Mira Sorvino 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 due to fertility issues. 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. Mira portrays Linda Ash, a prostitute and porn star. Woody’s character tries to better Linda’s life so she can get out of the sex trade industry. One thing leads to another, they have sex, and Linda winds up pregnant, giving him something he has always wanted—a biological child. But Linda has kept the fact that he is the father a secret.

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