Mira Sorvino won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award, the Critics' Choice Award, and the National Board of Review and New York Film Critics Circle citations, among other honors, for her performance in Woody Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite."

She was a Golden Globe Award nominee for her performance in Christian Duguay's miniseries "Human Trafficking"; and had previously been nominated for “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion,” as well as for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in HBO’s "Norma Jean and Marilyn", which also earned her an Emmy Award nomination.

Sorvino most recently starred in the NBC miniseries "The Last Templar" as renowned archaeologist Tess Chaykin, as well as the Jon Gunn drama "Like Dandelion Dust" which premiered at the Palm Springs Film Festival, and Brook Branch's "Multiple Sarcasms" opposite Timothy Hutton and Stockard Channing. Other recent credits include a guest starring role on FOX’s “House,” Terry George's "Reservation Road," opposite Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Connelly; Robert Redford's "Quiz Show;” Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam;” Clare Peploe's "The Triumph of Love;” Whit Stillman's "Barcelona;” Gary Winick's "Sweet Nothing;” Ted Demme's "Beautiful Girls" and Rob Weiss' "Amongst Friends", which she associate-produced.

Additionally, she produced Griffin Dunne's acclaimed independent feature comedy "Lisa Picard is Famous", which world-premiered at the 2000 Cannes International Film Festival; and associate-produced the documentary "Freedom to Hate", tracing anti-Semitism in the former Soviet Union.

She is the United Nations office on Drugs and Crime’s official Goodwill Ambassador on Human Trafficking, and was inducted in March of 2009. Her work with them was chosen to be highlighted in the Plenary session of former President Clinton’s 2009 Clinton Global Initiative Forum. Sorvino was the official ambassador for the worldwide human rights organization Amnesty International's "Stop Violence Against Women" program. Her work with Amnesty was recognized at the Artivist Film Festival, which acknowledges socially conscious filmmakers, activist celebrities, and charitable organizations. In March of 2006, she was honored with Amnesty International's Artist of Conscience Award, which is given to those who have displayed strong philanthropic and humanist efforts. She has lobbied Capitol Hill on violence against women and human trafficking, and officially testified before Congress on the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan.

Born in NYC, Ms. Sorvino is the daughter of veteran actor Paul Sorvino. She attended Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude in East Asian studies and received the Hoopes Prize for her thesis. She has also won the National Italian American Foundation's Achievement Award. She is happily married to actor/writer/director Christopher Backus; they have three beautiful children.

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Shane West began to realize his passion for acting at an early age.

West was most recently seen as the legendary Darby Crash in the independent film What We Do Is Secret, which just premiered at the LA Film Festival. The biopic follows Crash, the self-destructive lead singer, and his infamous band The Germs near the decline of the ‘80s punk scene.

He was last seen on NBC's long time hit ER as the atypical "Dr. Ray,” and is also known for his starring role as "Eli" on the ABC dramatic series Once and Again.

Additionally, he starred opposite Sean Connery in the Fox feature film, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. West starred as the legendary "Tom Sawyer," a courageous, clever young street fighter who is determined to stop the infamous super villain, "The Fantam." He was also seen starring opposite Mandy Moore in the Warner Bros. feature A Walk to Remember, adapted from the Nicholas Sparks novel. Other credits include Liberty Heights, A Time for Dancing, Get Over It, and Whatever It Takes.

West's career truly took off when he co-starred in Mark Taper Forum's stage production of The Cider House Rules. He premiered in the role of "Angel" and garnered great praise for his first stage role.

When not acting, West keeps himself busy writing songs and playing lead guitar in his band, Jonny Was. The group's songs can be heard on the A Walk to Remember soundtrack.

A striking and compelling presence on screen, Justin Kirk earned high praise for his roles on television, in film and on stage.

Kirk was recently seen in The Roundabout Theater Company's "The Understudy" opposite Mark Paul Gosselaar and Tony Award winner Julie White at Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre in New York.

Kirk also stars on the Showtime television series "Weeds" and has earned a Golden Globe(r) nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television'. Kirk stars as 'Andy Botwin,' aimless brother-in-law to 'Nancy Botwin' (Parker), who is obsessed with get-rich-quick schemes until he finds out about Nancy's lucrative pot business, and invites himself to become her partner. "Weeds" was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Television Series - Music or Comedy for the second year in a row. Additionally, "Weeds" was nominated in 2006 and 2007 for an Emmy in the category if Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series. The sixth season will premiere in 2010.

He also earned high praise for his role as "Prior Walter" in Mike Nichols's award-winning mini-series "Angels In America," starring alongside Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and his "Weeds" co-star Mary-Louise Parker. Kirk was nominated for both an Emmy(r) and SAG(r) Award for his performance in the mini-series.

Recently, Kirk completed filming a few independent films including "The Presence" opposite Mira Sorvino and Shane West, "Elektra Luxx" opposite Carla Gugino and Timothy Olyphant, and "See You in September" directed by Tamara Tunie.

Appearing in notable guest spots on "Without a Trace," "Everwood," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Jack and Bobby," Kirk was also a series regular on the WB series "Jack and Jill."

Other film credits include Peter Callahan's "Against the Current," Wyatt McDill's "Four Boxes," Maria Maggenti's "Puccini for Beginners," Jeff Lipsky's "Flannel Pajamas," Robert Towne's "Ask the Dust," Henry Jaglom's "Hollywood Dreams," "Chapter Zero," and the independent thrillers "The Eden Myth" and "Outpatient." He also worked on Harry Shearer's "Teddy Bears Picnic."

Also a highly accomplished stage actor, Kirk won the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance in the Ensemble for his portrayal of the blind character 'Bobby' in "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and went on to star in the feature film adaptation. In 2001, he co-starred with Julianna Margulies and Donald Sutherland in Jon Robin Baitz's "Ten Unknowns" at Lincoln Center. The role won him a Lucille Lortel Award, as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations.

Additional stage work includes "The World Over" at Playwrights Horizons, "Old Wicked Songs" at New York's Promenade Theatre and Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse in which he starred as a piano prodigy, winning a Backstage West Garland Award for Outstanding Performance. He also appeared in "Any Given Day" at the Longacre Theatre and "June Moon" with the Drama Department, a theater company of which he is a founding member.

Born in Salem, Oregon, Kirk spent his childhood in Union, Washington where he attended grade school on an Indian reservation. Kirk knew from three years old that he wanted to perform, and made his acting debut at seven in a college play. At twelve, he moved with his mother to Minneapolis, Minnesota and attended the Children's Theater School throughout high school. After graduation, he moved to New York and enrolled at Circle in the Square, where he completed a two-year conservation acting program. Afterwards, he soon landed his first role on Broadway and has been working steadily ever since.

Kirk currently resides in Los Angeles.

Tony Curran was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. He is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Tony’s first film role came in Bill Forsyth’s Feature “Being Human” starring Robin Williams. After a string of independent features, Tony landed a recurring role on the UK dramatic series “This Life”.

Following a memorable role in Antonio Banderas’ “The 13th Warrior” Tony followed up with a slate of blockbusters, including "Gladiator" and "Blade II". His first major lead came with "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" opposite Sean Connery as the hero ‘Rodney Skinner’, aka ‘The Invisible Man’. Following that he starred opposite Dennis Quaid in the remake of Jimmy Stewart’s "The Flight of the Phoenix".

His feature credits include a spectrum of work including "Underworld: Evolution" opposite Kate Beckinsale, “Miami Vice” for Michael Mann and Steven Soderbergh’s "The Good German” with George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Tobey Maguire. Tony also played the lead role in Andrea Arnold’s “Red Road”, which has received worldwide critical acclaim won the jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2006 along with earning Tony the best actor award at the Scottish BAFTA’s and British Film Awards.

Tony more recently finished shooting the independent features “Shuttle” and “The Lazarus Project” with Paul Walker before starting a highly successful stint treading the boards with Alan Cumming in “The Bacchae”. He will also next be seen in a recurring role on the hit series 24, as well as the Tandem/ Scott Free production of Pillars of the Earth.