Career
Bracco appeared as Paul Guilfoyle's hostage in the first season Crime Story episode "Hide and Go Thevies". Her sister Elizabeth played a hostage in the series pilot. She has appeared in several films, including Riding in Cars with Boys, The Basketball Diaries, Medicine Man, Radio Flyer and Hackers.
Bracco received her big career break when offered the role as the mobster-wife Karen Hill in Goodfellas, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. During the audition process for The Sopranos, Bracco had originally vied for the lead female role of Carmela Soprano, but turned it down fearing the part was too similar to her role as the mob-wife in Goodfellas and that the role of mob-psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Melfi would be a new and bigger challenge for her. The role has netted her several award nominations, including 3 consecutive nominations for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" at the Emmy Awards in 1999, 2000 and 2001 and at the Golden Gl
More about Lorraine Bracco (From Wikipedia)
Early Life
Bracco was born in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge and grew up in Hicksville on Long Island. She moved to France in 1974 where she became a fashion model for Jean-Paul Gaultier. read more...
Career
Bracco appeared as Paul Guilfoyle's hostage in the first season Crime Story episode "Hide and Go Thevies". Her sister Elizabeth played a hostage in the series pilot. She has appeared read more...
Personal Life
Bracco has been married and divorced twice. Her first marriage was to Daniel Guerard from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, after which she entered into a long-term relationship read more...
Lorraine Bracco (born October 2, 1954) is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-nominated, as well as Screen Actors Guild Award-winning, American actress. She is best known read more...