1967-09-28 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Sound of Freedom | Katherine Ballard | 2023-07-03 |
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After Ever Happy | Carol Young | 2022-08-24 |
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Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend | Anita Borgatti | 2022-11-18 |
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East of the Mountains | Renee Givens | 2021-09-24 |
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Val | Self (archive footage) | 2021-07-23 |
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Crime Story | Nick | 2021-08-13 |
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Hero Mode | Kate Mayfield | 2021-06-04 |
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La parfaite victime | Self (archive footage) | 2021-06-30 |
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The Girl Who Believes in Miracles | Bonnie Hopkins | 2021-04-02 |
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After We Fell | Carol Young | 2021-09-01 |
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Butter | Marian | 2020-02-25 |
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Most Guys Are Losers | Amy Berzins | 2020-10-24 |
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QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-21 |
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Stuber | Angie McHenry | 2019-07-11 |
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Badland | Sarah Cooke | 2019-11-01 |
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The Islands | Mary Thornton | 2019-12-06 |
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Drowning | Mary | 2019-10-29 |
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Beneath The Leaves | Detective Erica Shotwell | 2019-02-08 |
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Waterlily Jaguar | Helen | 2018-09-22 |
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A Dog and Pony Show | Sarah Jean | 2018-01-23 |
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Look Away | Amy Brennan | 2018-10-12 |
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Doe | The Executive | 2018-09-27 |
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No One Would Tell | Elizabeth Hanover | 2018-09-16 |
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6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain | Susan Lemarqe | 2017-10-12 |
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The Red Maple Leaf | Marianna Palermo | 2017-02-24 |
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Mothers and Daughters | Georgina Scott | 2016-05-06 |
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Exposed | Janine Cullen | 2016-01-22 |
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A Christmas to Remember | Jennifer Wade | 2016-12-18 |
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Indiscretion | Dr. Veronica Simon | 2016-06-08 |
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Do You Believe? | Samantha | 2015-03-20 |
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Quitters | May Rayman | 2015-03-16 |
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Chloe and Theo | Monica | 2015-04-15 |
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Frozen in Time | Carol (voice) | 2014-11-12 |
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Ava & Lala | 2014-10-01 | |
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Perfect Sisters | Linda / Perfect Mom | 2014-04-08 |
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Space Warriors | Sally Hawkins | 2013-04-26 |
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Finding Mrs. Claus | Jessica Claus | 2012-12-02 |
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Smitty | Amanda | 2012-04-10 |
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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | Elaine | 2012-03-06 |
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Trade of Innocents | Claire Becker | 2012-09-27 |
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Union Square | Lucy | 2011-07-07 |
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Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | 2011-11-20 |
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Angels Crest | Angie | 2011-12-30 |
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Multiple Sarcasms | Cari | 2010-05-07 |
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The Presence | The Woman | 2010-08-04 |
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Leningrad | Kate Davis | 2009-01-01 |
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Like Dandelion Dust | Wendy Porter | 2009-02-05 |
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Reservation Road | Ruth Wheldon | 2007-09-13 |
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Covert One: The Hades Factor | Rachel Russel | 2006-01-01 |
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The Final Cut | Delila | 2004-10-15 |
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WiseGirls | Meg Kennedy | 2002-12-06 |
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Between Strangers | Natalia Bauer | 2002-08-30 |
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Semana Santa | Maria Delgado | 2002-06-09 |
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The Triumph of Love | The Princess | 2001-12-12 |
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The Grey Zone | Dina | 2001-09-13 |
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Massive Attack: Eleven Promos | 2001-11-12 | |
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The Great Gatsby | Daisy Buchanan | 2000-03-29 |
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Lisa Picard Is Famous | Mira Sorvino | 2000-05-14 |
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Bamboozled | Herself | 2000-10-06 |
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At First Sight | Amy Benic | 1999-01-15 |
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Summer of Sam | Dionna | 1999-07-02 |
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The Replacement Killers | Meg Coburn | 1998-02-06 |
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Lulu on the Bridge | Celia Burns | 1998-09-06 |
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Free Money | Agent Karen Polarski | 1998-12-03 |
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Welcome to Hollywood | Mira Sorvino | 1998-10-01 |
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Too Tired to Die | Death / Jean | 1998-01-20 |
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Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Romy White | 1997-04-25 |
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Mimic | Dr. Susan Tyler | 1997-08-22 |
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Norma Jean & Marilyn | Marilyn Monroe | 1996-05-18 |
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Tales of Erotica | 1996-01-01 | |
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Jake's Women | Julie | 1996-01-02 |
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Beautiful Girls | Sharon Cassidy | 1996-02-09 |
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Blue in the Face | Young lady | 1995-09-15 |
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Sweet Nothing | Monika | 1995-06-08 |
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Tarantella | Diane | 1995-06-07 |
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Mighty Aphrodite | Linda Ash | 1995-09-13 |
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Quiz Show | Sandra Goodwin | 1994-08-25 |
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Barcelona | Marta Ferrer | 1994-07-29 |
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Parallel Lives | Matty Derosa | 1994-08-04 |
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Everybody Just Stay Calm | Self | 1994-11-26 |
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Amongst Friends | Laura | 1993-11-03 |
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New York Cop | Maria | 1993-08-14 |
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The Dutch Master | Teresa | 1993-09-01 |
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The Stuff | Factory Worker (uncredited) | 1985-06-14 |
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Fog of War | ||
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Dodie & Cheryl Get Hitched | Dodie Pickerling | |
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The Image of You | Alexia |
