Who is Mira Sorvino, what are the Harvey Weinstein allegations and who’s her husband Christopher Backus?
MIRA Sorvino has made waves in Hollywood not just for her award-winning performances but also for her outspoken courage and bravery.
The star was one of the first people to make allegations of sexual harassment against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and has now revealed she was bruised and gagged by a different director. Here’s all you need to know…
Who is Mira Sorvino?
Born September 28, 1967, Mira Katherine Sorvino was born in New York to drama therapist Lorraine Ruth Davis and Goodfella’s star Paul Sorvino.
She graduated from Harvard magna cum laude with a degree in East Asian studies and became fluent in Mandarin Chinese on a year-long exchange while studying in Beijing.
She made her first major screen appearance in the teen television series Swans crossing and has since garnered critical acclaim for her roles in Norma Jean & Marilyn and Human Trafficking.
Mia has also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite.
What are the Harvey Weinstein allegations?
Mia was one of the first people to come forward to make allegations of sexual harassment against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
Mira alleged that she was harassed by Weinstein at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 1995 and claimed her career suffered after she rejected his advances.
On July 12, 2018, the Oscar-winning actress claimed she was gagged with a condom by another casting director when she was just 16-years-old.
She alleged that she was tied to a chair by an unnamed casting director as a teenager during an audition for a horror movie before the man shoved a condom in her mouth.
Who’s her husband Christopher Backus?
Mia first met American actor Christopher Backus at a friend’s charades party in August 2003.
The two married in a private civil ceremony a year later in Calfornia before having an additional hilltop ceremony in Italy in 2005.
The couple has four children together; daughters Mattea Angel and Lucia, and sons Johnny Christopher King and Holden Paul Terry Backus.
Mia was famously also involved with celebrated Holywood director Quentin Tarantino who escorted her the night she won her Best Supporting Actress gong.