Talia Shire

Talia Rose Shire (née Coppola; born April 25, 1946) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather trilogy and Adrian Pennino Balboa in the Rocky series. For her work in The Godfather Part II and Rocky, Shire was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively, and for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama for her role in Rocky.

Early life and family

Shire was born Talia Rose Coppola in the Woodside section of Queens, New York,<ref>Talia Coppola in New York, New York, U.S., Birth Index, 1910-1965</ref> in 1946. Her paternal grandparents came to the United States from Bernalda, Basilicata.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Her maternal grandfather, popular Italian composer Francesco Pennino, emigrated from Naples, Italy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Shire is the only daughter of Italia (née Pennino) and arranger/composer Carmine Coppola. She is the sister of director/producer Francis Ford Coppola and academic August Coppola, the aunt of actor Nicolas Cage and director Sofia Coppola, and the niece of composer and conductor Anton Coppola.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

When she was young, her family moved to Lake Success, Long Island, New York, where she lived through high school.<ref name="Klmesrud">Template:Cite news</ref>

She has three children. Her son Matthew Orlando Shire, an accomplished TV writer and film producer, is from her first marriage, to composer David Shire. Her other sons, actors/musicians Jason and Robert, are from her second marriage, to film producer Jack Schwartzman.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Career

Shire portrayed Connie Corleone in The Godfather and its sequels and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Godfather Part II (1974).<ref name="Klmesrud"/> For her portrayal of Adrian Pennino, the love interest of Rocky Balboa in Rocky (1976),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress, the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress, and was nominated for both the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama and the Academy Award for Best Actress. In addition to reprising her Adrian role in four Rocky sequels,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Shire has appeared in such films as Kiss the Bride (2002), I Heart Huckabees (2004), and Homo Erectus (2007).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	The Wild Racers	1st Girlfriend	As Talia Coppola
1970	The Dunwich Horror	Nurse Cora	Credited as Talia Coppola
	The Butchers	Sandy
1971	Gas-s-s-s	Coralee
	The Christian Licorice Store	Last Party Guest
1972	The Godfather	Connie Corleone
	The Outside Man	Make-Up Girl
1974	The Godfather Part II	Connie Corleone
1976	Rocky	Adrianna "Adrian" Pennino
1979	Old Boyfriends	Dianne Cruise
	Prophecy	Maggie Verne
	Rocky II	Adrianna "Adrian" Pennino
1980	Windows	Emily Hollander
1982	Rocky III	Adrianna "Adrian" Pennino
1985	Rocky IV
1986	Rad	Mrs. Jones
	Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star	Dr. Tedra Rosen
1989	New York Stories	Charlotte	Segment: Life Without Zoe
1990	Rocky V	Adrianna "Adrian" Balboa
	The Godfather Part III	Connie Corleone
1991	Cold Heaven	Sister Martha
1992	Bed & Breakfast	Claire
1993	Deadfall	Sam
1997	A River Made to Drown In	Jaime's Mother
	She's So Lovely	Restaurant Owner	Uncredited
1998	Divorce: A Contemporary Western	Lacey
	Can I Play?	Robert	Short film
	Caminho dos Sonhos	Ida Stern
	The Landlady	Melanie Leroy
1999	Lured Innocence	Martha Chambers
	Palmer's Pick Up	Mr. Price
	The Black and the White	Tulip Clayton
2000	The Visit	Parole Board Member Marilyn
2001	The Whole Shebang	Countess Bazinni
2002	Kiss the Bride	Irena Sposato
2003	Family Tree	Patricia	Short film
	Dunsmore	Mildred Green
2004	I Heart Huckabees	Mrs. Silver
2005	Pomegranate	Aunt Sophia
2006	Rocky Balboa	Adrianna "Adrian" Balboa	Archival footage
2007	Homo Erectus	Ishbo's Mother
2008	Looking for Palladin	Rosario
	Dim Sum Funeral	Viola Gruber
	My Father's Will		aka My Secret Billionaire
2009	The Deported	Dina
2010	Minkow	Carole Minkow
	Scratching the Surface	Mrs. Shifman
2011	The Return of Joe Rich	Gloria Neiderman
2013	Palo Alto	Mrs. Ganem
2016	Dreamland	Victoria
2019	Working Man	Iola Parkes
2024	Megalopolis	Constance Crassus Catilina
2025	Nonnas	Teresa
TBA	That's Amore! Template:Dagger		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Foster and Laurie	Adelaide Laurie	CBS Television film
1976	Doctors' Hospital		Episode: "Lullabye"
	Rich Man, Poor Man	Teresa Santoro	ABC Television miniseries
1977	Kill Me If You Can	Rosalie Asher	NBC Television film
	The Godfather Saga	Connie Corleone
1978	Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This	Carol Agnelli	CBS Television film
1987	Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife	Gina	NBC Television film
	Faerie Tale Theatre	Wilma Van Winkle	Episode: "Rip Van Winkle"
1991	Mark Twain and Me	Jean Clemens	Television film
1992	For Richer, for Poorer	Millie Katourian	HBO Television film
	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Mrs. Leland	Episode: "Please, God, I'm Only Seventeen"
1993	Chantilly Lace	Maggie	Showtime Television film
1995	Blossom	Herself	Episode: "A Star Is Bared"
1997	Born Into Exile	Donna Nolan	NBC Television film
2007	Blue Smoke	Bianca Hale	Lifetime Television film
	Christmas at Cadillac Jack's	Peg	Television film
2017	Kingdom	Annette Kulina	Episodes: "Old Pueblo" and "Cactus"
2018	Grace and Frankie	Teddie	Episodes: "The Pop-Ups" and "The Hinge"
	Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce	Meryl Frumpkis	Episode: "Rule #149: Don't Eat the Yellow Snow"
2024	Abbott Elementary	Teresa Schemmenti	Episode: "Winter Break"

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Template:Abbr
1974	Academy Award	Best Supporting Actress	The Godfather Part II	Template:Nom
1976	Academy Award	Best Actress	Rocky	Template:Nom
	Golden Globe Award	Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama		Template:Nom
	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress		Template:Won
	National Society of Film Critics	Best Supporting Actress		Template:Won
	National Board of Review	Best Supporting Actress		Template:Won

See also

• Coppola family tree

External links

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