Sophia Loren
Awards & Honours
49
Awards Won
6
Honours
3
Rankings
5
Covers
3
Records
Sophia Loren's trophy case is extraordinary. She is the first and only performer to win an Oscar for a non-English-language role. Her seven David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress stand as a record. She has received an Academy Honorary Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. France made her a Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Italy awarded her the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her 21st among the greatest stars of American film history, and she remains the last living figure on that list as of 2026.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Academy Honorary Award
Lifetime achievement award.
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Lifetime achievement in motion pictures.
Knight of the Legion of Honour
France's highest civil award.
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Italy's highest honor.
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Located at 1615 Vine Street.
Key to the City of Naples
Honorary key presented by the mayor.
Rankings & Lists
AFI's 100 Greatest Stars of All Time
50 Most Beautiful People in the World
100 Sexiest Movie Stars
Magazine Covers
TIME
1962-04-06
Sophia Loren: The New Italian Star
Life
1964-01-01
Sophia Loren: The Sexiest Woman Alive
Vogue Italia
1992-12-01
Sophia Loren: A Life in Fashion
Vanity Fair
1995-02-01
Sophia Loren: Still the Queen
People
1995-05-08
Sophia Loren: At 60, She's Still the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
Records & Feats
First person to win an Oscar for a non-English-language performance
Won Best Actress for Two Women (1960), an Italian-language film.
Most David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress (7 wins)
Won seven times, more than any other actress in the award's history.
Last surviving entrant from AFI's 1999 list of greatest American screen legends
As of 2026, Loren is the only living person from the AFI's 100 Greatest Stars of All Time list.