As the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards draw near, we look back at the careers of the lead acting nominees.

In 1993, Falco landed the recurring role of Eva Thurmann, the wife of a police officer, on the NBC procedural.

Oz creator Tom Fontana cast Falco as prison officer Diane Wittlesey, Oz's first female guard, after working with her on Homicide: Life on the Street.

Falco has won three Emmys, two Golden Globes and three SAG awards for her portrayal of Carmela Soprano on the long-running HBO hit. She is one of four actresses — the others being Gillian Anderson, America Ferrera and Tina Fey — to sweep the Golden Globe, SAG and Emmy in a calendar year, which she did in 2003.

Falco co-starred alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore in this 2006 crime mystery.

Showing off her comedic chops, Falco wooed Alec Baldwin on 30 Rock as Celeste "C.C." Cunningham, a liberal congresswoman whose life was dramatized in the (fictional) Lifetime movie, A Dog Took My Face and Gave Me A Better Face to Change the World: The Celeste Cunningham Story.

Falco has earned Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG award nominations for her turn as the abrasive and pill-popping titular character.