Annabella Sciorra - Fact Sheet

Profession: Actress

Annabella Gloria Philomena Sciorra is an Italian-American film and stage actress who has starred in a number of films and television series. At age 11, her family moved to New York City, where as a teenager she began taking acting lessons. She first came to widespread attention in her co-lead role in Spike Lee's 1991 Jungle Fever. She is also familiar to many viewers as Tony Soprano's mistress, Gloria Trillo, in the HBO series The Sopranos, for which she received an Emmy nomination. She also made a guest appearance in the first episode of Law & Order: Trial by Jury. Recently, she joined the cast of Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Detective Carolyn Barek. 

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