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Annabella Sciorra (born 20th March, 1960)^[1] is an American film, television,^[2] and stage actress.^[3] Sciorra received an Independent Spirit Award nomination as best female lead for the 1989 film True Love,^[4] 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,^[5] and received critical acclaim for her work in Cop Land.^[6] She received an Emmy nomination for her role as Gloria Trillo in the HBO series The Sopranos.^[6]

Sciorra was born in Brooklyn, New York^[1] to a fashion stylist mother and a veterinarian father.^[7] Her father is of Italian and Cuban descent and her mother is of French descent.^[7] She was raised in Brooklyn, New York.^[1]

Filmography

Films

• True Love (1989)
• Internal Affairs (1989)
• Cadillac Man (1990)
• Reversal of Fortune (1990)
• Jungle Fever (1991)
• The Hard Way (1991)
• The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1992)
• Whispers in the Dark (1992)
• The Night We Never Met (1993)
• Mr. Wonderful (1993)
• Romeo is Bleeding (1993)
• The Cure (1995)
• The Addiction (1995)
• Cop Land (1997)
• Mr. Jealousy (1997)
• Highball (1997)
• What Dreams May Come (1998)
• American Crime (2004)
• Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story (2004)
• Chasing Liberty (2004)
• Twelve and Holding (2005)
• Find Me Guilty (2006)
• Marvelous (2006)^[2]

Television

• The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988)
• Asteroid (1997)
• Touched by an Angel (2001)
• The Sopranos (2001–2004)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005–2006)
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)
• The L Word (2007)
• ER (2007)
• Mental (2009)^[2]

Stage

• David Rabe's Those The River Keeps
• Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues
• Betty Shamieh's Roar (2004)^[3]

Video

• New Order's Round and Round (1989)^[8]

References

External links

• Annabella Sciorra at the Internet Movie Database