After honing her craft off-Broadway, the Brooklyn-raised actor made her first big impression in the indie wedding comedy
True Love, which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead. She subsequently appeared in a number of films, both indies, such as
Cop Land and
The Addiction, and mainstream movies, including the romantic comedies
Mr. Wonderful and
The Night We Never Met. An Emmy-nominated turn as Tony Soprano's mistress on
The Sopranos launched a new career on the small screen, which continued with a role on the short-lived
Queens Supreme, followed by her critically lauded turn as a know-it-all detective on
Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Despite her popularity in the role, she left the series after one season, and later landed in the quirky hospital drama
Mental, which lasted one season in 2009.
Annabella Sciorra Fast Facts:
- Trained in both theater and classical dance as a youngster.
- Studied acting at Hagen-Berghoff Studio and American Academy of Dramatic Arts, both in New York City.
- Made her TV-movie debut in 1988 playing Sophia Loren's daughter in Mario Puzo's The Fortunate Pilgrim.
- Founded the Brass Ring Theater Company at the age of 20.
- One of the only actresses who can say she had the opportunity to throw meat at James Gandolfini. As she told Entertainment Weekly, regarding the filming of Gloria's meltdown in The Sopranos: "I hit him pretty much every time I threw it. They wanted me to use a fake sponge steak, but it didn't throw the same way."
- In 2009, she appeared in the short-lived hospital drama Mental, which lasted one season.
- Annabella Sciorra Relationships:
- Joe Petruzzi - Ex-husband
- Bobby Cannavale - Ex-significant Other
- Annabella Sciorra Awards:
- 2001 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee