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Mira Sorvino’s Milestones
| Acted in college productions at Harvard | |
| Began working as third assistant director on "Amongst Friends", a film directed by her friend Rob Weiss | |
| Promoted to casting director on "Amongst Friends" | |
| Raised in Tenafly, New Jersey | |
| Worked as a production assistant and script reader for Robert De Niro's Tribeca production company | |
| Worked as a waitress in NYC | |
| 1979 | At age 12, worked as a production assistant for stage production of "That Championship Season", starring father Paul Sorvino |
| 1987 | Made guest appearance on the CBS comedy-drama "The Oldest Rookie" which starred her father |
| 1990 | Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University |
| 1992 | Briefly played Julie Camalleti on CBS daytime drama "Guiding Light"; rejected a three-year contract, correctly presuming that better things were right around the corner |
| 1992 | TV series debut as a regular, "Swans Crossing", a short-lived syndicated teen serial; played role of Sophia DeCastro |
| 1993 | Cast as the loyal but co-dependent wife of a Wall Street broker (Michael Imperioli) who becomes a crack addict in "Sweet Nothing" (released in 1995) |
| 1993 | Feature acting and producing debut, "Amongst Friends"; played female lead and received credit as associate producer |
| 1993 | Starred in "The Dutch Master", a comic fantasy short directed by Susan Seidelman |
| 1994 | Acted with father in "Parallel Lives", a "guided improvisation" about a fraternity-sorority reunion broadcast on Showtime |
| 1994 | First role in a major Hollywood picture as Rob Morrow's wife in Robert Redford's "Quiz Show" |
| 1994 | Played supporting role of the Spanish translator Monserrat in Whit Stillman's "Barcelona" |
| 1995 | Breakthrough film performance as the squeaky-voiced, bleached blonde prostitute Linda in Woody Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite"; won Best Supporting Actress Oscar |
| 1996 | Earned Emmy nomination as Marilyn Monroe in HBO movie "Norma Jean and Marilyn"; shared title roles with Ashley Judd who played Norma Jean |
| 1997 | Portrayed brilliant entomologist whose mutant creations threaten NYC in Guillermo Del Toro's "Mimic" |
| 1997 | Starred opposite Lisa Kudrow in the comedy "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" |
| 1998 | Teamed with Hong Kong action icon Chow Yun-Fat for "The Replacement Killers" |
| 1999 | Cast as John Leguizamo's wife in Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam"; film was co-written by and co-starred Michael Imperioli |
| 1999 | Starred opposite Val Kilmer in Irwin Winkler's romance "At First Sight" |
| 2000 | Appeared as Daisy Buchanan in the A&E adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" |
| 2000 | Made NYC stage debut opposite Daniel Benzali in an Off-Broadway production of "Naked" bu Luigi Pirandello |
| 2001 | Played a princess who masquerades as a male in the film version of the Marivaux play "The Triumph of Love"; screened at Toronto and San Sebastian; released theatrically in USA in 2002 |
| 2001 | Produced the mockumentary "Lisa Picard Is Famous"; also made cameo appearance as herself |
| 2002 | Appeared in writer-director Tim Blake Nelson's Holocaust drama "The Grey Zone" |
| 2002 | Played wife Fanny to Jeff Daniels' Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the "Gettysburg" prequel, "Gods and Generals" |
| 2002 | Starred with Mariah Carey in "Wise Girls"; screened at Sundance |
| 2004 | Starred in the thriller "The Final Cut" with Robin Williams and James Caviezel |
| 2005 | Co-starred with Donald Sutherland in the Lifetime drama "Human Trafficking"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a TV movie |
| 2007 | Co-starred in the Terry George directed "Reservation Road" |
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