid
1959 David DiDonatello award - Italy for Black Orchid
1959 Victoire Popularity award in France, Black Orchid
1958 Best Actress award in Japan, The Key
1954 Best Actress award at Buenos Aires Festival for Too Bad She's Bad
Nastro d'Argento, Italy
14 Bambi and Bravo Popularity Awards in Belgium
Popularity Awards for the American Legion
Texas Cinema Exhibitors
4 Snosiki Popularity Awards in Finland
2 Best Actress Awards at the Bengal Film Journalists Association - India
Box-Office Favorite Medal - Italy
Helene Curtis Award - U.S.
Simpatia Popularity Award - Italy
Rudolph Valentino Screen Services Award - Italy
Best Actress Award - Moscow Film Festival
Named the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
Ranked #6 on Playboy Magazine's 100 Sexiest of the Century