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Mira Katherine Sorvino 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.
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Born 28 September 1967 · Q212026
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“I am doing it here to try and help, because there are all these survivors out there right now who need justice, who need to feel that they can take the time they need to sort through the trauma, to sort through the shame,”
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Played a supporting role in Sound of Freedom, a film about human trafficking in South America
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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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Also made public that she was a date rape victim
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Sorvino played the role of Amy in the psychological thriller Look Away, alongside Jason Isaacs and India Eisley
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Sorvino came out publicly about the sexual harassment she endured from producer Harvey Weinstein and believes her career was damaged after she rebuffed Weinstein's advances
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Appeared in the Netflix series Lady Dynamite as an actor working on a sitcom pilot named White Trash
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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
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Received a Golden Globe nomination for her role as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in the Lifetime film Human Trafficking
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Was honored with their Artist of Conscience Award, given to those who have made longstanding philanthropic and humanist efforts
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Married in a private civil ceremony at the Santa Barbara, California, courthouse, then later had a hilltop ceremony in Capri, Italy
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Sorvino appeared as the lead in Triumph of Love, an adaptation of the 1732 Marivaux play
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Mighty Aphrodite (1996).
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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.
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Portrayed Conchita Closson in the BBC miniseries The Buccaneers, based on Edith Wharton's last novel
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Graduated from Harvard magna cum laude with a degree in East Asian studies
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In Manhattan, New York City, to Lorraine Ruth Davis, a drama therapist for Alzheimer's disease patients and former actress, and Paul Sorvino, an actor and film director
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Born 1967-09-28.
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