Mira Sorvino Pt 1: On "Hollywood," "Badland" and "Waterlily Jaguar"
Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 5:53PM 
Sorvino in Waterlily Jaguarby Nathaniel R
The actress Mira Sorvino has been on our screens both large and small for nearly 30 years now. In the past few years the headlines came for speaking out about sexual harassment and her political activism. Now, with Ryan Murphy's Hollywood campaigning for Emmy nominations, and two recent indies available to stream (Badland and Waterlily Jaguar), the focus is back where it originally began: her acting. We talked to her recently about her newest roles.
She can currently be seen as the co-lead of Melora Walters' Waterlily Jaguar. "It's a really interesting art film about the complicated end of a relationship" she says describing the drama about an alcoholic novelist and his wife. While the movie is anguished by nature, Sorvino is a canny enough entertainer to know just when to liven the mood without betraying the tone, in this case with heartbreakingly forced cheer.
But among her recent projects it's Ryan Murphy's high profile mini-series Hollywood which has reminded the most people of her gift. Even, in a neat life-imitating-art parallel, of her Oscar win...
