- Annabella Sciorra
Infobox actor
name = Annabella Sciorra
imagesize =
caption = Annabella Sciorra, April 2008
birthname = Annabella Gloria Sciorra
birthdate = Birth date and age|1960|3|29|mf=y
birthplace = Wethersfield,Connecticut , U.S.
yearsactive =Annabella Gloria Philomena Sciorra (born
March 29 1960 ) is an Americanfilm and stage actress who has starred in a number offilm s andtelevision series.Biography
Personal life
Sciorra was born in Wethersfield,
Connecticut cite web | last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title=Annabella Sciorra| publisher =E! Online| date=| url =http://www.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/index.jsp?uuid=994e6068-5729-4d30-88dd-2895e1a8239c| format =| accessdate =2007-01-15 ] to a fashion stylist mother and a veterinarian father.http://www.filmreference.com/film/97/Annabella-Sciorra.html] Her father is of half Italian and halfCuba n descent, and her mother is of French ancestry. [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F223011724A2DCF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM 'True Love' pays off for 'Hard Way' actress] - "It is pronounced Shee-or-uh, and the name is Italian. But my father is only half-Italian. The rest is Cuban, and my mother is French"] [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=KC&p_theme=kc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF3C8B4B60F97D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM] She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.Career
Sciorra first came to widespread attention in her co-lead role in
Spike Lee 's 1991 film, "Jungle Fever ". Other major films roles include "True Love ", the directorNancy Savoca 's first film that took the Grand Jury Prize at theSundance Film Festival , "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and "What Dreams May Come". She is also familiar to many viewers asTony Soprano 's mistress,Gloria Trillo , in the HBO series "The Sopranos ", for which she received an Emmy nomination and was a recipient of a SAG award and an Ekle award.Sciorra also made a guest appearance in the first episode of '. She later joined the cast of ' as Det. Carolyn Barek, partner to Det. Mike Logan (played by
Chris Noth ). After one year, she was replaced byJulianne Nicholson as Det. Megan Wheeler, who played Christina Finn on the short-livedNBC legal drama "Conviction". She also guest-starred on the fourth season ofShowtime 's "The L Word ".Filmography (selected)
Films
* "True Love" (1989)
* "Reversal of Fortune " (1990)
* "Cadillac Man " (1990)
* "Internal Affairs" (1990)
* "Jungle Fever " (1991)
* "The Hard Way" (1991)
* "Whispers in the Dark " (1992)
* "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle" (1992)
* "Mr. Wonderful " (1993)
* "The Night We Never Met " (1993)
* "Romeo is Bleeding " (1994)
* "The Addiction " (1995)
* "The Cure" (1995)
* "The Funeral" (1996)
* "Cop Land " (1997)
* "Mr. Jealousy " (1997)
* "Asteroid" (1997)
* "What Dreams May Come" (1998)
* "Above Suspicion" (2000)
* "American Crime" (2003)
* "Chasing Liberty " (2004)
* "" (2004)
* "King of the Jungle" (2004)
* "12 and Holding " (2006)
* "Marvelous " (2006)
* "Find Me Guilty " (2006)Television
* "
The Fortunate Pilgrim " (1988) - Miniseries
* "Asteroid" (1997)
* "The Sopranos " (2001 - 2002)
* "" (2005 - 2006)
* "" (2005) - Guest Appearance
* "The L Word " (2007) - Guest Appearance
* "ER" (2007) - Guest Appearancetage
She has appeared
off-Broadway in various productions, such as:
*"A Question of Impeachment" (The Culture Project")
*"Spain" (The Lucille Lortel Theatre for MCC)
*"Under The Blue Sky" Williamstown Theatre Festival
* "Roar" (2004) (Clurman Theatre)
* "Those The River Keeps" written and directed by David Rabe
* "The Vagina Monologues " Westside Arts Theatre
* "Stay With Me" (West Bank Cafe)
*"Shyster" (Naked Angels)
*"An Angel Sent Me" (Naked Angels)
*"Snowangel" (Brass Ring Theatre Company)
*"Cries and Shouts" (Nuyorican Poets Cafe)
* Member of The Actors Studio and NY Playwrights LabReferences
External links
*imdb name|id=0001711|name=Annabella Sciorra
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