Mira Sorvino
Sorvino at the 2000 Cannes Festival
Birth name	Mira Katherine Sorvino
Born	September 28, 1967 (1967-09-28) (age 40) Tenafly, New Jersey
Years active	1994 – present
Spouse(s)	Christopher Backus (2004-)
Children	Mattea Backus (b.2004) Johnny Backus (b.2006)
Parents	Paul Sorvino Lorraine Davis
Awards Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress 1995 Mighty Aphrodite Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress 1996 Mighty Aphrodite

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Biography

Early life

She is the daughter of Italian American character actor Paul Sorvino and Lorraine Davis, a drama therapist for Alzheimer's patients; she has two siblings, Michael, and Amanda, a playwriter. An Italian-American is an American of Italian descent either born in America or someone who has immigrated. ... Paul Anthony Sorvino (born April 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an Italian-American character actor whose career has largely been the portrayal of authority figures, both as legal enforcer and criminal, in television, stage, and film. ... Alzheimers disease was first described by psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin and neurologist Alois Alzheimer. ...

Her father did not want his children to become actors; at a young age, however, Sorvino wrote and acted in backyard plays with childhood friend Hope Davis, in theater productions at Dwight-Englewood High School, and 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. Hope Davis (born March 23, 1964) is an American actress. ... Dwight – Englewood School is a college preparatory institution dating back more than 100 years. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... The Nanjing Anti-African protests were mass demonstrations and riots against African students in Nanjing, China, which lasted from December 1988, to the following January. ... A cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. ...

Career

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 [1] [2] opened doors for her. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. ... A Casting director is a person who is in charge of the casting of a film or other work requiring actors. ...

After small but showy roles in Robert Redford's Quiz Show and 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 and Michele's High School Reunion (opposite Lisa Kudrow) 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. Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. ... Quiz Show is a 1994 film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s. ... Whit Stillman (born John Whitney Stillman on January 25, 1952 in New York City) is a writer-director known for his sly depictions of the urban haute bourgeoisie. He has to date filmed three comedies of manners (or comedies of mannerlessness): Metropolitan (1990), Barcelona (1994), and The Last Days of... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Königsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian, and playwright. ... The year 1995 in film involved some significant events. ... Mighty Aphrodite is a 1995 comedy film, written by, directed by and starring Woody Allen. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Romy and Micheles High School Reunion is a 1997 comedy film starring Lisa Kudrow, Mira Sorvino, Janeane Garofalo, Camryn Manheim, and Alan Cumming. ... Lisa Marie Diane Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an Emmy Award- and SAG-winning American actress best known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the hugely popular sitcom Friends. ... At First Sight is a 1999 American film. ... Val Edward Kilmer[1] (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. ... An independent film (or indie film) is a film produced without the support of a major movie studio or a big budget. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Pilatus PC-12 aircraft of the ICE The United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest investigative arm of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is responsible for identifying and shutting down vulnerabilities in the nations border, economic, transportation and infrastructure security. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Human Trafficking is a television mini-series about an agent going undercover to stop an organization from trafficking human beings. ...

Personal life

Sorvino is 5'10" tall. She dated director Quentin Tarantino for several years and was in a relationship with French actor Olivier Martinez.^{[citation needed]} The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and Oscar winning screenwriter. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Olivier Martinez (born January 12, 1966 in Paris, France) is a French film actor. ...

She met actor Christopher Backus - fourteen years her junior - at a friend's charades party in August 2003: "He walked into the kitchen looking for silverware. We saw each other and 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 and their son, Johnny Christopher King, was born on May 29, 2006. Charades or charade is a word guessing game. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for August, 2003. ... “Engaged” redirects here. ... is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A civil ceremony is a non-religious legal marriage ceremony normally conducted by a registrar. ... Nickname: Location in Santa Barbara County and the state of California Coordinates: , County Government  - Mayor Marty Blum Area  - City 111. ... For other uses, see Capri (disambiguation). ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She is affiliated with Amnesty International, and has been among the many Hollywood celebrities calling for United Nations action in Darfur. Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a pressure group that promotes human rights. ... ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... For other uses, see Darfur (disambiguation). ...

She spent a year of study in Beijing while attending Harvard. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, and also speaks French.^[1] “Peking” redirects here. ... This article is on all of the Northern Chinese dialects. ...

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, and 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 and now it’s probably going to go for $4,000 a month ... I’m a little bitter! Can you tell?”

Selected filmography

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Interviews

• interview, 10/24/05 at The Honolulu Advertiser
• interview, 10/02 at Interview Magazine
• interview, 4/02, Filmcritic.com
• interview, 1/16/99, People Online
• interview, 10/95 at MovieMaker magazine

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External links

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Mira Sorvino

• Mira Sorvino at the Internet Movie Database
• Mira Sorvino at the Notable Names Database
• Mira Sorvino at TV.com

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