Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 1996
Mira Sorvino Mighty Aphrodite 1996
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Wins Oscar For Playing A Prostitute
Mira Sorvino in Mighty Aphrodite 1996
In 1996 Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg, who was hosting the ceremonies, pointed out a single statistic. 30% of the female nominated roles that year were for playing a prostitute. That would be 3 out of the ten acting nominations for women. Of those three, only one woman would walk off with the Oscar. That was Mira Sorvino for the film “Mighty Aphrodite.” In the movie, Woody Allen and his wife adopt a son. Years pass, and Allen’s character wants to know more about his son’s birth mother. He searches and comes up with Linda Ash, played by Mira. Who happens to be a prostitute and porn star.
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