Auditioned for the role of Dorothy Boyd in Jerry Maguire (1996).

Was a founding member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, Harvard's premier co-ed a cappella group. [1985]

Parents are Lorraine Davis and Paul Sorvino.

Dated Olivier Martinez. [1999-2002]

Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997.

Has a brother named Michael Sorvino and a sister named Amanda Sorvino.

Gave birth to daughter Mattea Angel, with husband Christopher Backus, on November 3, 2004 in Los Angeles.

Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1989, with a BA in Chinese (East Asian Languages and Civilizations). Her honors thesis: "Anti-Africanism in the People's Republic of China" about the Nanjing Anti-African protests, which won the Harvard Hoopes Prize for writing.

She has a beautiful singing voice. While an undergraduate at Harvard, she appeared as Dulcinea in a 1986 student production of "Man of La Mancha" at the Loeb Experimental Theatre. The show was directed by Peter Sagal. Unfortunately, she came down with a cold during the one week the show ran, and performed with a mug of tea in hand.

Childhood friend of Hope Davis; they performed plays for the neighbors.

Speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese.

Married actor Christopher Backus on June 11th 2004 in a civil service in Santa Monica and then had their formal ceremony on the island of Capri in Italy since Mira is Italian and this was to honor her Italian roots. She wore a gown designed by Giorgio Armani.

According to Larry Cohen on the DVD commentary for The Stuff (1985), Mira Sorvino came to the set of the film to visit her father, Paul Sorvino, and was given a small part in the film. She plays one of the yellow suited "stuffies" at the plant her father's character attacks. Larry Cohen had forgotten Sorvino appeared in the film until he was talking with her and Quentin Tarantino, whom she was dating, and mentioned that he had directed her father in the film. Mira then reminded Cohen that she actually appeared in the film.

Met her husband when he waited on her at a restaurant called Sur Restaurant & Grill in West Hollywood. [Spring 2003]

Made her acting debut on an episode of "Law & Order" (1990) (which at that time starred her father, Paul Sorvino). Although her scene was cut, she still earned a Screen Actors Guild Card for her trouble.

Second child, son Johnny Christopher King, born 29 May 2006 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 14 oz. and was 21 inches long.

Mentioned in theme song in The Adventures of George the Projectionist (2006).

Measurements: 34 1/2-24-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Is fluent in French.

She and her husband, Christopher Backus, have both guest-starred on the TV-show "Will & Grace" (1998), though not in the same episode.

Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world [1996]

Dated Quentin Tarantino. [1996 - February 1998]

Attended Dwight Englewood High School in Englewood, New Jersey.