Biography
Mira Sorvino is an Actress from America who is known for her portrayal in Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite, she was awarded both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. She also won two Golden Globes for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film.
Age
She is 56 years old as of 28 September 2023. She was born in 1967 in Manhattan, New York, United States.
Family – Education
On September 28, 1967, Sorvino was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Paul Sorvino, an actor and film director, and Lorraine Ruth Davis, a drama therapist for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and a former actress. Michael Sorvino and Amanda Sorvino are her siblings. Her father’s side of the family is Italian. Raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, she participated in theatrical productions at Dwight-Englewood School and created and performed in backyard plays with her childhood friend Hope Davis.
Her mother, who marched on Washington in the March on Washington, had a big impact on her decision to pursue social concerns when she was younger. Due to his exceptional high school performance, Sorvino was admitted to Harvard University. She studied Mandarin Chinese for a year in Beijing, China, as an exchange student sponsored by CIEE. She earned a degree in East Asian studies from Harvard Magna Cum laude in 1989.
Husband – Children
Director Quentin Tarantino, who escorted Mira Sorvino to the Academy Awards ceremony where she won Best Supporting Actress for Mighty Aphrodite, was her romantic partner from 1996 until 1998. In August 2003, Sorvino attended a friend’s charades party where he met actor Christopher Backus. They wed in a private civil ceremony in the Santa Barbara, California, courthouse on June 11, 2004. A hilltop ceremony was held in Capri, Italy, a short time later. Two sons and two daughters make up their four children. Together, they have also acted in movies including Mothers and Daughters and Indiscretion.
Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $12 million.
Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches(1.75 m).
Mighty Aphrodite
She appeared as Linda Ash in the 1995 American comedy film Mighty Aphrodite. The movie opens in Taormina, Sicily, among the ancient Greek ruins. A Greek chorus greets the audience and introduces Lenny Weinrib, a sportswriter in Manhattan who is married to Amanda. Lenny has an obsession with finding out who Max’s biological mother is—a prostitute and sometimes porn star named Linda—after they adopt a baby boy named Max.
After assisting Linda in leaving her violent pimp, Lenny attempted to pair her up with Kevin, a boxer, but their relationship fell apart when Kevin learned about Linda’s past. Due to Amanda’s career aspirations, her affair with Jerry, and Lenny’s obsession with Linda, Lenny and Amanda’s marriage falters. But Lenny makes amends with Amanda and discovers they are still incredibly in love. When Linda, who is expecting Lenny’s child, meets Lenny and Max, they thank him for his assistance.
Human Trafficking
She appeared as Agent Kate Morozov / Katya Morozova in the television miniseries Human Trafficking. Following the third murder of a young Eastern European prostitute in New York, Russian-American NYPD Detective Kate Morozov believes that human trafficking organizations are “trafficking” these women. Under her new supervisor, Bill Meehan, the Special Agent-In-Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s New York Field Office, Kate joins the agency as a Special Agent.
Career
Sorvino started her acting profession in the high schooler TV series Swans Crossing, where she showed up in six episodes. She was subsequently recruited as third right hand chief, then elevated to projecting chief and collaborator maker prior to being offered a lead job in Woody Allen’s Powerful Aphrodite (1995). The film won her an Institute Grant and Brilliant Globe for Best Supporting Entertainer.
She has likewise showed up in different movies, including Norma Jean and Marilyn, Mirror, The Marauders, The Incomparable Gatsby, The Victory of Adoration, WiseGirls, Illegal exploitation, Reservation Street, and House. In 2008, she visitor featured as specialist Cate Milton in the “Frozen” episode of House.
She featured in a few movies, remembering Assault for Leningrad, Different Mockeries, and Association Square. In 2014, she showed up as Head Analyst Betsy Brannigan on the last time of Psych and Falling Skies. In 2016, she showed up in the Netflix series Woman Explosive as an entertainer dealing with a sitcom pilot named White Waste. In 2018, she assumed the part of Amy in the thrill ride Turn away.
In 2019, she was projected in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood as an entertainer whose profession slowed down after a relationship with a studio head. In 2022, she assumed a supporting part in Sound of Opportunity, a film about illegal exploitation in South America.
In general, Sorvino’s acting profession has been set apart by progress, acknowledgment, and a different scope of jobs.
Movies
♦ 2024 – The Image of You
♦ 2023 – Sound of Freedom
♦ 2022 – After Ever Happy
♦ 2022 – Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
♦ 2021 – The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
♦ 2021 – East of the Mountains
♦ 2021 – Hero Mode
♦ 2021 – Crime Story
♦ 2021 – After We Fell
♦ 2020 – Butter
♦ 2020 – Most Guys Are Losers
♦ 2019 – Beneath the Leaves
♦ 2019 – Stuber
♦ 2019 – Badland
♦ 2019 – Drowning
♦ 2018 – Waterlily Jaguar
♦ 2018 – Look Away
♦ 2017 – 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain
♦ 2016 – Exposed
♦ 2016 – Mothers and Daughters
TV Shows
♦ 2023–24 – Celebrity Jeopardy!
♦ 2023 – Dancing with the Stars
♦ 2022–23 – Shining Vale
♦ 2021 – Impeachment: American Crime Story
♦ 2020 – Hollywood
♦ 2018 – Condor
♦ 2018 – No One Would Tell
♦ 2018 – StartUp
♦ 2018 – Modern Family
♦ 2018 – Spy Kids: Mission Critical
♦ 2016–17 – Lady Dynamite
♦ 2016 – Indiscretion
♦ 2016 – A Christmas to Remember
♦ 2015 – Stalker
♦ 2014–15 – Falling Skies
♦ 2014 – Psych
♦ 2014 – Intruders
♦ 2012 – Finding Mrs. Claus
♦ 2009 – The Last Templar
♦ 2008 – House
♦ 2006 – Covert One: The Hades Factor