Mira Sorvino
Drama Queens
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 24K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Mira Sorvino's story plays out like a movie itself with the resilience, reckoning, and unseen forces that can alter a life overnight.
Mira candidly reflects on winning an Oscar for "Mighty Aphrodite" and the fallout that followed her rejection of predatory producer Harvey Weinstein.
She also opens up about the profound influence of her father, legendary actor Paul Sorvino, and the twists of fate that nearly altered her path long before Hollywood ever called.
To join Mira's fight against human trafficking, go to endht.org or aimfree.org.
And learn more about her new movie "Signing Tony Raymond" here.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.2 | Hi, everyone. It's Sophia. |
| 0:06.8 | Welcome to Work in Progress. |
| 0:19.2 | Welcome back to Work in Progress, friends. |
| 0:21.5 | Today we are joined by a cultural icon, an actress who's used her fame for good, for such gorgeous |
| 0:32.4 | creativity, and who both behind the scenes and out in the world has been such a leader for women. |
| 0:39.4 | Our guest today is Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino. |
| 0:43.8 | She began as a Harvard scholar and went on to captivate audiences, |
| 0:48.2 | winning her Academy Award for Mighty Aphrodite and then becoming everybody's on-screen bestie |
| 0:53.6 | in Romeo and Michelle's high school reunion. |
| 0:56.3 | Behind that fame, Mira was shaped by a household that was steeped in craft and conscious. |
| 1:02.3 | Her father, Paul Sorvino taught her the discipline of acting. |
| 1:05.7 | Her mother was an incredible activist, and she was taught early, and she learned early to speak her truth. |
| 1:12.9 | Those are lessons that she's carried into every role and every cause she has ever embraced. |
| 1:17.7 | And that hasn't always been easy. |
| 1:19.5 | Speaking out against harassment in Hollywood cost her opportunities when Harvey Weinstein retaliated against her. |
| 1:25.8 | But she channeled that personal experience into incredible |
| 1:29.1 | advocacy, becoming a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, fighting human trafficking, and bringing |
| 1:35.1 | urgent stories of both survival and resilience into the public eye. Her career is a reflection |
| 1:41.6 | of artistic excellence, an unwavering commitment to justice. |
| 1:45.8 | And her latest film manages to echo all of those lessons in her life. |
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