Mira Sorvino
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"Mira Katherine Sorvino" is an American actress. She came to prominence after winning the Academy Award and Golden Globe for best supporting actress for her performance in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995). She is also known for her roles in the films Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), Mimic (film)/Mimic (1997), 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 (TV miniseries)/Human Trafficking (2005).

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These are women who are beaten, raped, sold . . . mentally dominated, threatened that their families will be destroyed, ... They have no other options.

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You know how in high school you do these plays and people come up after the show and they're really excited for you? Well, that's what's happening to me right now.

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There was a sort of diagram. Everything else that was said was really stuff that came out of our own heads.

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I had a Christian upbringing - it was all about sin and guilt. I was very happy just kissing people. I was like the make-out queen - not even second base.

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We're going to be a family of four.

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We felt she should have her own history of sexual abuse . . . which makes her feel very deeply about what she is doing, because she's having to look backward into her own vulnerability as well as using all her training and strength.

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I (didn't) want to feel embarrassed doing this really zany character.

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Yeah. They're never easy to do. I don't like doing sex scenes! I feel they're really miserable to make.

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The way that trafficking is stopped is just ordinary people become aware of it and they see something awry and then call in a tip, ... And until people can fathom that their next-door neighbor might have a slave in their house, they're not going to see the signs and think to call the police.

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