theOscarSite Facts:
Birth Name:
  • Mira Katherine Sorvino
Birth Date:
  • 28 September 1967
Birthplace:
  • Tenafly, NJ
Quote:
  • "There's a side of my personality that goes completely against the East Coast educated person and wants to be a pin-up girl in garages across America... there's a side that wants to wear the pink angora bikini!"
Education:
  • Attended Dwight Englewood High School, Englewood, NJ.
  • Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1990, with a A.B. in Asian Studies
Factoids:
  • Speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese
  • Is fluent in French
  • Height = 5'11"
  • Appeared as Julie Camalletti on "The Guiding Light" (1991)
Love Interests:
  • Husband: Christopher Backus, actor (married 2004)
  • Dated: Olivier Martinez, actor (1999)
  • Dated: Marc Anthony, singer (1998)
  • Dated: Quentin Tarantino, writer-director (1996-1998)
Family:
  • Father: Paul Sorvino, actor
  • Mother: Lorraine Davis
  • Sister: Amanda Sorvino, writer-producer
  • Brother: Michael Sorvino, actor
  • Daughter: Mattea Angel, b. 2004
  • Son: Johnny Christopher King, b. 2006
Feature Film
Credits:
  • Like Dandelion Dust (2008)
    Sweet Flame (2008)
    Multiple Sarcasms (2008)
    The Trouble with Cali (2008)
    Leningrad (2007)
    Reservation Road (2007)
    The Final Cut (2004)
    Gods and Generals (2003)
    Between Strangers (2002)
    Semana Santa (2002)
    Wisegirls (2002)
    The Grey Zone (2001)
    The Triumph of Love (2001)
    Joan of Arc: The Virgin Warrior (2000)
    Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
    Bamboozled (2000)
    Famous (2000, also producer)
    Summer of Sam (1999)
    At First Sight (1999)
  • Free Money (1998)
    Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
    Too Tired to Die (1998)
    The Replacement Killers (1998)
    Mimic (1997)
    Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
    New York Cop (1996)
    Sweet Nothing (1996)
    "Norma Jean & Marilyn" (1996, TV)
    Tarantella (1996)
    Beautiful Girls (1996)
    Tales of Erotica (1996)
    Blue in the Face (1995)
    Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
    Everybody Just Stay Calm (1994)
    Quiz Show (1994)
    Barcelona (1994)
    Amongst Friends (1993, also assoc. producer)
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