Sophia Loren

Nude movie roles: XXX

Place of birth: Pozzuoli, Campania, Italy

Date of birth: 1934-09-20

Remembered primarily for her roles in saucy Italian sex comedies such as Boccaccio '70 (1962) and Marriage Italian-Style (1964), volcanically voluptuous Sophia Loren is indisputably hot, hot, hot--a sex symbol for the ages. However, this skinema siren also has the acting chops to back up the low-cut gowns and come-hither looks, giving her a depth and range beyond many of her peers. The raven-haired cannoli received the first Oscar for a performance given entirely in another language as the lead in the intense Italian war drama Two Women (1961). Hollywood called, and she held her own alongside leading men John Wayne, Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, and Alan Ladd while continuing to turn out quality work in international productions such as El Cid (1961) and Arabesque (1966). Sadly, she's also held onto most of her clothing through the years--notable exceptions being her brief topless scene in Era lui... s