Mira Sorvino

Mira Sovrvino had romantic relationship with Quentin Tarantino from 1996 to 1998 but this relationship did not resulted in marriage.

She got married to actor Christopher Backus in 2004 and the couple has four children. They have two daughters - Mattea Angel born in 2004 and Lucia born in 2012. Her two sons are Johny Christopher King born in 2006 and Holden Paul Terry Backus born in 2009.

Mira Sorvino was born to Lorraine Ruth Davis and Paul Sorvino on 28th September 1967 in New York City. Her father Paul was a film director and actor while her mother was an actress who became a drama therapist later on.

She was brought up in New Jersey and attended Englewood High School there. During her school days she wrote and acted in plays. She did her graduation in East Asian Studies from Harvard University in 1989 and received ‘magna cum laude’.

She spent one year in China under student exchange program. She learnt Mandarin very well in order to accomplish her thesis on racial conflicts in China.

She has two siblings. Her younger brother is Michael Sorvino and her younger sister is Amanda Sorvino.

She performed plays in her locality with her childhood friend Hope Davis.

Sorvino’s acting career started when she was very young. She went to New York City to start her career in acting and did odd jobs and worked at ‘Tibeca’, a production company owned by renowned actor, Robert De Niro.

Once she got into acting, she acted in a variety of movies that ranged from comedy, thriller to action drama. She started working in Television in 1990 appearing in a small role in ‘Law & Order’.

Her debut movie was ‘Amongst Friends’ that was released in 1993. She was also the associate producer of this movie.

She got a remarkable role in the movie ‘Mighty Aphrodite’ (1995), which was directed by Woody Allen. In 1995, she played the role of Conchita Closson in ‘The Buccaneers’, a mini series of BBC that was adapted from Edith Wharton’s novel.

In 1996, she made remarkable impact with the movie ‘Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) playing the role of beautiful blonde Marilyn Monroe co-starring with Ashley Judd.

Though Mira has exhibited her acting skills in various roles she played in movies and serials, her role of a lively prostitute in the movie ‘Mighty Aphrodite’ is considered as her most important one.

Apart from the Academy Award, she also won awards like ‘The Broadcast Film Critics Association’, National Board of Review’, ‘New York Film Critics Circle’ and ‘National Society of Film Critics’ for ‘Mighty Aphrodite’.