Biografia

Her mother won an all-Italy Greta Garbo lookalike contest run by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1932; but, being only 17 years old, her mother would not allow her to pursue her Hollywood dream. Soon after, she became pregnant with Sofia.

Hating beauty salons, she does her hair and nails herself.

Suffered from stage fright and, therefore, never appeared in a theatrical production.

Received an honorary citizenship in her hometown of Pozzuoli, Italy on June 22, 2005 (she gave up her Italian citizenship and became a French citizen years ago because of legal and tax problems she and her husband incurred in Italy).

Godmother of Drew Barrymore.

Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got.

Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.

[on adultery] It's a game I never play.

Bocca da fuoco (1979) - $1,000,000

Obiettivo Brass (1979) - $1,000,000

L'uomo della Mancha (1973) - $750,000

Judith (1966) - $1,000,000

La caduta dell'impero romano (1964) - $1,000,000