Sophia Lauren who is one of the most popular Hollywood female actors is regarded as one of the most talented actresses. Born in September 20 in the year 1934, Sophia Lauren is an Academy Award-winner. She is also a sex symbol and about Sophia Lauren it is said that she is the most versatile Italian actress in Hollywood. She was born in Rome with the name of Sofia Villani Scicolone. To know more about Hollywood actress- Sophia Lauren read on.
Sophia Lauren spent most days of her girlhood in poverty. Till the age of 14, she was teased as an ugly duckling before she grew up to be a beautiful lady and proved them wrong. She began her film career with low budget Italian films. Initially she also modeled for the weekly illustrated romantic stories which were famed as fumetti or fotoromanzi.
Sophia Lauren in many beauty pageants and bagged several prizes. Many of her roles in the Italian films were dubbed in English. Later she herself did the English dubbing. Her acting career skyrocketed in the 1950s when she worked on the movies-“Boy on a Dolphin” and “The Pride and the Passion”. She shot to international fame after working on a five-picture contract with the highly acclaimed Paramount Studios.
Some of the most recognized films by Sophia Lauren are-Desire Under the Elms with Anthony Perkins, Houseboat, and Heller in Pink Tights. She won several big awards for her fantastic performance in Vittorio De Sica's Two Women. She also bagged an Academy Award for Best Actress. In the 1960s Sophia Lauren was world’s no.1 actress and her career reached zenith in1964 when she acted for “The Fall of the Roman Empire”.
Some of Lauren’s best known movies are The Millionairess and A Countess from Hong Kong. She was also an eye candy for wearing the most lavish outfits in the movies. She recorded more than a 2 dozen songs, one of which was a massive best seller album.
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