Edith Falco (born July 5, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying
Carmela Soprano
Carmela Soprano (''née'' DeAngelis), played by Edie Falco, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series ''The Sopranos''. She is married to Mafia boss Tony Soprano. A young Carmela, portrayed by Lauren DiMario, appears in the 2021 prequel fi ...
on the
HBO series ''
The Sopranos
''The Sopranos'' is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, portraying his difficulties as he tries to balance ...
'' (1999–2007), and Nurse Jackie Peyton on the
Showtime
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Film
* ''Showtime'' (film), a 2002 American action/comedy film
* ''Showtime'' (video), a 1995 live concert video by Blur
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series ''
Nurse Jackie
''Nurse Jackie'' is an American medical comedy-drama television series. It premiered on Showtime on June 8, 2009, and its seventh and final season premiered on April 12, 2015. The series finale aired on June 28, 2015.
The show stars Edie Fal ...
'' (2009–2015). She also portrayed
Diane Whittlesey in
HBO's prison drama ''
Oz'' (1997–2000).
In 2016, she played Sylvia Wittel on the web series ''
Horace and Pete
''Horace and Pete'' is an American web series created, written, and directed by Louis C.K., who describes it as a tragedy. In addition to C.K., the series stars Alan Alda, Steve Buscemi, Edie Falco and Jessica Lange. Dealing with the themes of ...
''. In 2017, she portrayed defense attorney
Leslie Abramson
Leslie Hope Abramson (born October 6, 1943) is an American criminal defense attorney best known for her role in the legal defense of Lyle and Erik Menendez. She is also a published author.
Education
Born in Flushing, Queens, New York, Abramson g ...
in the first season of the
true crime
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The crimes most commonly include murder; about 40 pe ...
anthology series ''
Law & Order True Crime
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.'' 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
''Judy Berlin'' is a 1999 American independent drama film directed by Eric Mendelsohn. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Mendelsohn won the directing prize for ''Judy Berlin'' at the 1999 Sundance ...
'' (1999), and supporting roles in films including ''
Sunshine State'' (2002), ''
Freedomland'' (2006), ''
The Comedian'' (2016), and ''
Avatar: The Way of Water'' (2022). For her role in the 2011
Broadway revival
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Broa ...
of ''
The House of Blue Leaves
''The House of Blue Leaves'' is a play by American playwright John Guare which premiered Off-Broadway in 1971, and was revived in 1986, both Off-Broadway and on Broadway, and was again revived on Broadway in 2011. The play won the Drama Critic ...
'', she earned a nomination for a
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actresses for quality supporting roles in a Broadway play. Th ...
.
Falco has won two
Golden Globe awards (from eleven nominations) and four
Emmy awards (from fourteen nominations), all for individual performances.
Early life
Falco was born in the New York City borough of
Brooklyn
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on July 5, 1963, the daughter of Judith Anderson, an actress, and Frank Falco, a jazz drummer who later worked for an advertising agency.
Her father was of Italian descent and her mother had Swedish, English and Cornish (1/16th) ancestry. She has two brothers, Joseph and Paul, and a sister, Ruth. Her uncle is novelist, playwright, and poet
Edward Falco
Edward Falco is an American author. His latest book is the novel, ''Transcendent Gardening'' (C&R Press, 2022). His previous books include the poetry collection ''Wolf Moon Blood Moon'' (2017), ''Toughs'' (Unbridled Books, 2014) and ''The Family ...
. In 2012, Falco was the subject of an episode of ''
Who Do You Think You Are?'' which focused on one of her ancestors, a Cornish
master mariner
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from
Penzance who was born at sea and died in 1840.
From the age of four, Falco was raised on
Long Island, moving with her family to
Hicksville, then
North Babylon, and finally
West Islip
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.
As a child, she acted in plays at the Arena Players Repertory Theater in
East Farmingdale
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, where her mother also performed.
Her family eventually moved to
Northport, where she attended high school and played
Eliza Doolittle
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Eliza (from Lisson Grove, London) is a Cockney flower woman, who comes to Prof ...
in a production of ''
My Fair Lady
''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play '' Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons ...
'' during her senior year.
Falco graduated from
Northport High School
Northport High School is a four-year secondary school in East Northport, New York, that serves as the high school for the Northport-East Northport Union Free School District which is composed of Northport, Eatons Neck, Asharoken and much of East N ...
in 1981.
She attended the acting program at
State University of New York at Purchase,
and graduated in 1986 with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.
Career
1987–1999: Early career
![Edie Falco by David Shankbone](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Edie_Falco_by_David_Shankbone.jpg)
Early in her career, Falco made appearances on television shows like ''
Law & Order'' and ''
Homicide: Life on the Street''.
Tom Fontana
Tom Fontana (born September 12, 1951) is an American screenwriter, writer, and television producer. Fontana worked on NBC's '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' and created HBO's ''Oz.''
Early life and education
Fontana was born on the west si ...
, executive producer of ''Homicide'', cast Falco as Eva Thormann, the wife of an injured police officer, after watching Falco's performance in ''
Laws of Gravity'', a 1992 film directed by
Nick Gomez
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. Fontana said of her, "She's an actress who's unadorned by any embroidery. She does everything with such simplicity and honesty, it's breathtaking." A struggling actress at the time, Falco said her salary from these television episodes paid for one month's worth of rent.
Her first big break in films was a small speaking role in the 1994
Woody Allen
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film ''
Bullets over Broadway
''Bullets Over Broadway'' is a 1994 American black comedy crime film directed by Woody Allen, written by Allen and Douglas McGrath and starring an ensemble cast including John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri and Jennifer Tilly.
The fil ...
''. Her friendship with former
SUNY Purchase classmate
Eric Mendelsohn
Eric Mendelsohn (born November 1, 1964) is an American film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Two of his films have been screened in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes: '' Through an Open Window'' in 1992 and '' Judy Berlin'' in 1999., ...
, who was the assistant to Allen's costume designer, Jeffrey Kurland, helped her to be cast in the role. Mendelsohn went on to direct Falco in his feature film ''Judy Berlin'', for which he won Best Director honors at the
Sundance Film Festival. Falco went on to star in Mendelsohn's next film ''3 Backyards'', for which he won Best Director a second time.
During this time, Falco appeared in the films ''
Trust
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Business and law
* Trust law, a body of law under which one person holds property for the benefit of another
* Trust (bus ...
'', ''
Cop Land
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'', ''
Private Parts'' (nonspeaking part), ''
Random Hearts
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'', On
Broadway
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* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
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** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
, she appeared in the
Tony Award
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-winning ''
Side Man
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'' and in the revivals of ''
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
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Plot
The play focuses on two lonely, middle-aged people whose first date ends with their tumbling into bed. The ...
'' opposite
Stanley Tucci
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, and ''
'night, Mother
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The play is about a daughter, Jessie, and her mother, Thelma. It begins with Je ...
'' opposite
Brenda Blethyn.
In 1997, Falco started portraying prison officer
Diane Whittlesey, in the
HBO series ''
Oz''. Falco got the role after working with Fontana on ''Homicide''.
1999–2007: ''The Sopranos''
Falco received her breakout role in the
HBO drama ''
The Sopranos
''The Sopranos'' is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, portraying his difficulties as he tries to balance ...
''. The series premiered in 1999 and ended in 2007. She portrayed
Carmela Soprano
Carmela Soprano (''née'' DeAngelis), played by Edie Falco, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series ''The Sopranos''. She is married to Mafia boss Tony Soprano. A young Carmela, portrayed by Lauren DiMario, appears in the 2021 prequel fi ...
, wife of
Mafia
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boss
Tony Soprano
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. The series received wide acclaim, and is often considered to be one of the greatest television series of all time.
For her role on the series, Falco won three
Primetime Emmy Awards, two
Golden Globe Awards, and five
Screen Actors Guild Awards. As of 2008, Falco, ''
The X-Files
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'' star
Gillian Anderson
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, ''
Ugly Betty
''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which was originally broadcast on ABC. It premiered on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombi ...
'' star
America Ferrera
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, and ''
30 Rock''s
Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (1997–2006) and for creating the ...
were the only actresses to have received a
Golden Globe, an
Emmy, and a
SAG Award
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in the same year. Falco won these awards in 2003 for her performance as Carmela Soprano during the fourth season of ''The Sopranos''. During her tenure on ''The Sopranos'', Falco appeared in films such as ''
Freedomland'', and
John Sayles
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for ''Passion Fish'' (1992) and '' ...
' ''
Sunshine State'', for which she received the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Falco also guest starred on the television series ''
Will & Grace
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'' and had a recurring role on the second season of ''
30 Rock'' as Celeste Cunningham.
2007–2015: ''Nurse Jackie'' and ''Horace and Pete''
Falco starred as the title character in the
Showtime
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Film
* ''Showtime'' (film), a 2002 American action/comedy film
* ''Showtime'' (video), a 1995 live concert video by Blur
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* Showtime Networks, a division of Paramount Global w ...
dark comedy
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series ''
Nurse Jackie
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The show stars Edie Fal ...
'', which premiered on June 8, 2009, and ended on June 28, 2015.
![Edie Falco Shankbone 2009 Vanity Fair](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Edie_Falco_Shankbone_2009_Vanity_Fair.jpg)
In 2011, Falco played the part of Bananas in the
Broadway revival
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Broa ...
of ''
House of Blue Leaves
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'' in
New York City
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with
Ben Stiller
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and
Jennifer Jason Leigh
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, for which she received her first and only
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ce ...
nomination. It was announced in January 2013 that Falco would star in Liz Flahive's ''The Madrid'' off-Broadway. The limited engagement, directed by Leigh Silverman, began previews on February 5 with an official opening on February 26. Along with Falco, the play starred John Ellison, Christopher Evan Welch, Phoebe Strole, and
Frances Sternhagen
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.
2016–present: Return to television
In 2016, Falco started portraying Sylvia Wittel on the
Louis CK
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series, ''
Horace and Pete
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''. The first episode was released on January 30, 2016, on C.K.'s website without any prior announcements.
New episodes premiered weekly until the tenth episode was released on April 2, 2016.
In September 2017, she began portraying
Leslie Abramson
Leslie Hope Abramson (born October 6, 1943) is an American criminal defense attorney best known for her role in the legal defense of Lyle and Erik Menendez. She is also a published author.
Education
Born in Flushing, Queens, New York, Abramson g ...
in the first season of the
NBC
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true crime
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The crimes most commonly include murder; about 40 pe ...
anthology series ''
Law & Order True Crime
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'', subtitled ''The Menendez Murders''.
In 2020, she appeared as the lead character in the
Paul Attanasio
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...
TV series ''
Tommy
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* Tommy (given name)
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Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Tommy'' (1931 film), a Soviet drama film
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.
Falco originally reprised her breakout role as
Carmela Soprano
Carmela Soprano (''née'' DeAngelis), played by Edie Falco, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series ''The Sopranos''. She is married to Mafia boss Tony Soprano. A young Carmela, portrayed by Lauren DiMario, appears in the 2021 prequel fi ...
for the 2021 film ''
The Many Saints of Newark
''The Many Saints of Newark'' (marketed with the subtitle ''A Sopranos Story'') is a 2021 American crime drama film directed by Alan Taylor and written by David Chase and Lawrence Konner. A prequel to Chase's HBO crime drama series ''The So ...
'', a ''The Sopranos'' prequel. However, her scenes were cut from the finished film.
Falco also starred in the FX true crime series ''
Impeachment'' as Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of President Bill Clinton.
Politics
During the
2004 U.S. presidential election, Falco appeared in a 30-second television commercial on behalf of Mothers Opposing
Bush
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*** ...
in which she said, "Mothers always put their children first. Mr. Bush, can you say the same?"
Falco has become the spokesperson for
Health Care for America Now and appeared on
CNN
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on June 25, 2009.
Personal life
In 2003, Falco was diagnosed with
breast cancer
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. She chose not to make the news public until the following year.
She has struggled with
alcoholism
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and decided to become sober in the early 1990s after "one particular night of debauchery". She said in an interview that it was difficult to be around the hard-partying cast of ''The Sopranos'', stating, "This cast, in particular, they really love to hang out and party. They make it look like fun. And it was fun for me! They spend a lot more time without me than with me, by my own choice. I'm always invited, and I'm always there for two minutes and I leave, because I can't live in that world anymore. It's too dangerous."
She is an advocate of
Alcoholics Anonymous' 12-step program.
Falco is a
Buddhist
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. She adopted a son in 2005 and a daughter in 2008. She is a
vegan
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and has worked with
PETA on projects, including a public-service message urging parents to keep their children away from the circus. She told ''
Parade'' magazine, "I believe this is at the base of everything bad in society—you can bring it back to cruelty to animals. If you don't have respect for the life of any kind, it will manifest in more obvious ways."
[Stephanie Stephens,"Edie Falco as Attorney Leslie Abramson in Menendez Brothers Series: 'She Just Knew'," ]
Parade
', September 26, 2017.
Filmography
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Awards and nominations
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