Mira Katherine Sorvino is a renowned American actress and producer. She came to limelight after winning the Oscar Award and Golden Globe for best supporting actress for her performance in Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite Both her parents Paul and Lorraine were actors by profession. She was an excellent student and graduated from Harvard University with special honors. She started her career in acting despite discouragement from her father. During her three decade long career in acting and production, she got nominated for several awards and won many. She got critical acclaim for her role in the movie ‘Mighty Aphrodite’. She did different types of roles in movies and television serials and each of these roles exhibited her versatility as an actress. Her mother influenced her to work for different social causes. She has been working for the Amnesty International for more than a decade. She has also worked as the U.N Goodwill Ambassador and is actively working for human rights.
Mira Sorvino Biography
Mira Sorvino was born to Lorraine Ruth Davis and Paul Sorvino on 28th September 1967 in New York City. Her father Paul was a film director and actor while her mother was an actress who became a drama therapist later on. She was brought up in New Jersey and attended Englewood High School there. During her school days she wrote and acted in plays. She did her graduation in East Asian Studies from Harvard University in 1989 and received ‘magna cum laude’. She spent one year in China under student exchange program. She learnt Mandarin very well in order to accomplish her thesis on racial conflicts in China. She has two siblings. Her younger brother is Michael Sorvino and her younger sister is Amanda Sorvino. She performed plays in her locality with her childhood friend Hope Davis.
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Career: Sorvino’s acting career started when she was very young. She went to New York City to start her career in acting and did odd jobs and worked at ‘Tibeca’, a production company owned by renowned actor, Robert De Niro. Once she got into acting, she acted in a variety of movies that ranged from comedy, thriller to action drama. She started working in Television in 1990 appearing in a small role in ‘Law & Order’. Her debut movie was ‘Amongst Friends’ that was released in 1993. She was also the associate producer of this movie.
She got a remarkable role in the movie ‘Mighty Aphrodite’ (1995), which was directed by Woody Allen. In 1995, she played the role of Conchita Closson in ‘The Buccaneers’, a mini series of BBC that was adapted from Edith Wharton’s novel. In 1996, she made remarkable impact with the movie ‘Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) playing the role of beautiful blonde Marilyn Monroe co-starring with Ashley Judd.