Lorraine Bracco Biography, Facts and Life Story
Lorraine Bracco, Italian: ['brakko]; born the 2nd of October, 1954. She is an American actress in the film and television industries. Known for her distinct vocal husky tone and her distinctive Brooklyn accent, she is nominated for an Academy Award, four Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She was born in New York City and started her modeling career in France. In the 1980s, she starred in films that were Italian-language, including Lina Wertmuller's Camorra (1986) which featured which Bracco was accompanied by Harvey Keitel. Bracco's first English-language film was The Pick-Up Artist (1987). It was followed by roles as Someone to Watch Over Me (1987), Sing (89) and The Dream Team (1989). Her most memorable role was that of Karen Hill, wife of mob associate Henry Hill, in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990), for which she was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. In the world of television, Bracco is best known for her portrayal of Jennifer Melfi, the psychiatrist of Tony Soprano, in the HBO show The Sopranos (1999-2007). For her performance in the first three seasons of the show, she was nominated to the Primetime Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actress In the Drama Series and for the Golden Globe Award as Best Actress - Television Series Drama. In the fourth season her role started to diminish in a slight manner, however, by the end of the series, at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
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