“All I ever wanted to do was act. And pay my bills”
Interview with Robin Finn for the New York Times (April 24, 2001).http://www.hwwilson.com/_home/bios/1999043105.htm
Edith Falco is an American actress, best known for her roles as Diane Whittlesey in the HBO series Oz and Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos . For the latter, she received six Emmy nominations, winning three for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, as well as winning two Golden Globes and five Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Falco portrayed Nurse Jackie Peyton on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie , earning a further six Emmy nominations and winning once for an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy. In 2016, she played Sylvia Wittel on the web series Horace and Pete. In 2017, she portrayed defense attorney Leslie Abramson in the first season of the true crime anthology series Law & Order True Crime, for which she garnered her 14th Emmy nomination, this time for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.
Falco's film work includes lead roles in Laws of Gravity , for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and Judy Berlin , and supporting roles in films including Sunshine State , Freedomland , and The Comedian . For her role in the 2011 Broadway revival of The House of Blue Leaves, she earned a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
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“All I ever wanted to do was act. And pay my bills”
Interview with Robin Finn for the New York Times (April 24, 2001).http://www.hwwilson.com/_home/bios/1999043105.htm
Interview with Bruce Fretts, Entertainment Weekly (January 15, 1999), http://www.hwwilson.com/_home/bios/1999043105.htm