Mira is back on our television screens this weekend in a rather low-key Christmas confection, A Christmas To Remember, from 2016.
But can anyone remember where she has been for the last two decades?
The adughter of Hollywood heavyweight Paul Sorvino hit the highpoint of her career in 1996 when she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, beating our very own Kate Winslet for teh very genteel Sense and Sensibility. By contrast, Mira played the quintessential “tart with a heart” in Woody Allen’s urban comedy.
Now 49, the star is looking as good as ever.
The following year saw another career highpoint with Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion. As well as “inventing Post-Its”, Mira starred alongside Lisa Kudrow. the two stars still keep hopes alive of a reunion with teasing comments to fans. Watch a classic clip below.
After playing a high-school loser who blossomed later in life, Mira found her own happiness later in life, when she married a man 12 years her junior.
After meeting producer Christopher Backus at a charades party, the Oscar-winner married her boy-toy in 2004 when she was 36 and he was 24.
Mira has continues to work steadily since her Oscar triumph.
As well as big screen roles in Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997), Mimic (1997), Lulu on the Bridge (1998), The Replacement Killers (1998), Summer of Sam (1999), and Like Dandelion Dust (2009), she received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her role in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996), and a Golden Globe nomination for her role in Human Trafficking (2005).
MIRA SORVINO STARS IN A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER ON CHANNEL 5 AT 12.10PM ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2
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