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Sophia is mentioned in Bob Dylan's song "I Shall Be Free".
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Sofia stands at 5' 8½" or 1.74 m.
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Sophia was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, Beauty over 60, in May 2007.
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Sophia wasn't able to attend the Oscar ceremony in which she won for best Actress and so Greer Garson accepted it on her behalf.
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Sophia Lauren, at 72, is to appear in the 2007 Pirelli calendar.
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In 1940, at the age of six, Loren was hit by shrapnel in her chin, in her home town of Pozzuoli, by a World War II bomber.
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In 1991, People choose Loren as as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world.
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Loren has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 7050 Hollywood Blvd. Her star is for contributions to motion pictures.
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Loren's sister, Anna Maria Scicolone, was once married to Romano Mussolini, the son of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
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The Archbishop of Genoa once said that, although the Vatican was against the cloning of humans, an exception might be made in the case of Sophia Loren.
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Loren is the only female Academy Award winner to win an Oscar for playing a character in a foreign language film.
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In 1990 Loren was awarded the Honorary Academy Award for a career rich with memorable performances that has added permanent luster to our art form.
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Loren was nominated for the Golden Glove Best Performance Award in 1994 for her role in Preta-a-Proter.
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Loren won the ShoWest Convention in the US for a Lifetime Achievement Award.
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In 1979 Loren was challenged with the part of Maria in the movie Brass Target.
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In 1986 Loren played Marianna Miraldo in the TV movie Courage.
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Rosa Priore was the role Loren played in Sabato, Domenica e Lunedi in 1990.
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Loren stared in Grumpier Old Men in 1995 as the character of Maria Ragetti.
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Loren played the character of Olivia in the series Between Strangers in 2002.
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Loren stared in the mini series Lives of the Saints as Teresa Innocente in 2004.
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Loren went by several different names in her lifetime. Some of them were Sofia Lazzaro, Sofia Scicolone.
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Loren was born Sofia Villani Scicolone.
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Married to Carlo Ponti, Loren was as she was quoted as saying, she was extremely happy.
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Loren parents are Romilda Villani and Riccardo Scicolone.
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Loren won the Popularity Awards for the American Legion 2 times.
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In Loren magazine Loren was named the Most Beautiful Woman in the World.
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Loren won 14 Bambi Awards and 1 Bravo Popularity Award in Germany.
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In Finland Loren won the Snosikj Popularity Award four time.
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In Moscow Loren won the Best Actress Award at the Moscow Film Festival.
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Loren was nominated and won the Two Best Actress Awards at the Bengal Film Journalists Association in India.
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Loren won the Rudolph Valentino Screen Services Award in Italy.
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Loren maintains two residences in the United States and Sweden.
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Loren is perhaps Italy's most famous celebrity having appeared in more than 100 films. She won a Best Actress Oscar in Italian director Vittorio De Sica's 1962 classic Two Women.
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Playboy Magazine voted and ranked Loren number 6 of the most 100 sexiest people of the Century.
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Loren won a 1961 Academy Award for Two Women, a film about a mother and daughter trapped in wartime Rome.
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Loren married Carlo Ponti in 1957. She has two sons, Carlo Jr . and Eduardo.
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Loren has presented the 30th, 35th, 65th and 71st Annual Academy Awards.