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Mira Sorvino’s Family
Name: Relation: Notes:
Christopher Backus husband Began dating in Spring of 2003; became engaged in September 2003; married June 11, 2004 at a Santa Barbara courthouse; a religious ceremony and reception for family and friends took place on July 2, 2004 in Capri, Italy; Mira was pregnant with their first child at their wedding
Johnny Backus son Born May 29, 2006; father, Chris Backus
Mattea Angel Backus daughter Born Nov. 3, 2004; father, Chris Backus
Holden Paul Terry Backus son Born June 22, 2009; father, Christopher Backus
Paul Sorvino father Divorced from Sorvino's mother; best known for playing Paul Cicero in Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" (1990) and Henry Kissinger in Oliver Stone's "Nixon" (1995)
Lorraine Sorvino mother Fundamentalist Christian; divorced from Sorvino's father
Amanda Sorvino sister Born c. 1971; development deal that had father directing her screenplay "The Trouble with Cali" (based on her play) fell through
Michael Sorvino brother Appeared in "Amongst Friends" (1993) and "Sweet Nothing" (1995), films also starring Mira

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Also known as

Birth Name : Mira Katherine Sorvino

Born

September, 28 1967 in Tenafly, New Jersey, USA

Education

  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: Graduated magna cum laude; spent a year living in Beijing; wrote thesis on anti-African sentiment in China; while at Harvard, she helped found the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, one of Harvard's co-ed a cappella groups
  • Dwight-Englewood School, Englewood Cliffs, NJ:

Professions

actor, producer, bartender, showroom model, tutor, waitress