One-Hit Oscar Wonders

[post_page_title]Mira Sorvino[/post_page_title]
The first one to hit our list is Mira Sorvino who took home the grand prize for her performance in Woody Allen’s ‘Mighty Aphrodite’. The actress won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1996, and in fact, that was her first and last Oscar nomination throughout her career. After the 1995 film which was definitely the biggest breakthrough in Sorvino’s career, she went on to star in a couple of light – romantic comedies including the film ‘Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion’, where she starred alongside former Friend’s member, Lisa Kudrow. It seems like the nineties was a great decade for the 49 year old actress, as she was also in a two-year relationship with legendary director, Quentin Tarantino between 1996 and 1998. Sorvino, who is also a Harvard grad, married Christopher Backus in 2004 and they have four children together. Since her big win, Mira never reprised her fame, but she did appear in a coupe of big and small screen films.