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Name: Mira Sorvino
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Date of Birth:
September 28, 1967
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Place of Birth:
Tenafly, New Jersey, USA
Mini-bio:
She is the daughter of Lorraine Davis, a drama therapist for Alzheimer's patients, and veteran Italian American actor Paul Sorvino; she has two siblings, Michael, and Amanda, a playwright.
Her fath
...( read more)er did not want his children to become actors; at a young age, however, Mira wrote and acted in backyard plays with childhood friend Hope Davis, in theater productions in high school, and later at Harvard University. While at Harvard, Sorvino help found the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, one of Harvard's premier co-ed a cappella groups.
Sorvino 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, and was finally offered a lead role. Positive reviews opened her doors for her.
It was Sorvino's portrayal of a squeaky-voiced, foul-mouthed prostitute in Woody Allen's 1995 film Mighty Aphrodite that won her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other credits include Romy and Michele's High School Reunion and At First Sight with Val Kilmer. In recent years, she has appeared in lower budget and independent films. In 2005, she received a Golden Globe nomination for her role as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in the Lifetime film Human Trafficking.
Sorvino dated director Quentin Tarantino for several years and was in a relationship with French actor Olivier Martinez.
She met actor Christopher Backus at a friend's charades party in August 2003. They were engaged within a month. They were married on June 11, 2004. Their daughter, Mattea Angel, was born on November 4, 2004 and their son, Johnny Christopher King, was born on May 29, 2006.
Sorvino is affiliated with Amnesty International, and has been among the many Hollywood celebrities calling for United Nations action in Darfur.
She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, and also speaks French.
![Mira Sorvino as Dr. Susan Tyler in Mimic [1998]](http://content8.flixster.com/photo/10/89/01/10890138_tmb.jpg)
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