Annabella Sciorra

Annabella Sciorra Biography

Annabella Gloria Philomena Sciorra (, ; born March 29, 1960) is an Italian-American actress. Her film roles include Cadillac Man (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), Cop Land (1997) and What Dreams May Come (1998). She was nominated for a 2001 Emmy Award for playing Gloria Trillo in The Sopranos (2001-04).

Early life

Sciorra was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a housewife mother and a veterinarian father. Her parents are Italian American, and her father emigrated from Carunchio, Abruzzo in 1951. Sciorra studied dance as a child, and as she grew older, began taking drama lessons at the Herbert Berghof Studio and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Career

On November 5, 1981, Sciorra founded the Brass Ring Theater Company at the age of 21. She received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead for the 1989 film True Love, and came to widespread attention in her co-lead role in Spike Lee's 1991 film Jungle Fever. She starred in the 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, and received critical acclaim for her work in Cop Land. She received an Emmy nomination for her role as Gloria Trillo in the HBO series The Sopranos. From 2005 to 2006, she portrayed Detective Carolyn Barek on Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Personal life

Sciorra was married to actor Joe Petruzzi from 1989 to 1993.

In 2017, Sciorra brought allegations of sexual assault including "violent rape" against the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, in a string of such accusations by numerous Hollywood personalities.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	True Love	Donna
1990	Internal Affairs	Heather Peck
1990	Cadillac Man	Donna
1990	Reversal of Fortune	Sarah
1991	'	Susan
1991	Jungle Fever	Angie Tucci
1991	Prison Stories: Women on the Inside	Nicole	Television film
1992	'	Claire Bartel
1992	Whispers in the Dark	Ann Hecker
1993	'	Ellen Holder
1993	Romeo Is Bleeding	Natalie Grimaldi
1993	Mr. Wonderful	Leonora
1995	'	Casanova
1995	'	Linda
1995	Favorite Deadly Sins	Brenda	Television film
1996	'	Billie Hayman
1996	Underworld	Dr. Leah
1996	'	Jean
1997	Highball	Molly
1997	Little City	Nina
1997	Destination Anywhere: The Film	Dorothy	Video
1997	Cop Land	Liz Randone
1997	Asteroid	Dr. Lily McKee	Television film
1997	Mr. Jealousy	Ramona Ray
1998	New Rose Hotel	Madame Rosa
1998	What Dreams May Come	Annie Collins-Nielsen
2000	Above Suspicion	Lisa Stockton
2000	King of the Jungle	Mermaid
2000	Once in the Life	Maxine
2001	Sunday	Betib
2001	Jenifer	Meredith Estess	Television film
2001	Sam the Man	Cass
2004	Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story	Connie Volkos	Television film
2004	Chasing Liberty	Cynthia Morales
2004	American Crime	Jane Berger	Video
2004	'	Jeanette Maier	Television film
2005	12 and Holding	Carla Chuang
2006	Find Me Guilty	Bella DiNorscio
2006	Marvelous	Lara
2012	'	Chloe
2013	'	Mrs. Crawford
2014	Wishin' and Hopin'	Ma	Television film
2014	Friends and Romans	Angela DeMaio
2015	Alto	Sofia Del Vecchio	Romance/Comedy
2016	The Inherited	Mrs. Menabar	Television film
2016	Back In the Day	Mary

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	The Fortunate Pilgrim	Dr. Andrew McKay	Miniseries
2001	Touched by an Angel	Dr. Sarah Conover	Episode: "The Face of God"
2001–2004	'	Gloria Trillo	7 episodes
2003	Queens Supreme	Judge Kim Vicidomini	13 episodes
2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Maggie Dettweiler	Episode: "The Abominable Showman"
2005–2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Det. Carolyn Barek	12 episodes
2007	'	Kate Arden	3 episodes
2007	ER	Diana Moore	2 episodes
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Lawyer	Episode: "Self-made"
2009	Mental	Nora Skoff	12 episodes
2010	'	Madeline Landon	Episode: "When Cougars Attack"
2012	'	Lesli Rand	Episode: "Waiting for Knock"
2013	Blue Bloods	Dr. Grace Meherin	Episode: "Front Page News"
2013	CSI:Crime Scene Investigation	Nancy Brass	Episode: "Skin in the Game"
2014	Taxi Brooklyn	Jeanette Vandercroix	Episode: "Black Widow"
2017	Bull	ADA Shelly Giordano	Episode: "Bring it On"

Stage

Those The River Keeps
The Vagina Monologues
Roar (2004)
Spain (2007)
The Motherfucker with the Hat (2011)

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