With the exception of the costume/historical film Marie Antoinette, all her work has been positively accepted. So far Coppola has directed a total of four films and has won many other awards, including the Golden Globe. It was immediately obvious that behind the camera was where Sofia belonged. This seemed clear to Coppola herself as she quickly abandoned acting in favor of writing her own scripts and directing her own films, quickly gaining widespread acclaim and, eventually, her own Oscar (for writing Lost in Translation). The role was supposed to have gone to Winona Ryder and Coppola wasn’t terrific, not showing the same type of acting jobs as famous relatives like Cage, Shire (Connie in The Godfather movies and Adrian in the Rocky series), and Schwartzman. The career of Sofia Coppola began with a rather unfortunate venture into acting with a role in her father’s Godfather trilogy, as the doomed Mary Corleone, only daughter of Al Pacino’s Michele Corleone. 2010) - decided on the small Italian town to make their vows in a decidedly elegant affair that says so much about Sofia’s personality. It was fitting that Coppola and Mars - parents to daughters Romy (b.
Wedding guests were rumored to have included George Lucas, Johnny Depp and famous family members like Nicolas Cage, Jason Schwartzman and his mother, Talia Shire. It was Sofia’s famous papà, Oscar winning director Francis Ford Coppola, who walked his daughter down the aisle for the garden ceremony at the family’s Palazzo Margherita, a 19th century mansion in Bernalda.
For the civil ceremony the stylish Sofia eschewed traditional white in favor of the most delicate shade of lavender tulle and a dress that was custom designed for her by Azzedine Alaïa. For her wedding in August 2011 the Oscar winner chose the Italian town of Bernalda, the birthplace of her grandparents, as the site of her nuptials to rocker Thomas Mars, the father of her two daughters.
When So fia Coppola got married for the second time she chose a place that was quite significant, a clear message of just how much her family and its history has played an important role in the writer/director’s life.