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Facinelli On "Twilight" Phenomenon

CBS News - Found 13 hours ago
I'm working with Edie Falco right now on a Showtime series. Another strong woman," he said.
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Posted on November 21, 2008, 2:20 am

'Sopranos' Set Is a Heavy Hitter

Washington Post - Found Nov. 14, 2008
They really did,' Chase says of the audience) to Edie Falco's realization that she forgot to wear Carmela's wedding rings while filming that...

Posted on November 14, 2008, 5:14 am

Hollywood Woos Obama Volunteers

CBS News - Found Nov. 13, 2008
Edie Falco is fidgeting and looks nervous.

Posted on November 13, 2008, 9:40 am

A 'Nurse' aide, a rocket woman

Hollywood Reporter - Found Nov. 11, 2008
Canada's CTV, Germany's ProSieben and the BBC. 'Jackie,' from Showtime and Lionsgate TV, stars Edie Falco as a strong-willed, iconoclastic...

Posted on November 11, 2008, 10:00 am

Rogen, Showtime team on comedy

Variety - Found Nov. 18, 2008
Showtime already has several comedies greenlit to series for next year, including 'Nurse Jackie' starring Edie Falco and 'United States of...
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Posted on November 18, 2008, 11:19 am

Seth Rogen Makes Another Porno

TheCelebrityCafe.com - Found Nov. 19, 2008
That list includes Nurse Jackie, which will star Edie Falco, and Diablo Cody's United States of Tara.
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Posted on November 19, 2008, 1:30 pm

Mania Exclusive: Peter Facinelli is...

Mania - Found Nov. 18, 2008
... for each other and it feels like that.? Coming up for Facinelli is a new television series with Edie Falco on Showtime called 'Nurse Jackie'.

Posted on November 18, 2008, 4:29 am

Bada big!: "Sopranos" complete series now on DVD

Seattle Times - Found Nov. 16, 2008
They really did,' Chase says of his audience) to Edie Falco's realization that she forgot to wear Carmela's wedding rings while filming that...

Posted on November 16, 2008, 4:01 am

TV's favorite crime clan up to new tricks after "Sopranos"

Denver Post - Found Nov. 16, 2008
... episode of 'How I Met Your Mother.' Also on Sigler's docket: A movie called 'Son of Mourning.' Edie Falco (Carmela Soprano): She's moving on...

Posted on November 16, 2008, 4:31 am

Nation's Oldest Existing Bike Maker Keeps On Rolling

NPR - Found Nov. 15, 2008
Not long ago, Worksman's hand-built three-wheeler got a boost when actress Edie Falco ordered one with a metal basket mounted on the back for...

Posted on November 15, 2008, 6:59 am

Edie Falco Biography

Edie Falco
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Edie Falco

Edie Falco, April 2008
Born Edith Falco
July 5, 1963 (1963-07-05) (age 45)
Brooklyn, New York, United States

Edith "Edie" Falco (pronounced /ˈiːdi ˈfælkoʊ/; born July 5, 1963) is a three-time Emmy award-winning American television, film and stage actress, known for her lead role as Carmela Soprano on HBO's award winning hit series The Sopranos.

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Family

Falco was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Judith Anderson, an actress, and Frank Falco, a jazz drummer.1 Her father is Italian American and her mother Swedish American.23 Falco's siblings are Joseph, Paul and Ruth. Her uncle is novelist, playwright and poet Edward Falco, an English professor at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. She was raised in Northport and West Islip,4 on Long Island. She has an adopted son named Anderson Falco and an adopted daughter named Macy Falco.

Education

Falco graduated from Northport High School in 1981, after playing Eliza Doolittle in a production of My Fair Lady. She attended SUNY Purchase with fellow actors Stanley Tucci and Ving Rhames; she remains friends with both.

Career

Her first big break in films was a small speaking role in the 1994 Woody Allen film Bullets Over Broadway. One reason she got the part was her friendship with former SUNY Purchase classmate Eric Mendelsohn, who at the time was assistant to Allen's costume designer, Jeffrey Kurland. Mendelsohn would go on to direct Falco in his feature film Judy Berlin, for which he won "Best Director" honors at the Sundance Film Festival.

Falco in 2007.

Falco, The X-Files star Gillian Anderson, Ugly Betty star America Ferrera, and 30 Rock's Tina Fey are the only actresses to have received a Golden Globe, an Emmy and a SAG Award in the same year. Falco won these awards in 2003 for her performance as Carmela during the fourth season of The Sopranos. Prior to that, she was a regular performer on Oz. She also had recurring roles on Law & Order and Homicide: Life on the Street.

Falco has won three Emmys, two Golden Globes and five Screen Actors Guild Awards.5

She appeared in the films Trust, Cop Land, Random Hearts, Freedomland, and John Sayles' Sunshine State, for which she received the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for "Best Supporting Actress". On Broadway, she appeared in the Tony Award-winning Side Man and in the revivals of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune opposite Stanley Tucci, and Night, Mother opposite Brenda Blethyn. NBC announced on September 7, 2007 that Falco would be guest starring on three episodes of 30 Rock.6 She has also appeared as a guest star on Will & Grace.

Politics

During the 2004 U.S. presidential election, Falco appeared in a 30-second television commercial on behalf of M.O.B. (Mothers Opposing Bush) in which she said "Mothers always put their children first. Mr. Bush, can you say the same?", referring to George W.Bush who was running for re-election.7

Records show that she donated $1,000 to John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign, $300 to the Democratic National Committee in 2004, and two separate sums of $1,000 and $300 to Hillary Clinton in 2005.8

Personal life

Falco has said she had past problems with alcohol and said she decided to become sober after "one particular night of debauchery". She said in an interview that it's hard to be around the hard-partying cast of The Sopranos; "This cast (of the Sopranos) in particular, they really love to hang out and party. They make it look like fun. And it was fun for me! They spend a lot more time without me than with me, by my own choice—I’m always invited, and I’m always there for two minutes and I leave, because I can’t live in that world anymore. It's too dangerous".9

She is also a breast cancer survivor.9

Awards and recognition

Awards won

Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series
  • 1999: The Sopranos (for the episode "College")
  • 2001: The Sopranos (for the episode "Second Opinion")
  • 2003: The Sopranos (for the episode "Whitecaps")
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress - TV Drama Series
  • 2000: The Sopranos
  • 2003: The Sopranos
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor - Drama Series
  • 2000: The Sopranos
  • 2003: The Sopranos
  • 2007: The Sopranos
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble - Drama Series
  • 2000: The Sopranos
  • 2007: The Sopranos

Award nominations

Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series
Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress - TV Drama Series
  • 2001: The Sopranos
  • 2002: The Sopranos
  • 2005: The Sopranos
  • 2007: The Sopranos
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor - Drama Series
  • 2001: The Sopranos
  • 2002: The Sopranos
  • 2005: The Sopranos
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble - Drama Series
  • 2001: The Sopranos
  • 2002: The Sopranos
  • 2003: The Sopranos
  • 2005: The Sopranos

References

External links

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Keri Russell
for Felicity
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Series
1999
for The Sopranos
Succeeded by
Sela Ward
for Once and Again
Preceded by
Julianna Margulies
for ER
Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Drama Series
1999
for The Sopranos
Succeeded by
Allison Janney
for The West Wing
Preceded by
Jennifer Garner
for Alias
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Series
2002
for The Sopranos
Succeeded by
Frances Conroy
for Six Feet Under
Preceded by
Allison Janney
for The West Wing
Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Drama Series
2002
for The Sopranos
Succeeded by
Frances Conroy
for Six Feet Under
Preceded by
Chandra Wilson
for Grey's Anatomy
Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Drama Series
2007
for The Sopranos
Succeeded by
TBD
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NAME Falco, Edie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Falco, Edith
SHORT DESCRIPTION Emmy winning American television, film and stage actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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