1. Annabella Sciorra came to prominence with her film debut in True Love and worked steadily throughout the 1990s in films such as Jungle Fever, The Hard Way, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The Addiction, Cop Land, and What Dreams May Come.
11 Facts About Annabella Sciorra
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Annabella Sciorra was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City to Italian immigrant parents.
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Annabella Sciorra's mother was a fashion stylist from Formia, Lazio, and her father a veterinarian from Carunchio, Abruzzo.
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Annabella Sciorra studied dance as a child, and later took drama lessons at the Herbert Berghof Studio and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
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In 1991, after co-starring in buddy cop comedy The Hard Way, Annabella Sciorra garnered widespread attention with her portrayal of Angie Tucci in the acclaimed Spike Lee drama Jungle Fever, which was shortlisted for the Palme d'Or at that year's Cannes Film Festival.
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Annabella Sciorra's Angie is a delight, a woman of guts and humor and enormous resilience.
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In 2001, Annabella Sciorra was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress for her "electric" portrayal of Gloria Trillo on HBO's The Sopranos, a part described as "career changing" by Entertainment Weekly, which she played intermittently until 2004.
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In 2018, Annabella Sciorra portrayed Rosalie Carbone on the second season of Netflix's Luke Cage.
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Between 2019 and 2020, Annabella Sciorra played Erin Buhrman in seven episodes of the Apple TV+ legal drama Truth Be Told.
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Annabella Sciorra has since appeared in recurring roles on NBC's New Amsterdam, the MGM+ crime series Godfather of Harlem, CBS drama Blue Bloods, and the Paramount+ series Tulsa King.
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Annabella Sciorra was married to actor Joe Petruzzi from 1989 to 1993.