Mira Sorvino won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite.
17 Facts About Mira Sorvino
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Mira Sorvino starred in the films Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Mimic, Lulu on the Bridge, The Replacement Killers, Summer of Sam, and Like Dandelion Dust.
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Mira Sorvino is of Italian descent on her father's side.
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Mira 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.
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Mira Sorvino excelled in high school and was accepted into Harvard University.
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Mira Sorvino studied for one year as an exchange student with CIEE in Beijing, China, where she studied Mandarin Chinese.
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Mira Sorvino helped found the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, one of Harvard's co-ed a cappella groups, in 1985.
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Mira Sorvino starred as Daisy Buchanan in the 2000 television film The Great Gatsby.
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In 2002, Mira Sorvino appeared as the lead in The Triumph of Love, an adaptation of the 1732 Marivaux play.
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Mira Sorvino had a supporting role in the drama Reservation Road with Mark Ruffalo.
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Mira Sorvino starred in Attack on Leningrad, Multiple Sarcasms with Timothy Hutton and Stockard Channing, and Nancy Savoca's Union Square, with Patti Lupone and Tammy Blanchard.
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Mira Sorvino joined the cast of the television series Intruders, playing the role of Amy Whelan.
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In 2018, Mira Sorvino played the role of Amy in the psychological thriller Look Away, alongside Jason Isaacs and India Eisley.
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Between 1996 and 1998, Mira Sorvino was romantically involved with director Quentin Tarantino, who was her escort to the Academy Awards ceremony where she won Best Supporting Actress for Mighty Aphrodite.
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Mira Sorvino met actor Christopher Backus at a friend's charades party in August 2003.
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In September 2014, Mira Sorvino gave a wide-ranging interview on The Nerdist Podcast, where she discussed her education, living in China, and her varied interests.
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Mira Sorvino is a Christian and resides with her family in Los Angeles, California.