Talia Shire
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| Talia Shire | |
 Talia Shire in The Godfather, Part III |
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| Birth name | Talia Rose Coppola |
| Born | April 25, 1946 (age 60) Lake Success, New York |
| Spouse(s) | David Shire (1970-1978) Jack Schwartzman (1980-1994) |
| Notable roles | Connie Corleone in The Godfather, Part II Adrian in Rocky |
| Academy Awards | |
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| Nominated: Best Actress 1976 Rocky Nominated: Best supporting actress 1974 The Godfather, Part II |
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Talia Shire (born April 25, 1946), is an Academy Award-nominated American actress.
Born Talia Rose Coppola in Lake Success, New York; she is the sister of director and producer Francis Ford Coppola and the niece of composer and conductor Anton Coppola. She was married to composer David Shire, with whom she had a son, Matthew Orlando Shire. She has two other sons, actors/musicians Jason Schwartzman and Robert Carmine, from her second marriage to the late producer Jack Schwartzman.
Shire first became famous for her roles in The Godfather and its sequels. Later she portrayed "Adrian," the plain looking girlfriend, and later wife, of boxer Rocky Balboa (played by Sylvester Stallone) in the Rocky movies before Adrian's death. Shire appears in the final "Rocky" film, Rocky Balboa, via flashbacks to scenes from earlier films.
She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Godfather, Part II and for the Best Actress in a Leading Role for Rocky. She last acted in the romantic comedy The Last Guy on Earth (2006).
In 2006, Shire appears in two commercials for Geico, an auto insurance firm. She plays a therapist who is treating a caveman with issues about Geico's "So easy, even a caveman can do it!" advertisements.
