Mira Sorvino as "Linda" in MIGHTY APHRODITE (Miramax) Mira Sorvino, who portrays "Linda Ash" in Woody Allen's MIGHTY APHRODITE, is an honors graduate from Harvard University, where she majored in Chinese Studies, living for a year in Beijing. After working on social-issues programs, Sorvino gravitated to acting. She has been working steadily since making that decision. Most recently she was seen in Robert Redford's Quiz Show as the wife of Rob Morrow. Before that, she co-starred in Whit Stillman's critically acclaimed film Barcelona and in Rob Weiss' directorial debut Amongst Friends, which was an audience favorite at the Sundance Film Festival. Sorvino also stars opposite Matt Dillon in the Miramax film Beautiful Girls released in early '96. On television, Sorvino has appeared with Ben Gazzara and Gena Rowlands in the Showtime production of Parallel Lives and in the BBC mini-series The Buccaneers. Also, Sorvino plays the young wife to Alan Alda in the CBS Hallmark presentation of Neil Simon's Jake's Women to air this fall. On stage, Sorvino has appeared in Joyce Carol Oates' Greensleeves and in Best of Schools in UBU Repertory's Festival of New Plays. Quicktime 1.2Mb

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