Edie Falco

Played the title character, a flawed emergency room nurse, in Showtime's "Nurse Jackie"

Guest-starred in three episodes of "30 Rock" (NBC); garnered an Emmy nomination for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Cast in "Freedomland," a drama based on Richard Price's acclaimed novel of the same name and directed by Joe Roth

Guest-starred on an episode of "Will & Grace," as a lesbian real-estate speculator

Featured in the John Sayles drama "Sunshine State"

Returned to the NYC stage opposite Stanley Tucci in "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune"

Acted in "The Vagina Monologues" in London

Reprised stage role in "Side Man" in the London production, co-starring Jason Priestley

Broadway debut replacing Wendy Makkena as Terry in "Side Man"

Co-starred as Mafia wife Carmela Soprano in the acclaimed HBO series "The Sopranos"; received Emmy (2000, 2004, 2007), Golden Globe (2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008) and SAG (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007) nominations for Best Actress

Played title role in the independent feature "Judy Berlin"; directed by Purchase classmate Eric Mendelsohn (released theatrically in 2000)

Starred in "Side Man" at the CSC Theater in New York; was unable to recreate role when it moved to the Roundabout Theater

Won the Los Angeles AFI Film Festival Best Actress award for her performance in "Cost of Living"

Featured in James Mangold's "Cop Land"

Had featured role as prison guard Diane Wittlesey in the HBO drama "Oz"

Played Sheriff Marge Gunderson in a failed pilot based on the 1996 hit film "Fargo"; directed by Kathy Bates

Made brief appearance in Ferrara's "The Funeral"

Originated the role of the alcoholic mother in Warren Leight's semi-autobiographical play "Side Man"

Starred in the crime-themed comedy "Layin' Low"

Featured in a two-part guest starring role as a police sergeant on "New York Undercover" (Fox)

Starred alongside Lili Taylor and Christopher Walken in Abel Ferrara's "The Addiction"

Had recurring role as the wife of a blinded police officer on NBC's acclaimed drama "Homicide: Life on the Street"

Co-starred in Nick Gomez's Brooklyn-set drama "Laws of Gravity"

Reteamed with Hartley for a memorable turn in "Trust"

Film debut in Hal Hartley's "The Unbelievable Truth"

Raised in Islip, New York