Hottest Pictures Of Mira Sorvino. Mira Sorvino is a famous American actress and producer. She is best known for her performance in the Woody Allen movie Mighty Aphrodite, for which she won a lot of awards and critical acclaim. She is also a social worker and has worked as the UN Goodwill Ambassador for Human Rights.
Mira was born on September 28, 1967, in New York City. Her parents were both actors. Mira’s father was Paul Sorvino, a director, an actor, and Lorraine Ruth Davis, her mother, was an actor and drama therapist. Despite his profession, Mira’s father discouraged her from joining show business.
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However, Mira followed her path and went on to become very successful at her job. She was also an excellent student and attended Harvard University, where she graduated with honors in 1989. She received ‘magna cum laude’ that year. Mira also spent a year in China with the students’ exchange program.
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Mira is also fluent in Mandarin, along with English. Mira has two siblings – a younger brother, Michael Sorvino, and a younger sister, Amanda Sorvino. As a child, she used to perform plays in her locality with her friend, Hope Davis.
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Sorvino moved to New York to start her career and did odd day jobs to support herself during her pre-debut days. She had also worked at a production company owned by Robert De Niro. Her television debut happened with a small role in Law & Order. She made her movie debut with Among Friends in 1993 and was also the movie’s associate producer.
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After her remarkable performance in Mighty Aphrodite, she played Conchita Closson in The Buccaneers, a BBC mini-series. Apart from these, she has worked in Norma Jean & Marilyn, Mimic, The Replacement Killers, Summer of Sam, The Gray Zone, Trade of Innocents Falling Skies, Psych, and Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion.
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Mira has also produced Lisa Picard is Famous. She appeared in the Great Gatsby alongside Paul Rudd. Mira was in a relationship with Quentin Tarantino from 1996 to 1998. She tied the knot with Christopher Backus in 2004, and they have four children together – Mattea Angel, Lucia, Johny Christopher, and Paul Terry.