16 Facts About Carmela Soprano

Carmela Soprano, played by Edie Falco, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos.

Carmela Soprano is known for her strength, intelligence, and conflicted feelings about her marriage and lifestyle.

Carmela Soprano won three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1999,2001 and 2003, and received six nominations for her role in the series.

Carmela Soprano attended Montclair State University for an unspecified period of time before dropping out.

Carmela Soprano is an observant Roman Catholic and has difficulty rationalizing her husband's profession and the flaws in their marriage.

Tony and Carmela Soprano often reconcile after Tony presents her with expensive gifts, notably jewelry, designer clothing, furs, cars, and a $600,000 plot of land she wants to build a spec house on.

Sometimes, Carmela Soprano has intense guilt for having sacrificed her children's security for the luxuries Tony's career could provide.

Carmela Soprano defends her children from Tony when they do something wrong.

Carmela Soprano has shown herself willing to use her mob-wife status to intimidate others, as she does in "Full Leather Jacket".

Carmela Soprano has trouble with her husband's profession, considering him more a Robin Hood-like character and just another "crook" rather than a brutal murderer.

Carmela Soprano reaches a low point with Tony's constant string of affairs and the two have a romantically tense but "arms-length" relationship for a period.

Around this time, Carmela Soprano is concerned for the whereabouts of Adriana La Cerva, who seemingly had disappeared.

The next day Carmela Soprano confronts Tony, who dismisses her: "Let me school you on domestic violence," he says.

Carmela Soprano is not aware that Adriana was a low-level informant for the FBI and that Christopher, who had learned this truth from Adriana herself, informed Tony, who in turn had her executed by Silvio.

Carmela Soprano is unaware that Tony murdered Christopher after he had flipped off the highway in the SUV in which both were traveling.

Carmela Soprano is shown considering building plans for a beach house.