Mira Sorvino, Actress, - Biography
Actress,
A
pic of her
Birth name Mira Katherine Sorvino
Born September 28, 1967,
Tenafly, New Jersey, USA
Spouse(s) Christopher Backus (2004 - present)
Notable
roles Linda in Mighty Aphrodite
Romy in Romy & Michele's High School Reunion
Height 5 foot 10
Mira is the daughter of
Lorraine Davis, a drama therapist for Alzheimer's patients, & Italian American
character actor Paul Sorvino; she has two siblings, Michael, & Amanda, a playwright.
Her father did not want his children to become actors; at a young age, however, Sorvino wrote & acted in backyard plays with childhood friend Hope Davis, in theater productions at Dwight-Englewood High School, & later at Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude in East Asian Studies. Her thesis was on anti-African sentiment in China. While at Harvard, she helped found the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, one of Harvard's premier co-ed a cappella groups.
Career
She spent the
next three years in New York City, trying to make a name for herself as an actress.
When the 1993 film Amongst Friends entered pre-production, she was hired as third
assistant director, then was promoted to casting director, then to assistant producer,
& was finally offered a lead role. Positive reviews opened doors for her.
After small but showy roles in Robert Redford's Quiz Show & Whit Stillman's Barcelona, her portrayal of a squeaky-voiced, foul-mouthed prostitute in Woody Allen's 1995 film Mighty Aphrodite won her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other credits include Romy & Michele's High School Reunion (opposite Lisa Kudrow) & At First Sight with Val Kilmer. In recent years, she has appeared in lower budget & independent films. In 2005, she received a Golden Globe nomination for her role as an Immigration & Customs Enforcement agent in the Lifetime film Human Trafficking.
Personal life
She dated director Quentin Tarantino
for several years & was in a relationship with French actor Olivier Martinez.
She met actor Christopher Backus at a friend's charades party in August 2003: "He walked into the kitchen looking for silverware. We saw each other & something made us want to talk to each other more". She told People. They were engaged within a month. On June 11, 2004, they married in a private civil ceremony at a Santa Barbara, California courthouse, then later had a hilltop ceremony in Capri, Italy. Their daughter, Mattea Angel, was born on November 3, 2004 & their son, Johnny Christopher King, was born on May 29, 2006.
She is affiliated with Amnesty International, & has been among the many Hollywood celebrities calling for United Nations action in Darfur.
She spent a year of study in Beijing while attending Harvard. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, & also speaks French.
In October of 2006, she was successfully evicted from her rent-stabilized one-bedroom apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan near Central Park when her landlord claimed that it was not her primary residence. She told New York magazine, “My landlords are selling the building, & they want the units cleared so they can turn it into a luxury rental, even though it’s a one-bedroom. I mean, it’s 600 square feet! No great digs, but I loved it & now it’s probably going to go for $4,000 a month ... I’m a little bitter! Can you tell?”
Selected filmography
Year Title
Role Other notes
1994 Barcelona Marta Ferrer
1995 Mighty Aphrodite Linda
Ash
1996 Norma Jean & Marilyn Marilyn Monroe
1996 Beautiful Girls
Sharon Cassidy
1997 Romy & Michele's High School Reunion Romy White
1997
Mimic Dr. Susan Tyler
1998 The Replacement Killers Meg Coburn
1998 Lulu
on the Bridge Celia Burns
1999 At First Sight Amy Benic
1999 Summer of
Sam Dionna
2000 The Great Gatsby Daisy
2002 Wise Girls Meg Kennedy
2002
The Triumph of Love The Princess/Phocion/Aspasie
2004 The Final Cut Delila
2005 Human Trafficking Kate Morozov
Written in May 2007
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