20 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Related

Nicolac Cage and Sofia Copolla

9. Sofia Coppola and Nicolas Cage

These two are members of a very famous acting dynasty.

If we say that Nicolas Cage is actually called Nicolas Kim Coppola then you should begin to get the picture. Sofia and Nicolas are cousins.

Coppola was born in New York City, New York, the youngest child and only daughter of set decorator/artist Eleanor Coppola and director Francis Ford Coppola.

In 2003, Sofia Coppola received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation, and became the third woman (and first American woman) to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director.

She is also the granddaughter of the composer Carmine Coppola, sister of Roman Coppola and Gian-Carlo Coppola, niece of her father’s siblings August Coppola and Talia Shire, and a cousin to Robert Carmine.

Nicolas Cage was born in Long Beach, California, to parents August Floyd Coppola, a professor of literature and Joy (Vogelsang), a dancer and choreographer.

Through his father, Cage is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and of actress Talia Shire.

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