Talia Shire
Talia Rose Shire (née Coppola; born April 25, 1946) is an American actress who played roles as Connie Corleone in "The Godfather" films and Adrian 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". Personal life. Shire was born Talia Rose Coppola in Lake Success, New York in 1946, into a Catholic family of Italian immigrant ancestry, the only daughter of  Italia (née Pennino) and arranger/composer Carmine Coppola. Her paternal grandparents came to the United States from Bernalda, Basilicata. Her maternal grandfather, popular Italian composer Francesco Pennino, emigrated from Naples, Italy. Talia is the sister of director and 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. She has three children. Her son Matthew Orlando Shire is the child of her first marriage to composer David Shire. Her other sons, actors/musicians Jason and Robert, are from her second marriage, to the  film producer Jack Schwartzman. 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). For her portrayal of Adrian Pennino, the love interest of Rocky Balboa in "Rocky" (1976), 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, Shire has appeared in such films as "Kiss the Bride" (2002), "I Heart Huckabees" (2004), and "Homo Erectus" (2007).