Sofia and her ex-husband Spike Jonze have both received Oscar nominations for Best Director, having been the first married couple to do so.

Sister of Roman Coppola and Gian-Carlo Coppola.

Friend of Zoe R. Cassavetes.

Her film debut: as the baby (boy!) in the christening scene toward the climax of The Godfather (1972).

Has mainly Irish and Italian ancestry, along with some English.

Is the third woman in history and the First American Woman to be nominated for a Best Director Academy Award.

Sofia and her boyfriend, "Phoenix" vocalist Thomas Mars, became the parents of a girl, Romy, on November 28, 2006 in Paris, France.

Daughter of director Francis Ford Coppola and Eleanor Coppola.

Is one of a select few who has won both an Academy Award and a Razzie.

Niece of Talia Shire, David Shire, Jack Schwartzman and August Coppola.

She was one of the cast members who were involved in all three of The Godfather films, along with Al Pacino. She played as the christened baby in The Godfather (1972), as a child on a steamboat in The Godfather: Part II (1974), and eventually as Mary Corleone in The Godfather: Part III (1990). Nevertheless, her appearances in the first and second movie were left uncredited.

A friendship of many years with Quentin Tarantino blossomed into a serious relationship recently following Sofia's separation from her husband, Spike Jonze.

Aunt of Gia Coppola.

Studied photography at Mills College in Oakland, California, just east of San Francisco, and painting at the California Institute of the Arts (Cal-Arts) in Valencia, California, just north of Los Angeles.

Her first appearance on film was as the baby in the Baptism sequence in The Godfather (1972). This was the inspiration for a scene in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), in which Chancellor Palpatine declares the formation of the Empire while Anakin Skywalker kills the separatist leaders. Coppola appeared earlier in the Star Wars series, as the handmaiden Sache in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).

Designer for street fashion label Milkfed, which she calls "a small t-shirt company"

Designer Marc Jacobs named a bag after her: The Sofia Bag.

Is one of two "Star Wars" cast members to direct a cast mate in a movie. Frank Oz directed Ian McDiarmid in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) and Terence Stamp in Bowfinger (1999). Coppola directed Hayden Christensen in The Virgin Suicides (1999) and Rose Byrne in Marie Antoinette (2006).

Great-granddaughter of Francesco Pennino.

Granddaughter of Carmine Coppola and Italia Coppola.

Cousin of Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman.

Replaced Winona Ryder in the role of Mary Corleone in The Godfather: Part III (1990).

In 2004, she became the first American woman ever nominated for best director Oscar. The two other past Oscar nominees were Jane Campion who is a New Zealander and Lina Wertmüller who is Italian.

Has stated that her favorite band is The Chemical Brothers.

Cousin of Nicolas Cage, Marc Coppola and Christopher Coppola.

With her 2004 Oscar win for screen writing, she joined her family, The Coppolas, to becoming the second family to have Oscar winners in three generations with her father, Francis Ford Coppola, grandfather, Carmine Coppola, and cousin, Nicolas Cage, all winners. The first family is the Hustons - Anjelica Huston, John Huston and Walter Huston.