Mira Sorvino

{{Infobox person

| name = Mira Sorvino

| image = File:Mira Sorvino Seattle.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Sorvino at a convention in Seattle in 2025.

| birth_name = Mira Katherine Sorvino

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1967|9|28}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| spouse = {{Marriage|Christopher Backus
|2004}}

| children = 4

| years_active = 1985–present

| occupation = Actress

| alma_mater = Harvard University (AB)

| awards = Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture

| father = Paul Sorvino

| mother =

| relatives = Michael Sorvino (brother)

}}

Mira Katherine Sorvino ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|iː|r|ə|_|s|ɔr|ˈ|v|iː|n|oʊ}}; born {{birth date|mf=yes|1967|9|28}}) is an American actress. She rose to stardom with her performance as a prostitute in the comedy film Mighty Aphrodite (1995), which won her both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.

Sorvino also starred in the films Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), Mimic (1997), Lulu on the Bridge (1998), The Replacement Killers (1998), Summer of Sam (1999), Gods and Generals (2003), Like Dandelion Dust (2009), and Sound of Freedom (2023). For her work in television, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) and nominated twice for a Golden Globe for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for her performance as Detective Kate Morozov and for her leading role in Human Trafficking (2005).

Early life

Sorvino was born on September 28, 1967, in Manhattan, New York City,{{cite web |title=Mira Sorvino |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mira-Sorvino |access-date=March 18, 2022 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331130126/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mira-Sorvino |url-status=live }} to Lorraine Ruth Davis, a drama therapist for Alzheimer's disease patients and former actress, and Paul Sorvino, an actor and film director.{{cite news |last=Laurino |first=Maria |title=The Many Screen Ethnicities of Mira Sorvino |work=The New York Times |date=August 28, 1994 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/28/movies/film-the-many-screen-ethnicities-of-mira-sorvino.html |access-date=February 11, 2014 |archive-date=March 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309092659/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/28/movies/film-the-many-screen-ethnicities-of-mira-sorvino.html |url-status=live }} She has two siblings, Michael Sorvino and Amanda. She is of Italian descent on her father's side.{{cite web |last=O'Neal |first=Sean |title=Mira Sorvino Random Roles |date=November 23, 2011 |work=A.V. Club |url=https://www.avclub.com/mira-sorvino-1798228602 |access-date=May 7, 2012 |archive-date=May 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511082534/http://www.avclub.com/articles/mira-sorvino,65618/? |url-status=live }}

She was raised in Tenafly, New Jersey,Seal, Mark. [https://hub.aa.com/en/aw/barcelona-mira-sorvino-actress-paul-sorvino "Mira Sorvino's Barcelona"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201212333/https://hub.aa.com/en/aw/barcelona-mira-sorvino-actress-paul-sorvino |date=February 1, 2015 }}, American Way, January 1, 2001. Accessed December 18, 2013. "When Mira Sorvino arrived in Barcelona in 1994 to film a movie called Barcelona, she had a past in academia and a future in acting. Raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, she was the daughter of tough-guy character actor Paul Sorvino, who raised his kids to strive for an education instead of childhood acting careers." where she wrote and acted in backyard plays with her childhood friend Hope Davis, and in theater productions at Dwight-Englewood School.Ervolino, Bill. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/2017/10/10/tenaflys-mira-sorvino-says-she-weinstein-victim/751450001/ "Tenafly's Mira Sorvino says she was a Weinstein victim"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129110537/https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/2017/10/10/tenaflys-mira-sorvino-says-she-weinstein-victim/751450001/ |date=November 29, 2018 }}, The Record (Bergen County), October 10, 2017. Accessed June 14, 2018. "Sorvino, who was raised in Tenafly and took part in theater productions at the Dwight-Englewood School when she was a youngster, told a local news outlet in Los Angeles that Weinstein lured her into his hotel room in 1995 when they were in Canada promoting the Woody Allen film Mighty Aphrodite, the film which earned Sorvino her best-supporting actress award." As a child, she was strongly influenced to pursue social causes by her mother, who participated in the 1963 March on Washington.{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/mira-sorvino-9542375|work=Biography.com|title=Mira Sorvino|publisher=The Biography Channel|access-date=December 28, 2016|archive-date=December 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222204634/http://www.biography.com/people/mira-sorvino-9542375|url-status=dead}}

Sorvino excelled in high school and was accepted into Harvard University. She studied for one year as an exchange student with CIEE in Nanjing, China, where she studied Mandarin Chinese.{{cite web |last=Brennan |first=Sandra |title=Mira Sorvino |work=Allmovie |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/mira-sorvino-p167475 |access-date=February 11, 2014 |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220002019/http://www.allmovie.com/artist/mira-sorvino-p167475 |url-status=live }} In 1989, she graduated from Harvard magna cum laude with a degree in East Asian studies.{{cite web |work=Harvard University |url=http://www.harvard.edu/notable-graduates |title=Notable Graduates |access-date=May 7, 2012 |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512085119/http://www.harvard.edu/notable-graduates |url-status=dead }} She also helped found the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, one of Harvard's co-ed a cappella groups, in 1985.{{cite web |url=http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~veritone/?page_id=2 |title=The Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones |work=Harvard University |access-date=May 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414220320/http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~veritone/?page_id=2 |archive-date=April 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

Career

File:Mira Sorvino Olivier Martinez.jpg at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival]]

Sorvino's first major screen appearance was in the teen television 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{{Cite web|url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/a/amongst.html|title=Review: Amongst Friends|author=Berardinelli, James|year=1993|access-date=July 10, 2017|archive-date=June 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621060727/https://preview.reelviews.net/movies/a/amongst.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Amongst Friends|author=Hinson, Hal|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 13, 1993|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/amongstfriendsrhinson_a0a841.htm|access-date=September 5, 2017|archive-date=December 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203063647/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/amongstfriendsrhinson_a0a841.htm|url-status=live}} led to more acting opportunities.

After supporting 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{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996/|title=The 68th Academy Awards|year=1996|access-date=November 9, 2014|archive-date=November 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109213421/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996|url-status=live}} and Golden Globe{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/mira-sorvino|title=Mira Sorvino|website=www.goldenglobes.com|access-date=Jul 27, 2019|archive-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416011004/https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/mira-sorvino|url-status=live}} for Best Supporting Actress. Although the film brought her international recognition, she described its shooting as extremely stressful: "I was absolutely neurotic doing Mighty Aphrodite," she recalled. "Every night brought a new nervous breakdown. I'd cry and talk to God, I was so nervous. Then the next day, I'd show up and do my scenes."

Her other 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.

File:Mira Sorvino 2001.jpg, Washington, D.C. 2001]]

In 2002, Sorvino appeared as the lead in The Triumph of Love, an adaptation of the 1732 Marivaux play.{{cite journal|journal=Out|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qWIEAAAAMBAJ&q=mira+sorvino+gay&pg=PA40|title=Mira Sorvino|date=May 2002|page=40|author=Musto, Michael|via=Google Books|access-date=October 27, 2020}} {{Open access}} That year she also starred in WiseGirls alongside Mariah Carey and Melora Walters.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/markets-festivals/wisegirls-1200551902/|website=Variety|title=Wisegirls|date=15 January 2002|accessdate=April 20, 2021|archive-date=April 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420065243/https://variety.com/2002/film/markets-festivals/wisegirls-1200551902/|url-status=live}} 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 had a supporting role in the drama Reservation Road (2007) with Mark Ruffalo.

In February 2008, she guest-starred as psychiatrist Cate Milton in the "Frozen" episode of the medical television drama House. Plans to make hers a recurring character were interrupted by the writers' strike.{{Cite web|url=http://thetvaddict.com/2008/01/24/tv-addict-interview-mira-sorvino-guest-stars-on-house/|title=TV Addict Interview: Mira Sorvino Guest Stars on HOUSE|author=Vosmikova, Isabella|date=January 24, 2008|access-date=March 30, 2008|archive-date=December 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203082902/http://www.thetvaddict.com/2008/01/24/tv-addict-interview-mira-sorvino-guest-stars-on-house/|url-status=live}}

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She starred in Attack on Leningrad (2009), Multiple Sarcasms (2010) with Timothy Hutton and Stockard Channing, and Nancy Savoca's Union Square (2012), with Patti Lupone and Tammy Blanchard.[http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2011/unionsquare Union Square] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911140915/http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2011/unionsquare |date=2011-09-11 }} at Tiff.net The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to good reviews.{{cite news | url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/movies/union-square-by-nancy-savoca-with-mira-sorvino.html | work=The New York Times | first=A. O. | last=Scott | title='Union Square,' by Nancy Savoca, With Mira Sorvino | date=July 12, 2012 | access-date=February 11, 2017 | archive-date=August 20, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820200113/http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/movies/union-square-by-nancy-savoca-with-mira-sorvino.html? | url-status=live }}{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2012-jul-13-la-et-union-square-capsule-20120713-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Gary | last=Goldstein | title=Review: 'Union Square' is a compelling family drama | date=July 13, 2012 | access-date=April 17, 2020 | archive-date=November 29, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129092739/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/13/entertainment/la-et-union-square-capsule-20120713 | url-status=live }} In the same year, Sorvino 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/47040/|title=Reviews – Page 47040 – Film Threat|website=www.filmthreat.com|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=February 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223034552/http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/47040/|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite web|last=Cornet|first=Roth|title=Mira Sorvino Joins the Cast of TNT's Falling Skies|url=http://au.ign.com/articles/2013/10/21/mira-sorvino-joins-the-cast-of-tnts-falling-skies|website=IGN|date=21 October 2013|access-date=23 April 2014|archive-date=November 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105134012/http://au.ign.com/articles/2013/10/21/mira-sorvino-joins-the-cast-of-tnts-falling-skies|url-status=live}} Sorvino also joined the cast of the television series Intruders, playing the role of Amy Whelan. In 2016, she appeared in the Netflix series Lady Dynamite as an actor working on a sitcom pilot named White Trash.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/sarah-silverman-jenny-slate-mira-sorvino-more-join-netflixs-lady-dynamite-1201512664/|title=Sarah Silverman, Jenny Slate, Mira Sorvino & More Join Netflix's 'Lady Dynamite'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=September 2, 2015|access-date=October 16, 2017|archive-date=August 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825175952/https://deadline.com/2015/09/sarah-silverman-jenny-slate-mira-sorvino-more-join-netflixs-lady-dynamite-1201512664/|url-status=dead}} In 2018, Sorvino played the role of Amy in the psychological thriller Look Away, alongside Jason Isaacs and India Eisley.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moviefone.com/movie/look-away/8Xmc2sZleROi9NKEg54z11/main/|title=Look Away (2018) – Movie|website=www.moviefone.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-09|archive-date=October 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009172102/https://www.moviefone.com/movie/look-away/8Xmc2sZleROi9NKEg54z11/main/|url-status=live}}

In 2019, Sorvino was cast in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood as an actor whose career stalled out after a relationship with a studio head.{{cite web|url =https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/11/mira-sorvino-impeachment-interview|title =Mira Sorvino Is Ready for Her Next Act|last =Miller|first =Julie|date =November 9, 2021|website =VanityFair.com|access-date =November 15, 2021|quote ="In 2019, Ryan Murphy cast the actor in her highest-profile project in two decades. Netflix Hollywood featured the Oscar winner as an actor whose career stalled out after a relationship with a studio head. In one poignant scene, she's rescued from B-movie hell when she's suddenly offered her the chance to work—really work again—in a dramatic role she can sink her teeth into."|archive-date =November 11, 2021|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20211111132933/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/11/mira-sorvino-impeachment-interview|url-status =live}}

In 2022, she played a supporting role in Sound of Freedom, a film about human trafficking in South America.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-12 |title=Mira Sorvino Talks About Rescuing Kids as 'Sound of Freedom' Box Office Success Builds |url=https://www2.cbn.com/news/entertainment/mira-sorvino-talks-about-rescuing-kids-sound-freedom-box-office-success-builds |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=CBN |language=en |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713071716/https://www2.cbn.com/news/entertainment/mira-sorvino-talks-about-rescuing-kids-sound-freedom-box-office-success-builds |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Eclarinal |first=Aeron Mer |date=2023-07-13 |title=Sound of Freedom Cast: All 12 Main Actors Who Appear In Movie |url=https://thedirect.com/article/sound-of-freedom-cast-characters-actors-movie |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=The Direct |language=en |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713071720/https://thedirect.com/article/sound-of-freedom-cast-characters-actors-movie |url-status=live }}

In May 2025, Sorvino revealed that a sequel to Romy and Michele's High School Reunion was in the works at 20th Century Studios.{{Cite web |title='Romy and Michele' Sequel Is Officially in the Works with Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino: 'We're Pretty Excited' |url=https://people.com/romy-and-michele-sequel-officially-greenlit-mira-sorvino-lisa-kudrow-8782999 |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=People.com |language=en}}

Personal life

Between 1996 and 1998, Mira Sorvino was romantically involved with director Quentin Tarantino, who was her escort to the Academy Awards ceremony where she won Best Supporting Actress for Mighty Aphrodite.{{cite web|title=Quentin and Mira Call It Quits|url=http://eonline.com/news/36047/quentin-and-mira-call-it-quits|work=eonline.com|date=March 5, 1998|last=Ryan|first=Joal|access-date=November 9, 2014|archive-date=November 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109214247/http://www.eonline.com/news/36047/quentin-and-mira-call-it-quits|url-status=live}}

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Sorvino met actor Christopher Backus at a friend's charades party in August 2003. On June 11, 2004, they married in a private civil ceremony at the Santa Barbara, California, courthouse, then later had a hilltop ceremony in Capri, Italy. They have four children: two daughters and two sons. They have also starred in films together, including Indiscretion and Mothers and Daughters.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,768257,00.html|title=Mira Sorvino Gives Birth to a Girl|work=People|date=November 4, 2012|access-date=April 18, 2017|author=|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924164446/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,768257,00.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2012/05/04/mira-sorvino-welcomes-daughter-lucia/|title=Mira Sorvino Welcomes Daughter Lucia|work=People|author=Archuleta, Paul|date=May 4, 2012|access-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613034413/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2012/05/04/mira-sorvino-welcomes-daughter-lucia/|archive-date=June 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1184237,00.html|title=Mira Sorvino Has a Boy|work=People|author=Gee, Allison|date=May 30, 2006|access-date=April 18, 2017|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152630/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1184237,00.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/07/13/mira-sorvino-welcomes-son-holden-paul-terry/|title=Mira Sorvino Welcomes Son Holden Paul Terry|date=July 13, 2009|access-date=July 15, 2011|author=Symons, Matt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125150811/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/07/13/mira-sorvino-welcomes-son-holden-paul-terry/|archive-date=January 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}

In honor of Sorvino's role as Susan Tyler, an entomologist who investigated deadly insect mutations in the film Mimic, a compound that is excreted as a defense mechanism by the sunburst diving beetle was named mirasorvone by the entomologist Thomas Eisner who discovered it.{{Cite journal|title=Mirasorvone: A masked 20-ketopregnane from the defensive secretion of a diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus)|date=March 17, 1998|author=Meinwald, Jerrold|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America|volume=95|issue=6|pages=2733–2737|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|oclc=1607201|pmid=9501158|location=Washington, DC|doi=10.1073/pnas.95.6.2733|pmc=19637|bibcode=1998PNAS...95.2733M|display-authors=etal|doi-access=free}}{{cite web|url=http://www.webofstories.com/play/51826|title=Naming a new molecule after a famous actress|access-date=2012-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928235358/http://www.webofstories.com/play/51826|archive-date=2012-09-28|url-status=dead}}

In September 2014, Sorvino gave a wide-ranging interview on The Nerdist Podcast, where she discussed her education, living in China, and her varied interests.Levine, Katie (September 12, 2014). [http://www.nerdist.com/pepisode/nerdist-podcast-mira-sorvino/ "Episode 570: Nerdist Podcast: Mira Sorvino"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914012723/http://www.nerdist.com/pepisode/nerdist-podcast-mira-sorvino/ |date=2014-09-14 }}. The Nerdist Podcast. She is a Christian{{cite magazine |last=Moring |first=Mark |title=Mira Sorvino: Saving Sex Slaves |magazine=Christianity Today |date=October 3, 2012 |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/october-web-only/mira-sorvino-saving-sex-slaves.html |access-date=April 21, 2014 |archive-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217165359/http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/october-web-only/mira-sorvino-saving-sex-slaves.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Goodwyn |first=Hannah |title=Mira Sorvino on Faith and Like Dandelion Dust |publisher=Christian Broadcasting Network |url=https://www.cbn.com/entertainment/screen/mira-sorvino-faith-like-dandelion-dust-goodwyn.aspx |access-date=April 21, 2014 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223607/https://www.cbn.com/entertainment/screen/mira-sorvino-faith-like-dandelion-dust-goodwyn.aspx |url-status=live }} and resides with her family in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web|url=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/mira-sorvino-on-selfies-growing-up-in-new-jersey-and-vintage-furniture|work=Architectural Digest|title=Mira Sorvino on Selfies, Growing Up in New Jersey, and Vintage Furniture|author=Morgan, Laura|date=July 21, 2016|access-date=April 18, 2017|archive-date=April 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419100632/http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/mira-sorvino-on-selfies-growing-up-in-new-jersey-and-vintage-furniture|url-status=live}}

In 2017, Sorvino came out publicly about the sexual harassment she endured from producer Harvey Weinstein{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4978659/mira-sorvino-harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment/|title=Mira Sorvino: Why I Spoke Out Against Harvey Weinstein|magazine=Time|first=Mira|last=Sorvino|date=October 11, 2017|access-date=October 12, 2017|archive-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011234939/http://time.com/4978659/mira-sorvino-harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment/|url-status=live}} and believes her career was damaged after she rebuffed Weinstein's advances.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/01/blacklisted-actresses-comeback-weinstein|title=How Actresses Allegedly Blacklisted by Harvey Weinstein Are Making Big Comebacks|first=Yohana|last=Desta|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=January 5, 2018|access-date=March 19, 2018|archive-date=January 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107112850/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/01/blacklisted-actresses-comeback-weinstein|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Mira|last=Sorvino|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mira-sorvino-vindication-aftermath-my-weinstein-story-guest-column-1064701|title=Mira Sorvino: The Vindication and Aftermath of My Weinstein Story (Guest Column)|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|location=Los Angeles, California|date=December 8, 2017|access-date=January 2, 2017|archive-date=December 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208181940/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mira-sorvino-vindication-aftermath-my-weinstein-story-guest-column-1064701|url-status=live}} According to Peter Jackson, Weinstein blocked Sorvino and Ashley Judd, another of his alleged victims, from being considered for parts in The Lord of the Rings films.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/lord-of-the-rings-harvey-weinstein-quentin-tarantino-peter-jackson-1201959893/|title=Weinstein Threatened to Take 'Lord of the Rings' Away From Peter Jackson and Have Quentin Tarantino Direct|first1=Zack|last1=Sharf|date=May 3, 2018|access-date=Jul 27, 2019|archive-date=August 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831151818/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/lord-of-the-rings-harvey-weinstein-quentin-tarantino-peter-jackson-1201959893/|url-status=live}} In 2019, she also made public that she was a date rape victim.{{cite news |title=Mira Sorvino says she was date raped and calls for 'justice' for survivors |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/13/mira-sorvino-date-rape-justice-for-survivors |access-date=10 October 2019 |agency=The Guardian |date=June 13, 2019 |archive-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010224744/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/13/mira-sorvino-date-rape-justice-for-survivors |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Herreria |first1=Carla |title=Actress Mira Sorvino Says She Survived Date Rape |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/miro-sorvino-rape-survivor-new-york-laws_n_5cfaf9a6e4b02ee3477740d7 |access-date=10 October 2019 |agency=Huffpost |date=16 June 2019 |archive-date=October 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008062827/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/miro-sorvino-rape-survivor-new-york-laws_n_5cfaf9a6e4b02ee3477740d7 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Mira Sorvino says she is a 'survivor of date rape' |url=https://www.apnews.com/685a7ca24ab947a6b9679f62c4bd959e |access-date=10 October 2019 |work=AP News |date=June 12, 2019 |archive-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010224744/https://www.apnews.com/685a7ca24ab947a6b9679f62c4bd959e |url-status=live }}

=Activism=

Sorvino has been affiliated with Amnesty International since 2004.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-03-10-sorvino-amnesty_x.htm|title=Mira Sorvino aiding Amnesty International|date=March 10, 2004|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=May 7, 2012|archive-date=February 5, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205100105/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-03-10-sorvino-amnesty_x.htm|url-status=live}} In 2006 she was honored with their Artist of Conscience Award, given to those who have made longstanding philanthropic and humanist efforts. From 2009 to 2012 she was a United Nations Goodwill ambassador for combatting human trafficking, and has lobbied Congress to help abolish the practice in Darfur.{{cite web|url=http://www.ncsl.org/press-room/spotlight-on-human-trafficking-with-mira-sorvino.aspx|title=Spotlight on Human Trafficking with Mira Sorvino|date=August 10, 2011|publisher=National Conference of State Legislatures|access-date=May 7, 2012|archive-date=June 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609025537/http://www.ncsl.org/press-room/spotlight-on-human-trafficking-with-mira-sorvino.aspx|url-status=live}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" \|+Film work by Mira Sorvino !scope="col"\|Year !scope="col"\|Title !scope="col"\|Role !scope="col"\|Notes
1985 !scope="row"\| The Stuff \| Factory Worker \| Uncredited{{cite web\|url=https://www.avclub.com/mira-sorvino-1798228602\|title=Random Roles: Mira Sorvino\|first=Sean\|last=O'Neal\|work=The A.V. Club\|date=November 23, 2011\|access-date=October 20, 2012\|archive-date=October 24, 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024161944/http://www.avclub.com/articles/mira-sorvino,65618/\|url-status=live}}
rowspan="2" \| 1993 !scope="row"\| Amongst Friends \| Laura \|
scope="row"\| New York Cop \| Maria \|
rowspan="2" \| 1994 !scope="row"\| Quiz Show \| Sandra Goodwin \|
scope="row"\| Barcelona \| Marta Ferrer \|
rowspan="3" \| 1995 !scope="row"\| Sweet Nothing \| Monika \|
scope="row"\| Mighty Aphrodite \| Linda Ash \| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
scope="row"\| Blue in the Face \| Young Lady \|
rowspan="3" \| 1996 !scope="row"\| Beautiful Girls \| Sharon Cassidy \|
scope="row"\| Tales of Erotica \| Teresa \| Short film The Dutch Master
scope="row"\| Tarantella \| Diane \|
rowspan="2" \| 1997 !scope="row"\| Romy and Michele's High School Reunion \| Romy White \|
scope="row"\| Mimic \| Dr. Susan Tyler \|
rowspan="4" \| 1998 !scope="row"\| {{sortname\|The\|Replacement Killers}} \| Meg Coburn \|
scope="row"\| Lulu on the Bridge \| Celia Burns \|
scope="row"\| Too Tired to Die \| Death / Jean \|
scope="row"\| Free Money \| Karen Polarski \|
rowspan="2" \| 1999 !scope="row"\| At First Sight \| Amy Benic \|
scope="row"\| Summer of Sam \| Dionna \|
rowspan="2" \| 2001 !scope="row"\| {{sortname\|The\|Grey Zone}} \| Dina \|
scope="row"\| {{sortname\|The\|Triumph of Love\|The Triumph of Love (2001 film)}} \| The Princess \|
rowspan="3" \| 2002 !scope="row"\| WiseGirls \| Meg Kennedy \|
scope="row"\| Semana Santa \| Maria Delgado \|
scope="row"\| Between Strangers \| Natalia Bauer \|
2003 !scope="row"\| Gods and Generals \| Fanny Chamberlain \|
2004 !scope="row"\| {{sortname\|The\|Final Cut\|The Final Cut (2004 film)}} \| Delila \|
2007 !scope="row"\| Reservation Road \| Ruth \|
2009 !scope="row"\| Like Dandelion Dust \| Wendy Porter \|
rowspan="2" \| 2009 !scope="row"\| Sweet Flame \| Sheila \|
scope="row"\| Attack on Leningrad \| Kate Davis \|
rowspan="2" \| 2010 !scope="row"\| Multiple Sarcasms \| Cari \|
scope="row"\| {{sortname\|The\|Presence\|The Presence (film)}} \| The Woman \|
2011 !scope="row"\| Angels Crest \| Angie \|
rowspan="4" \| 2012 !scope="row"\| Union Square \| Lucy \|
scope="row"\| {{sortname\|The\|Trouble with Cali}} \| The Balletmaster \|
scope="row"\| Smitty \| Amanda \|
scope="row"\| Trade of Innocents \| Claire Becker \|
2013 !scope="row"\| Space Warriors \| Sally Hawkins \|
rowspan="2" \| 2014 !scope="row"\| Perfect Sisters \| Linda \|
scope="row"\| Frozen in Time \| Carol Purtle \| Direct-to-video film
rowspan="3" \| 2015 !scope="row"\| Quitters \| May Rayman \|
scope="row"\| Do You Believe? \| Samantha \|
scope="row"\| Chloe and Theo \| Monica \|
rowspan="3" \| 2016 !scope="row"\| Exposed \| Janine Cullen \|
scope="row"\| Mothers and Daughters \| Georgina \|
scope="row"\| The Red Maple Leaf \| Marianna Palermo \|
2017 !scope="row"\| 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain \| Susan LeMarque \|
rowspan="2" \| 2018 !scope="row"\| Waterlily Jaguar \| Helen \|
scope="row"\| Look Away \| Amy Brennan \|
rowspan="4"\| 2019 !scope="row"\| Beneath the Leaves \| Detective Erica Shotwell \|
scope="row"\| Stuber \| Captain Angie McHenry \|
scope="row"\| Badland \| Sarah Cooke \|
scope="row"\| Drowning \| Mary \|
rowspan="2" \| 2020 !scope="row"\| Butter \| Marian{{cite web\|last=DeFore\|first=John\|title='Butter': Film Review\|date=2 April 2020\|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/butter-1287852\|accessdate=19 February 2021\|archive-date=March 1, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301204530/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/butter-1287852\|url-status=live}} \|
scope="row"\| Most Guys Are Losers \| Amy \|
rowspan="5"\| 2021 !scope="row"\| The Girl Who Believes in Miracles \| Bonnie Hopkins \|
scope="row"\| East of the Mountains \| Renee Givens \|
scope="row"\| Hero Mode \| Kate Mayfield \|
scope="row"\| Crime Story \| Nick Wallace \|
scope="row"\| After We Fell \| Carol Young \|
rowspan="2" \| 2022 !scope="row"\| After Ever Happy \| Carol Young \|
scope="row"\| Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend \| Annita \|
2023 !scope="row"\| Sound of Freedom \| Katherine Ballard \|
2024 !scope="row"\| The Image of You \| Alexia \|

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|+Film work by Mira Sorvino

!scope="col"|Year

!scope="col"|Title

!scope="col"|Role

!scope="col"|Notes

1985

!scope="row"| The Stuff

| Factory Worker

| Uncredited{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/mira-sorvino-1798228602|title=Random Roles: Mira Sorvino|first=Sean|last=O'Neal|work=The A.V. Club|date=November 23, 2011|access-date=October 20, 2012|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024161944/http://www.avclub.com/articles/mira-sorvino,65618/|url-status=live}}

rowspan="2" | 1993

!scope="row"| Amongst Friends

| Laura

scope="row"| New York Cop

| Maria

rowspan="2" | 1994

!scope="row"| Quiz Show

| Sandra Goodwin

scope="row"| Barcelona

| Marta Ferrer

rowspan="3" | 1995

!scope="row"| Sweet Nothing

| Monika

scope="row"| Mighty Aphrodite

| Linda Ash

| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

scope="row"| Blue in the Face

| Young Lady

rowspan="3" | 1996

!scope="row"| Beautiful Girls

| Sharon Cassidy

scope="row"| Tales of Erotica

| Teresa

| Short film The Dutch Master

scope="row"| Tarantella

| Diane

rowspan="2" | 1997

!scope="row"| Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

| Romy White

scope="row"| Mimic

| Dr. Susan Tyler

rowspan="4" | 1998

!scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Replacement Killers}}

| Meg Coburn

scope="row"| Lulu on the Bridge

| Celia Burns

scope="row"| Too Tired to Die

| Death / Jean

scope="row"| Free Money

| Karen Polarski

rowspan="2" | 1999

!scope="row"| At First Sight

| Amy Benic

scope="row"| Summer of Sam

| Dionna

rowspan="2" | 2001

!scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Grey Zone}}

| Dina

scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Triumph of Love|The Triumph of Love (2001 film)}}

| The Princess

rowspan="3" | 2002

!scope="row"| WiseGirls

| Meg Kennedy

scope="row"| Semana Santa

| Maria Delgado

scope="row"| Between Strangers

| Natalia Bauer

2003

!scope="row"| Gods and Generals

| Fanny Chamberlain

2004

!scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Final Cut|The Final Cut (2004 film)}}

| Delila

2007

!scope="row"| Reservation Road

| Ruth

2009

!scope="row"| Like Dandelion Dust

| Wendy Porter

rowspan="2" | 2009

!scope="row"| Sweet Flame

| Sheila

scope="row"| Attack on Leningrad

| Kate Davis

rowspan="2" | 2010

!scope="row"| Multiple Sarcasms

| Cari

scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Presence|The Presence (film)}}

| The Woman

2011

!scope="row"| Angels Crest

| Angie

rowspan="4" | 2012

!scope="row"| Union Square

| Lucy

scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Trouble with Cali}}

| The Balletmaster

scope="row"| Smitty

| Amanda

scope="row"| Trade of Innocents

| Claire Becker

2013

!scope="row"| Space Warriors

| Sally Hawkins

rowspan="2" | 2014

!scope="row"| Perfect Sisters

| Linda

scope="row"| Frozen in Time

| Carol Purtle

| Direct-to-video film

rowspan="3" | 2015

!scope="row"| Quitters

| May Rayman

scope="row"| Do You Believe?

| Samantha

scope="row"| Chloe and Theo

| Monica

rowspan="3" | 2016

!scope="row"| Exposed

| Janine Cullen

scope="row"| Mothers and Daughters

| Georgina

scope="row"| The Red Maple Leaf

| Marianna Palermo

2017

!scope="row"| 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain

| Susan LeMarque

rowspan="2" | 2018

!scope="row"| Waterlily Jaguar

| Helen

scope="row"| Look Away

| Amy Brennan

rowspan="4"| 2019

!scope="row"| Beneath the Leaves

| Detective Erica Shotwell

scope="row"| Stuber

| Captain Angie McHenry

scope="row"| Badland

| Sarah Cooke

scope="row"| Drowning

| Mary

rowspan="2" | 2020

!scope="row"| Butter

| Marian{{cite web|last=DeFore|first=John|title='Butter': Film Review|date=2 April 2020|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/butter-1287852|accessdate=19 February 2021|archive-date=March 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301204530/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/butter-1287852|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Most Guys Are Losers

| Amy

rowspan="5"| 2021

!scope="row"| The Girl Who Believes in Miracles

| Bonnie Hopkins

scope="row"| East of the Mountains

| Renee Givens

scope="row"| Hero Mode

| Kate Mayfield

scope="row"| Crime Story

| Nick Wallace

scope="row"| After We Fell

| Carol Young

rowspan="2" | 2022

!scope="row"| After Ever Happy

| Carol Young

scope="row"| Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

| Annita

2023

!scope="row"| Sound of Freedom

| Katherine Ballard

2024

!scope="row"| The Image of You

| Alexia

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|+Television work by Mira Sorvino

!scope="col"|Year

!scope="col"|Title

!scope="col"|Role

!scope="col"| Notes

1991–1992

!scope="row"| Guiding Light

| Julie Camaletti

| Temporary replacement for Jocelyn Seagrave

1992

!scope="row"| Swans Crossing

| Sophia Eva McCormick De Castro

| 6 episodes

1994

!scope="row"| Parallel Lives

| Matty Derosa

| Movie

1995

!scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Buccaneers}}

| Conchita Closson

| 5 episodes

1996

!scope="row"| Norma Jean & Marilyn

| Marilyn Monroe

| Movie

2000

!scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Great Gatsby|The Great Gatsby (2000 film)}}

| Daisy Buchanan

| Movie

2003

!scope="row"| Will & Grace

| Diane

| Episode: "Last Ex to Brooklyn"

2005

!scope="row"| Human Trafficking

| Kate Morozov

| Miniseries

2006

!scope="row"| Covert One: The Hades Factor

| Randi Russell

| Movie

2008

!scope="row"| House

| Dr. Cate Milton

| Episode: "Frozen"

2009

!scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Last Templar|The Last Templar (miniseries)}}

| Tess Chaykin

| Movie

2012

!scope="row"| Finding Mrs. Claus

| Mrs. Claus

| Movie

2014

!scope="row"| Psych

| Head Detective Betsy Brannigan

| 3 episodes

2014–2015

!scope="row"| Falling Skies

| Sara

| Recurring role (seasons 4–5)

2014

!scope="row"| Intruders

| Amy Whelan

| Main role, 8 episodes

2015

!scope="row"| Stalker

| Vicki Gregg

| Recurring role

2016

!scope="row"| Indiscretion

| Veronica Lewis

| Movie

2016

!scope="row"| A Christmas to Remember

| Jennifer Wade / Maggie

| Hallmark Movie

2016–2017

!scope="row"| Lady Dynamite

| Herself / Millicent Pratt / Jennipher Nickels / Ranlith the Hive Queen

| 2 episodes

2018

!scope="row"| Condor

| Marty Ross

| Recurring role{{cite magazine |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mira-sorvino-star-three-days-condor-remake-990524 |title = Mira Sorvino to Star in Audience Network's 'Three Days of the Condor' Remake |magazine = The Hollywood Reporter |author = Kate Stanhope |date = 2017-04-03 |access-date = 2017-06-02 |quote = Titled simply Condor, the drama follows Joe Turner (Max Irons), a young CIA analyst whose idealism is tested when he stumbles onto a terrible but brilliant plan that threatens the lives of millions. Sorvino will play Marty Frost, an investigator who has come out of retirement to take over after an attack at Turner's office. |archive-date = April 12, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180412145621/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mira-sorvino-star-three-days-condor-remake-990524 |url-status = live }}

2018

!scope="row"| No One Would Tell

| Judge Elizabeth Hanover

| Movie

2018

!scope="row"| StartUp

| Rebecca Stroud

| Recurring role (season 3)

2018

!scope="row"| Modern Family

| Nicole Rosemary Page

| Recurring role (season 9)

2018

!scope="row"| Spy Kids: Mission Critical

| Ingrid Cortez (voice)

| 7 episodes

2020

!scope="row"| Hollywood

| Jeanne Crandall

| Miniseries, recurring role

2021

!scope="row"| Impeachment: American Crime Story

| Marcia Lewis

| 6 episodes

2022–2023

!scope="row"| Shining Vale

| Rosemary Wellingham / Ruth Levin / Nellie Bly

| Main role, 16 episodes

2023

!scope="row"| Dancing with the Stars

| Herself / Contestant

| Season 32

2024

!scope="row"| Blue Bloods

| Fire Commissioner

| Episode "Bad to Worse"

2023–2024

!scope="row"| Celebrity Jeopardy!

| Herself / Contestant

| 2 episodes

Awards and nominations

{{main article|List of awards and nominations received by Mira Sorvino}}

Works and publications

{{cite book|last1=Sorvino|first1=Mira|title=Anti-Africanism in China: An Investigation into Chinese Attitudes Towards Black Students in the PRC|url=http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/001983276/catalog|date=1989|publisher=Harvard University|location=Cambridge, MA|format=Thesis/dissertation|oclc=36014182}}
{{cite news|last1=Sorvino|first1=Mira|title=In the Pursuit of Justice|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/guideposts/mira-sorvino-in-pursuit-of-justice_b_1943641.html|work=HuffPost|date=9 October 2012}}
{{cite news|last1=Sorvino|first1=Mira|title=Mira Sorvino: Why I Spoke Out Against Harvey Weinstein|url=https://time.com/4978659/mira-sorvino-harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment/|magazine=Time|date=11 October 2017}}