Sofia Coppola was born into Hollywood royalty, the daughter of one of the most applauded film directors of the twentieth century, Francis Ford Coppola (1939–). From the beginning, she seemed destined, like her father, for a movie career. A few weeks after her birth, Coppola took on her first acting role: as an infant boy in her father's epic film, The Godfather (1972). She continued to live and work under her father's wing, but his wing often cast a long shadow. 2004, Coppola finally stepped out of that shadow to claim her celebrity. She became the first American woman nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for her movie Lost in Translation (2003).