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  • NAME: Sophia Loren
  • OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Television Actress, Pin-up
  • BIRTH DATE: September 20, 1934 (Age: 78)
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Rome, Italy
  • Originally: Sophia Villiani Scicolone
  • AKA: Sofia Lazzaro
  • AKA: Sofia Scicolone
  • ZODIAC SIGN: Virgo

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Sophia Loren is an Academy Award-winning Italian actress. A striking beauty, Loren is often listed among the world's all time most attractive women.

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She still can be seen strutting down the red carpet into award shows, looking fabulous in high heels and low-cut dresses that women several decades her junior would be happy to pull off. However, after more than 100 films and five decades in the spotlight, Loren remains true to her humble Italian roots.

Perhaps the best evidence of this is the fact that as an actress Loren has always delivered her best and most acclaimed performances playing salt-of-earth women,

not bombshell heroines. As one director recently said, "Sophia is perhaps the only movie star who has never forgotten where she came from."

Now a resident of Geneva, Switzerland, Loren continues to see the world as a place full of beauty: "I always wake up early and jump out of bed—sometimes not wanting to, because one can always find an alibi not to exercise—and then I take a walk for an hour. And as I walk round the park I always think, 'Maybe round the corner I am going to find something beautiful.' I always think positively. It is very rare that you find me in a mood that is sad or melancholic."

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