Mira Sorvino
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Mira Sorvino at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Mira Katherine Sorvino September 28, 1967 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher Backus (m. 2004) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) |
Paul Sorvino Lorraine Ruth Davis |
| Website | Mira Sorvino on Twitter |
Mira Katherine Sorvino (born September 28, 1967) is an American actress. She came to prominence after winning the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as a hooker with a heart of gold in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995). She is also known for starring in the films Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), Mimic (1997), The Replacement Killers (1998), Summer of Sam (1999), and Like Dandelion Dust (2009). She received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her role in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996), and a Golden Globe nomination for her role in Human Trafficking (2005).
Sorvino was born in New York City. Her mother, Lorraine Ruth Davis, is a drama therapist for Alzheimer's disease patients and a former actress; her father, Paul Sorvino, is a character actor and film director. She has two siblings, Michael and Amanda. Sorvino is of Italian descent on her father's side.
Sorvino was raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, where she wrote and acted in backyard plays with her childhood friend Hope Davis and in theater productions at Dwight-Englewood School. Sorvino was accepted into Harvard University, and studied for one year as an exchange student with CIEE in Beijing, China, where she became fluent in Mandarin Chinese. In 1989, she graduated from Harvard magna cum laude with a degree in East Asian Studies. She also helped found the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, one of Harvard's co-ed a cappella groups in 1985.
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