Her other 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. Then the next day, I'd show up and do my scenes." I'd cry and talk to God, I was so nervous. "Every night brought a new nervous breakdown. Although the film brought her international recognition, she described its shooting as extremely stressful: "I was absolutely neurotic doing Mighty Aphrodite," she recalled. Her portrayal of a happy-go-lucky prostitute made her a star, winning her an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. The positive reviews she received led to more acting opportunities.Īfter small roles in Robert Redford's Quiz Show and Whit Stillman's Barcelona, she was cast in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995). 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. Sorvino's first major screen appearance was in the teen television series Swans Crossing, where she appeared in six episodes. She also helped found the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, one of Harvard's co-ed a cappella groups, in 1985. In 1989, she graduated from Harvard magna cum laude with a degree in East Asian studies. She studied for one year as an exchange student with CIEE in Beijing, China, where she became fluent in Mandarin Chinese. Sorvino excelled in high school and was accepted into Harvard University. As a child, she was strongly influenced to pursue social causes by her mother, who participated in the March on Washington. She was raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, where she wrote and acted in backyard plays with her childhood friend Hope Davis, and in theater productions at Dwight-Englewood School. She is of Italian descent on her father's side. She has two siblings, Michael Sorvino and Amanda. Sorvino was born 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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