10 Actresses Whose Careers Went Downhill After Winning An Oscar

5. Mira Sorvino

Oscar Win: Best Supporting Actress, Mighty Aphrodite (1996) It's pretty easy to explain why Mira Sorvino's career went downhill after her Oscar win: she peaked too early. After appearing in just four movies, Sorvino landed a huge role in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite which catapulted her into stardom. Suddenly, with an Oscar under her belt, the young actress was starring in mainstream movies such as Mimic and Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion. In 1999, she co-starred alongside Val Kilmer in At First Sight, and after yet another box office bomb, Mira Sorvino quickly faded from the spotlight. No one can blame Sorvino for the career choices she made after winning an Oscar. She went from being an unknown actress to suddenly having tons of acting opportunities and she struck while the iron was hot. It's just too bad she wound up starring in so many terrible movies, as a result. These days, Mira Sorvino is married and has four children. The movies she's appeared in lately tend to get released directly to DVD, but she mostly uses her celebrity status to support charitable causes and she has spoken in front of Congress against human trafficking. So, good for her.