Edie Falco

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Edie Falco
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July 5, 1963 in Brooklyn, NY
Biography:Known as part of "the Purchase Mafia" thanks to her status as one of the many illustrious alumni of the State University of New York at Purchase, "Edie Falco" is one of America's most well-respected television and film actresses. A native of Brooklyn, Falco, who is of Sicilian heritage, was born in 1963. She got her professional start acting in fellow-Purchase alum "Hal Hartley"'s films, most notably "Trust" (1991), which cast her as the unrepentantly trampy older sister of a pregnant cheerleader ("Adrienne Shelly"). Falco spent the 1990s dividing her time and talent between TV and film, doing recurring work on such series as Homicide: Life on the Street and Law and Order, and appearing in a slew of diverse films that included "Woody Allen"'s "Bullets over Broadway" (1994) and "The Addiction" (1995).

In 1997, Falco began earning kudos for her performance as Officer Diane Whittlesey on... Full Biography

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Stanley Tucci, left, and Edie Falco attend the opening night of "Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de...
Edie Falco and Julianne Moore in "Freedomland"
Edie Falco in "Freedomland"
Actors Edie Falco and James Gandolfini arrives to the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the...
Actress Edie Falco arrives to the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on...
Actors Edie Falco and James Gandolfini arrives to the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the...
Actors Edie Falco and James Gandolfini arrives to the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the...
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