Annabella
Annabella Gloria Philomena Sciorra (born March 29, 1960 or 1964) is an American film and stage actress who has starred in a number of films and television series.
Biography
Personal life
Sciorra was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut to a fashion stylist mother and a veterinarian father. Her father is of half Italian and half Cuban descent, and her mother is of French ancestry. She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Career
Sciorra first came to widespread attention in her co-lead role in Spike Lee’s 1991 film, Jungle Fever. Other major films roles include True Love, the director Nancy Savoca’s first film that took the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and What Dreams May Come. 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 and was a recipient of a SAG award and an Ekle award.
Sciorra also made a guest appearance in the first episode of Law & Order: Trial by Jury. She later joined the cast of Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Det. Carolyn Barek, partner to Det. Mike Logan (played by Chris Noth). After one year, she was replaced by Julianne Nicholson as Det. Megan Wheeler, who played Christina Finn on the short-lived NBC legal drama Conviction. She also guest-starred on the fourth season of Showtime’s The L Word.
Filmography (selected)
Films
- True Love (1989)
- Reversal of Fortune (1990)
- Cadillac Man (1990)
- Internal Affairs (1990)
- Jungle Fever (1991)
- The Hard Way (1991)
- Whispers in the Dark (1992)
- The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1992)
- Mr. Wonderful (1993)
- The Night We Never Met (1993)
- Romeo is Bleeding (1994)
- The Addiction (1995)
- The Cure (1995)
- The Funeral (1996)
- Cop Land (1997)
- Mr. Jealousy (1997)
- Asteroid (1997)
- What Dreams May Come (1998)
- Above Suspicion (2000)
- American Crime (2003)
- Chasing Liberty (2004)
- Identity Theft: Michelle Brown (2004)
- King of the Jungle (2004)
- 12 and Holding (2006)
- Marvelous (2006)
- Find Me Guilty (2006)
Television
- The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988) - Miniseries
- Asteroid (1997)
- The Sopranos (2001 - 2002)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005 - 2006)
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) - Guest Appearance
- The L Word (2007) - Guest Appearance
- ER (2007) - Guest Appearance
Stage
She has appeared off-Broadway in various productions, such as:
- “A Question of Impeachment” (The Culture Project”)
- “Spain” (The Lucille Lortel Theatre for MCC)
- “Under The Blue Sky” Williamstown Theatre Festival
- Roar (2004) (Clurman Theatre)
- Those The River Keeps written and directed by David Rabe
- The Vagina Monologues Westside Arts Theatre
- Stay With Me (West Bank Cafe)
- “Shyster” (Naked Angels)
- “An Angel Sent Me” (Naked Angels)
- “Snowangel” (Brass Ring Theatre Company)
- “Cries and Shouts” (Nuyorican Poets Cafe)
- Member of The Actors Studio and NY Playwrights Lab