 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Sorvino akakurira muTenafly, New Jersey, kwaakanyora ndokuita mitambo yepaimba nehama yake yaaiva nayo achiri muduku Hope Davis uye mumitambo yepachikoro paDwight-Englewood School. Sorvino akataura kuti somwana akanga achikurudzirwa zvikuru naamai vake kuti aite zvinangwa zvevanhu; amai vake vakanga vapinda muMarch paWashington. Sorvino akabudirira zvikuru pachikoro chesekondari, uye akagamuchirwa kuYunivhesiti yeHarvard. Akadzidza kwegore rimwe semudzidzi wekutsinhana neCIEE muBeijing, China, kwaakazoziva mutauro weMandarin Chinese, asi akazoti anotaura zvishoma kwazvo panguva yekuonekwa paLarry King Zvino, apo Dennis Miller akatsiva King kwenguva pfupi. Muna 1989, akapedza kudzidza paHarvard magna cum laude aine dhigirii muEast Asia Studies. Akabatsirawo kuwana Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, imwe yeHarvard co-ed a cappella mapoka muna 1985. 