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Lorraine Bracco (born October 2, 1954) is an American actress best known for her performances as psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi on the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos (1999–2007) and for her breakthrough role portraying Karen Hill in the Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas (1990).
Bracco is nonetheless fulsome in her tributes to Scorsese, whom she deems “one of the 10 greatest directors of our generation”. She says the same of Ridley Scott, who directed her in 1987’s ...
The Sopranos is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase.The series revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster who struggles to balance his family life with his role as the leader of a criminal organization, which he reluctantly explores during therapy sessions with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco).
Lorraine Bracco is just like many Sopranos fans who couldn't get behind how the series ended.. During a recent appearance on SiriusXM’s The Spotlight with Jessica Shaw, the actress — who ...
Lorraine Bracco can clearly remember James Gandolfini’s response upon learning how The Sopranoswould end after six eventful seasons.. In the new HBO documentary, Wise Guy: David Chase and The ...
Bracco played the wife of a mobster in Goodfellas (1990) and she was originally asked to play the role of Carmela Soprano. She took the role of Jennifer Melfi instead because she wanted to try something different and felt that the part of the highly educated Dr. Melfi would be more of a challenge for her. [4]
Now, star Lorraine Bracco, who played Tony Soprano’s therapist Dr. Jennifer Melfi, is revealing her thoughts on the controversial ending. “The Sopranos” ended with an …
Lorraine Bracco was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for season three. She lost the award to co-star Edie Falco , who submitted the episode " Second Opinion ".