Aida Turturro

Re-united with Gandolfini and Turturro for "Romance & Cigarettes" (film released theatrically in 2007)

Cast in the ensemble comedy "Sidewalks of New York" helmed by Edward Burns

Featured in the Slamdance-screened comedy "Home Sweet Hoboken"

Landed a regular role on HBO's acclaimed mob series "The Sopranos," playing Janice Soprano, aging hippie and opportunistic elder sister of Tony; earned an Emmy (2007) nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Made cameo appearance in the Stanley Tucci-directed biopic "Joe Gould's Secret"

Co-starred in the independent gay romance "24 Nights"

Played a doomed communications tower engineer in Renny Harlin's "Deep Blue Sea"

Featured along with Gandolfini in "Fallen"

Re-united with Savoca and John Turturro in "The 24 Hour Woman" and "Illuminata"

Returned for another stint on NBC's "Law & Order"

Played the wacky Madame Esther in "The Search for One-Eye Jimmy"

Co-starred as the Bensonhurst-dwelling best friend of Geena Davis' willful single mother "Angie"

Returned to "Law & Order" with another brief but colorful guest stint

Played guest role as a manicurist on the Robert De Niro-produced Fox series "Tribeca"

Appeared in cousin John Turturro's moving directorial debut "Mac"

Featured alongside Jami Gertz in the romantic comedy "Jersey Girl"

Featured in the Broadway revival "A Streetcar Named Desire," co-starring James Gandolfini

Had a cameo as a prostitute in Frank Oz's comedy "What About Bob?"

Debut TV guest role on NBC's NYC-filmed series "Law & Order"

Made film debut in "True Love," Nancy Savoca's romantic portrait of a working class Italian-American couple

Played a bridesmaid stood up by her date in the audience interactive Off-Broadway play "Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding"

Raised by her father and stepmother on Manhattan's Lower East Side