Talia Rose Shire, née Coppola (born April 25, 1946 in Lake Success, New York) is an American actress of Italian descent.
The daughter of composer Carmine Coppola and younger sister of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, she is best known for her roles as Connie Corleone in her brother's acclaimed film series The Godfather and as Adrian Balboa in the Rocky film series. She was nominated at the Academy Awards for said roles, in Godfather Part II and in the first Rocky respectively.
She was married to composer David Shire from 1970 to 1980 and kept his surname professionally (she was credited as "Talia Coppola" before 1970), then remarried to producer Jack Schwartzman in 1980. She is the mother of actor Jason Schwartzman and filmmaker Robert Schwartzman, and the aunt of Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola and Nicolas Cage.
Selected filmography:
- The Dunwich Horror (1970) as Nurse Cora
- The Godfather as Constanzia "Connie" Corleone
- The Godfather Part I (1972)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- The Godfather Part III (1990)
- Rocky as Adrianna "Adrian" Balboa, née Pennino
- Prophecy (1979) as Maggie Verne
- RAD (1986) as Mrs. Jones
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1987) as Wilma Van Winkle
- New York Stories (1989) as Charlotte
- Deadfall (1993) as Sam
- I ♡ Huckabees (2004) as Mrs. Silver
- Kingdom (2017) as Annette Kulina
- Grace and Frankie (2018) as Teddie
