Annabella Sciorra

Infobox actor
name = Annabella Sciorra

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caption = Annabella Sciorra, April 2008
birthname = Annabella Gloria Sciorra
birthdate = Birth date and age|1960|3|29|mf=y
birthplace = Wethersfield, Connecticut, U.S.
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Annabella Gloria Philomena Sciorra (born March 29 1960) is an American film and stage actress who has starred in a number of films and television series.

Biography

Personal life

Sciorra was born in Wethersfield, Connecticutcite 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 half Cuban 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 director Nancy Savoca's first film that took the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and "What Dreams May Come". She is also familiar to many viewers as Tony 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 by Julianne Nicholson as Det. Megan Wheeler, who played Christina Finn on the short-lived NBC legal drama "Conviction". She also guest-starred on the fourth season of Showtime'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 Appearance

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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 Lab

References

External links

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