Mira Sorvino

Birthday:

09/28/1967

Place of birth:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA:

Biography:

Mira Katherine Sorvino (born on September 28, 1967) is an American actress. Her father is veteran actor Paul Sorvino and her mother is former actress Lorraine Davis. Her role in popular culture is forever cemented by her role as charmingly silly California girl Romy White in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997). She attended Harvard, majoring in Chinese, graduating magna cum laude in 1989, largely on the strength of her thesis, a Hoopes Prize-winning thesis on racial conflict in China, written and researched during the year spent in Beijing, which helped her fluency in Mandarin Chinese. Her first major screen appearance was in the teen series Swans Crossing, where she appeared in six episodes. When the 1993 film Amongst Friends entered preproduction, she was hired as third assistant director, then promoted to casting director, then to assistant producer, and finally offered a lead role. The positive reviews she received led to more acting opportunities. After small roles in Robert Redford's Quiz Show and Whit Stillman's Barcelona, she was cast in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995). Her portrayal of a happy-go-lucky prostitute made her a star, winning her an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Her next notable credits include Romy and Michele's High School Reunion with Lisa Kudrow, At First Sight with Val Kilmer, and Spike Lee's Summer of Sam. She portrayed Marilyn Monroe for the 1996 HBO film Norma Jean & Marilyn, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe; and had the lead role in Guillermo del Toro's horror film Mimic. In 1995, she portrayed Conchita Closson in the BBC miniseries The Buccaneers, based on Edith Wharton's last novel. She starred as Daisy Buchanan in the 2000 television film The Great Gatsby. In 2002, Sorvino appeared as the lead in The Triumph of Love, an adaptation of the 1732 Marivaux play. That same year, she also starred in Wise Girls. In 2006, she received a Golden Globe nomination for her role as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in the Lifetime film Human Trafficking. She then had a supporting role in the drama Reservation Road (2007), starred in Attack on Leningrad (2009), Multiple Sarcasms (2010), and Nancy Savoca's Union Square (2012). In the same year, she played the mother of the lead in the film adaptation of Wendy Mass's popular children's book Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life. In 2014, she reappeared as Head Detective Betsy Brannigan on the final season of Psych, and on the fourth season of Falling Skies as John Pope's love interest, Sara. She also joined the cast of the television series Intruders, playing the role of Amy Whelan. In 2019, Sorvino was cast in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood as an actor whose career stalled out after a relationship with a studio head.



Credits

The Goat (2023)
Sound of Freedom (2023)
Katherine Ballard
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022)
Anita Borgatti
After Ever Happy (2022)
Carol Young
East of the Mountains (2021)
Renee Givens
After We Fell (2021)
Carol Young
Crime Story (2021)
Nick
Val (2021)
Self (archive footage)
The Perfect Victim (2021)
Self (archive footage)
Hero Mode (2021)
Kate Mayfield
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles (2021)
Bonnie Hopkins
Most Guys Are Losers (2020)
Amy Berzins
Butter (2020)
Marian
The Islands (2019)
Mary Thornton
Badland (2019)
Sarah Cooke
Drowning (2019)
Mary
QT8: The First Eight (2019)
Self (archive footage)
Stuber (2019)
Angie McHenry
Beneath The Leaves (2019)
Detective Erica Shotwell
Look Away (2018)
Amy Brennan
Doe (2018)
The Executive
Waterlily Jaguar (2018)
Helen
No One Would Tell (2018)
Elizabeth Hanover
A Dog and Pony Show (2018)
Sarah Jean
6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
Susan Lemarqe
The Red Maple Leaf (2017)
Marianna Palermo
A Christmas to Remember (2016)
Jennifer Wade
Indiscretion (2016)
Dr. Veronica Simon
Mothers and Daughters (2016)
Georgina Scott
Exposed (2016)
Janine Cullen
Chloe and Theo (2015)
Monica
Do You Believe? (2015)
Samantha
Quitters (2015)
May Rayman
Frozen in Time (2014)
Carol (voice)
Ava & Lala (2014)
Perfect Sisters (2014)
Linda / Perfect Mom
Space Warriors (2013)
Sally Hawkins
Finding Mrs. Claus (2012)
Jessica Claus
Trade of Innocents (2012)
Claire Becker
Smitty (2012)
Amanda
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life (2012)
Elaine
Angels Crest (2011)
Angie
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
Self
Union Square (2011)
Lucy
The Presence (2010)
The Woman
Multiple Sarcasms (2010)
Cari
Like Dandelion Dust (2009)
Wendy Porter
Leningrad (2009)
Kate Davis
Reservation Road (2007)
Ruth Wheldon
Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006)
Rachel Russel
The Final Cut (2004)
Delila
WiseGirls (2002)
Meg Kennedy
Between Strangers (2002)
Natalia Bauer
Angel of Death (2002)
Maria Delgado
Massive Attack: Eleven Promos (2001)
The Grey Zone (2001)
Dina
The Triumph of Love (2001)
The Princess
Bamboozled (2000)
Herself
Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000)
Mira Sorvino
The Great Gatsby (2000)
Daisy Buchanan
Summer of Sam (1999)
Dionna
At First Sight (1999)
Amy Benic
Free Money (1998)
Agent Karen Polarski
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
Mira Sorvino
Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
Celia Burns
The Replacement Killers (1998)
Meg Coburn
Too Tired to Die (1998)
Death / Jean
Mimic (1997)
Dr. Susan Tyler
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
Romy White
Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996)
Marilyn Monroe
Beautiful Girls (1996)
Sharon Cassidy
Jake's Women (1996)
Julie
Tales of Erotica (1996)
Blue in the Face (1995)
Young lady
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Linda Ash
Sweet Nothing (1995)
Monika
Tarantella (1995)
Diane
Everybody Just Stay Calm (1994)
Self
Quiz Show (1994)
Sandra Goodwin
Parallel Lives (1994)
Matty Derosa
Barcelona (1994)
Marta Ferrer
Amongst Friends (1993)
Laura
The Dutch Master (1993)
Teresa
New York Cop (1993)
Maria
The Stuff (1985)
Factory Worker (uncredited)
Signing Day ()
Dodie & Cheryl Get Hitched ()
Dodie Pickerling
Fog of War ()
The Image of You ()
Alexia
Home Safe ()
Kiera (voice)
The Presence (2010)
Executive Producer
Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000)
Producer
Dodie & Cheryl Get Hitched ()
Producer