| Acclaimed actress Mira Sorvino won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award, the Critics' Choice Award, the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle citations, among other honors, for her performance in Woody Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite."
She was a Golden Globe Award nominee for her performance in Christian Duguay's miniseries "Human Trafficking"; and had previously been nominated for "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" and for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the HBO film "Norma Jean and Marilyn," which also earned her an Emmy Award nomination.
She can currently be seen in Brooks Branch’s "Multiple Sarcasms" opposite Timothy Hutton and Stockard Channing. Sorvino plays the ebullient owner of a punk rock record label and best friend to Gabriel (played by Hutton), who starts writing a play about the story of his life. She will soon appear in the Gabriel Delal drama “Waska” opposite Lynn Collins, Thomas Dekker, and Jeremy Piven.
This September, she plays the role of Wendy Porter, the birth mother of an adopted child struggling to find her strength in an abusive marriage, in Jon Gunn's drama "Like Dandelion Dust." Based on the best-selling novel by Karen Kingsbury, the film explores the different meanings of being a parent through the portrayal of the grittily realistic lives of a struggling blue-collar family (Sorvino and Barry Pepper) and a privileged one (Cole Hauser and Kate Levering). For her performance, Sorvino has won the Best Actress Award at the 2009 New York VisionFest, the San Diego Film Festival, the Sonoma Valley Film Festival, the 2010 San Francisco Film Festival and the 2010 California Independent Film Festival, among others.
Other film credits include Terry George's "Reservation Road," opposite Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Connelly; Robert Redford's "Quiz Show;” Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam;” David Mirkin's "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion;” Clare Peploe's "The Triumph of Love;” Whit Stillman's "Barcelona;” ”Antoine Fuqua’s “Replacement Killers,” Guillermo Del Toro’s “Mimic,” Gary Winick's "Sweet Nothing;” Ted Demme's "Beautiful Girls" and Rob Weiss' "Amongst Friends," which she also associate-produced.
Additionally, she produced Griffin Dunne's acclaimed independent feature comedy "Lisa Picard is Famous", which was an official world premiere selection of the 2000 Cannes International Film Festival; and associate-produced the documentary "Freedom to Hate,” on anti-Semitism in the former Soviet Union.
Sorvino's television credits include the NBC miniseries "The Last Templar" as well as a guest-starring role on FOX’s “House,” and a memorable appearance on Will and Grace.
Onstage, Sorvino has appeared in Joyce Carol Oates' “Greensleeves;” in “Best of Schools,” at UBU Rep, and off-Broadway in the Classic Stage Company's adaptation of Pirandello’s “Naked,” Most recently she has appeared in “Stella in the Bois De Boulogne,” about legendary acting guru Stella Adler’s formative meetings with the great Konstantin Stanislavsky in Paris.
She was the official ambassador for the worldwide human rights organization Amnesty International's "Stop Violence Against Women" campaign from 2004 to 2008. Her work with Amnesty was recognized at the Artivist Film Festival, which acknowledges socially conscious filmmakers, activist celebrities, and charitable organizations. In March of 2006, she was honored with Amnesty International's Artist of Conscience Award, which is given to those who have displayed strong philanthropic and humanist efforts. Through her work with Amnesty, she lobbied Capitol Hill on such topics as human trafficking and officially testified before Congress on the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
Additionally, she has been a supporter of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime anti-trafficking initiatives since 2007, and in 2009 was appointed to her current position as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on the subject of Human Trafficking.
Born in Manhattan, Ms. Sorvino is the daughter of veteran actor Paul Sorvino. She attended Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude in East Asian studies and received the Hoopes Prize for her thesis. She has also won the National Italian American Foundation's Achievement Award. |
