In Hollywood, everyone knows everyone. Despite being the city of lights and stars, seemingly vast and full of people, it’s like a small town. Either everyone’s dated, is related, or is a godparent to a celebrity’s kid or grandkid. Now, we all know who the legendary actress Sophia Loren is, but her lookalike granddaughter Lucia-Sofia Ponti has been making headlines for the past year, and now, fans want to know everything about her. Back in Nov 2024, Loren’s granddaughter Lucia made her public debut in a super-cool way: at Le Bal des Debutantes, and now, People just revealed something else cool about her: who her celebrity godmother is.
Here are a couple of hints: Lucia’s godmother is a Grey’s Anatomy alum who is also the stepdaughter of Steven Spielberg. Any guesses? If you guessed Jessica Capshaw, then you’re right!
For those who don’t know, Loren’s son, Italian director Edoardo Ponti, has two children named Lucia Sofia (born on May 12, 2006) and Leonardo Fortunato (born on Dec. 20, 2010) with his wife of nearly twenty years, Rizzoli & Isles actress Sasha Alexander. And this is relevant because Alexander and Capshaw are longtime pals.
And since they’re longtime pals, Capshaw became the godmother to Lucia, and Alexander became the godmother to Capshaw’s son, Luke Gavigan.
While they’re both on the more private side, Capshaw did talk about her and Alexander’s friendship on Instagram, saying, “#fbf Me and my best friend @sashaalexander hanging out at some event a lifetime ago. I think it was before husbands and before kids and before getting to have our dreams come true and becoming real life working actresses. We’ve seen so much together and supported each other in every way that one can. I adore her on every level and every picture that I see of us together makes my heart smile.”
And for those wondering if Capshaw and Lucia are close: again, the whole family is quite private, but fans did get a cute moment from the two. Back in Aug 2023, during Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, Capshaw, Alexander, and Lucia went out partying, and shared a video of it all to Alexander’s Instagram with the caption reading, “I get it now #swifties.. I am IN!”
You might be surprised at whose kids have famous celebrity godparents!
