Edie Falco Actress Bio Wiki age Height Husband Children Movies and Net Worth
Edie Falco is a famously known American actress. She is best known for her roles as Nurse Jackie Peyton on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie, Carmela Soprano on The Sopranos, and also in Oz as Diane Whittlesey. Moreover, she also participated in Law & Order True Crime, Laws of Gravity, Sunshine State, Freedomland, and The Comedian.
In addition, she is a four-time Emmy Award winner from fourteen nominations and a two-time Golden Globe Award winner from eleven nominations
She was born on July 5, 1963, in New York City in theUnited States. Edie is59 years old.
She is a woman of average stature. Edie stands at5 ft 6 in(Approx 1.71 m).
She was born to her supportive and caring parents in New York City in the United States. Edie is the daughter ofFrank Falco, a jazz drummer who also served at an advertising agency, andJudith Anderson, who was an actress. She has a sisterRuthand two brothersPaulandJoseph.She has an auncleEdward Falcowho is a novelist, playwright, and poet.
She is not married yet but she is a proud mother of two adopted children. In addition, she had struggled with alcoholism untill in the early 1990s when she made the decision of becoming sober and is an advocate of Alcoholics Anonymous’ 12-step program.
Edie is a Buddhist and adopted two children a daughterMacy Falcoin 2008 and a son in 2005Anderson Falco. She is a vegan and has worked with PETA on projects. Edie was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003 but she did not go public with the issue until 2004.
She grew up on Long Island and at the age of four years the family moved to Hicksville, then North Babylon, and finally West Islip. Her mother Judith performed at Arena Players Repertory Theater in East Farmingdale along with Edie. She attended Northport High School graduating in 1981, during her stay at the school she played My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle. Edie enrolled in the State University of New York at Purchase through an acting program and pursued a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in acting. She graduated in 1986.
Edie is part crime drama television series The Sopranos with the role of Carmela Soprano. She was a star in the movie along with other casts with an opening theme “Woke Up This Morning by Alabama 3. The film contains six episodes with 86 episodes. The film won multiple awards two-time Peabody Awards, five-time Golden Globe Awards, and 21 Primetime Emmy Award winners.
She is a part of the drama television series set at a fictional men’s prison Oz as Diane Whittlesey. Eddie has a recurring role in 23 episodes. It was aired from July 12, 1997, to February 23, 2003, and contains six episodes.
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She first appeared in Tv shows like Law & Order and Homicide: Life on the Street during her early career. Edie’s role was Eva Thormann, the wife of an injured police officer, after her work on Laws of Gravity. During this time, she appeared in the films Trust, Cop Land, Private Parts, and Random Hearts. Moreover, on Broadway, she appeared in the Tony Award-winning Side Man and the revivals of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune opposite Stanley Tucci, and ‘night, Mother opposite Brenda Blethyn.
In 1999 she received her breakout role in the HBO drama The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano, wife of Mafia boss Tony Soprano. Furthermore, she is two Golden Globe Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Award winners. In addition, she also appeared in Sunshine State, Freedomland, and John Sayles.
Eddie is a star in the Showtime dark comedy series Nurse Jackie. The film ran from June 8, 2009, and ended on June 28, 2015. In addition, she received a Tony nomination through her play of Bananas in the Broadway revival of House of Blue Leaves in New York City with Ben Stiller and Jennifer Jason Leigh. She also stared in the Louis CK series, Horace and Pete. Additionally, from September 2017, she was part of the NBC true crime anthology series Law & Order True Crime in episode 8.
She has been an active actress since 1987, there is no doubt she has amassed a decent fortune through her successful acting career. Edie’s estimated net worth is$7 Million.
Edie is 59 years old born on July 5, 1963, in New York City in the United States.
