Edie Falco

Acting · Born 1963-07-05 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

Edith Falco (born July 5, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos (1999–2007), and as Nurse Jackie Peyton on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–2015). She is also known for her role as Diane Whittlesey in HBO's prison drama Oz (1997–2000). In 2016, she played Sylvia Wittel on the web series Horace and Pete. In 2017, she portrayed defense attorney Leslie Abramson in the first season of the true crime anthology series Law & Order True Crime. Falco's film work includes lead roles in Laws of Gravity (1992), for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and Judy Berlin (1999), and supporting roles in films including Sunshine State (2002), Freedomland (2006), and The Comedian (2016).…

Filmography

• Megan Leavey as Jackie Leavey
• Bullets Over Broadway as Lorna
• Avatar: The Way of Water as General Frances Ardmore
• Avatar: Fire and Ash as General Ardmore
• Laws of Gravity as Denise
• The Great New Wonderful as Safarah Polsky
• Then She Found Me as Edie Falco
• Freedomland as Karen Collucci
• The Quiet as Olivia Deer
• I Was on Mars as Female cab driver

TV

• The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
• Homicide: Life on the Street as Eva Thormann
• Horace and Pete as Sylvia
• Mayor of Kingstown as Warden Nina Hobbs
• Oz as Officer Diane Whittlesey
• Law & Order as Sally Bell
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• The Daily Show as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark