Sofia Villani Scicolone was born on 20 September 1934, in Rome, Italy. She is an actress perhaps best known for her appearances in films such as “The Pride and the Passion” and “It Started in Naples”. One of her most notable films was “Two Women”, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress. She’s also won multiple awards aside from that, and all of her efforts have helped in raising her net worth.
How rich is Sophia Loren? As of early-2016, sources inform of a net worth that is at $75 million, mostly earned through a successful career in acting. She’s acted in numerous films throughout her life, and has worked with other big names in Hollywood, earning her recognition not only in Italy but worldwide as well. She’s written an autobiography which has somewhat helped with her wealth.
Sophia Loren Net Worth $75 Million
Loren was born into unusual circumstances, with a father from nobility who refused to marry her mother, who was an aspiring actress. During World War II, Sophia was hit by shrapnel which led to the family moving to Naples for a while. They returned after the war to open a pub where she waited tables and washed the dishes. Her career would begin at the age of 14, when she entered Miss Italia 1950, a beauty pageant. She didn’t win, but became one of the finalists, and later tried her hand at acting classes. She appeared in minor roles first before starring in the 1953 film “Aida”, which got her noticed. This continued with films including “Two Nights with Cleopatra” and “The Gold of Naples”.
In 1958, Paramount Pictures would offer Loren a five-picture contract which would earn her international recognition. She starred in “Desire Under the Elms, “Houseboat”, and “Heller in Pink Tights”. In 1961, she was cast in “Two Women”, and her performance earned her a Cannes Film Festival best performance award and also an Academy Award for Best Actress. She won over 22 awards for her portrayal, and became one of the top actresses in the world at that time, increasing her net worth further.
She continued to make films, at this point moving between the United States and Europe to shoot. A few of the films she made were “El Cid” with Charlton Heston, “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”, and “A Countess from Hong Kong” with Marlon Brando. After she had children, Loren lessened her time in films, and would focus more on roles in Italy. A few of the films she had during this period were “Brief Encounter”, “The Cassandra Crossing” and “A Special Day”, which was nominated for almost a dozen awards, increasing Sophia’s collection. She starred in “Brass Target” in 1978 in which she won another Golden Globe, and later her biography entitled “Sophia Loren: Living and Loving, Her Own Story” was published. Into the ’80s and ’90s, she continued to work and was eventually declared a “cinema treasure”. One of her latest films is “Nine” in 2009, which also stars Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman and Daniel Day-Lewis.
For her personal life, it is known that she married Carlo Ponti, Sr., in 1957 with a very large age gap. Carlo was married previously and had to have it annulled to avoid charges, so the two remarried in 1966. They had two children, and they remained married until his death in 2007. Loren also had an affair with Cary Grant whom she met while filming “Houseboat” in 1957. The affair ended on a bad note, and Loren decided to marry Carlo soon after. Other than that, Sophia is a Roman Catholic and stays mostly in Geneva, Switzerland.
