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My Take
Mira Sorvino fascinates me as a study in range and resilience. A Harvard-educated intellectual winning an Oscar for playing a guileless character in Mighty Aphrodite is exactly the kind of contradiction great acting feeds on; the intelligence shows in how completely she disappears into someone unguarded. Her career did not follow the trajectory that win seemed to promise, which makes me value her persistence more, not less. She kept working, kept singing, kept showing up. I find her one of the quietly compelling figures of her generation, proof that enormous talent and one glittering moment are not the same thing as an easy road.
Overview
Mira Katherine Sorvino (; born (1967-09-28)September 28, 1967) 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mira Sorvino
- Name (Japanese)
- ミラ・ソルヴィノ
- Reading
- みら・そるゔぃの
- Born
- September 28, 1967 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Goat
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / television actor / singer / actor / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Harvard University
Awards & achievements
- 1996 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Film actor — see all → · Television actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.