Edith Falco was born on July 5,1963 and is an American actress.
26 Facts About Edie Falco
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Edie Falco is best known for portraying Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos, and Nurse Jackie Peyton on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie.
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Edie Falco portrayed Diane Whittlesey in HBO's prison drama Oz.
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Edie Falco has won two Golden Globe awards and four Emmy awards, all for individual performances.
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Edie Falco was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn on July 5,1963, the daughter of Judith Anderson, an actress, and Frank Edie Falco, a jazz drummer who later worked for an advertising agency.
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Edie Falco's father was of Italian descent and her mother had Swedish, English and Cornish ancestry.
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Edie Falco has two brothers, Joseph and Paul, and a sister, Ruth.
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Edie Falco's uncle is novelist, playwright, and poet Edward Falco.
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Edie Falco attended the acting program at State University of New York at Purchase, and graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.
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Edie Falco's first big break in films was a small speaking role in the 1994 Woody Allen film Bullets over Broadway.
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Edie Falco went on to star in Mendelsohn's next film 3 Backyards, for which he won Best Director a second time.
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In 1997, Edie Falco started portraying prison officer Diane Whittlesey, in the HBO series Oz.
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Edie Falco got the role after working with Fontana on Homicide.
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Edie Falco received her breakout role in the HBO drama The Sopranos.
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Edie Falco portrayed Carmela Soprano, wife of Mafia boss Tony Soprano.
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Edie Falco won these awards in 2003 for her performance as Carmela Soprano during the fourth season of The Sopranos.
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Edie Falco starred as the title character in the Showtime dark comedy series Nurse Jackie, which premiered on June 8,2009, and ended on June 28,2015.
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Edie Falco won her fourth Primetime Emmy Award for the series.
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In 2011, Edie Falco played the part of Bananas in the Broadway revival of The House of Blue Leaves in New York City with Ben Stiller and Jennifer Jason Leigh, for which she received her first and only Tony Award nomination.
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Edie Falco originally reprised her breakout role as Carmela Soprano for the 2021 film The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel to The Sopranos.
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Edie Falco starred in the FX true crime series Impeachment: American Crime Story as Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of President Bill Clinton.
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Edie Falco has become the spokesperson for Health Care for America Now and appeared on CNN on June 25,2009.
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Edie Falco chose not to make the news public until the following year.
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Edie Falco has struggled with alcoholism and decided to become sober in the early 1990s after "one particular night of debauchery".
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Edie Falco adopted a son in 2005 and a daughter in 2008.
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Edie Falco is a vegan and has worked with PETA on projects, including a public-service message urging parents to keep their children away from the circus.