An authentic New Yorker, Lorraine Bracco was born Oct. 2, 1954, in Brooklyn, where she struggled with her looks as a young woman before flying to Paris to work as a successful fashion model and make her big-screen debut in the French-language film Duos sur Canape (1979).It would take nearly a decade for Bracco's film career to catch on in Hollywood, but when it did, it culminated with a plum role as beleaguered mob wife Karen Hill in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990) -- a performance that earned Bracco an Oscar nomination.
Subsequent parts in Medicine Man (1992), Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994) and The Basketball Diaries (1995) led to a high-profile stretch as mobster Tony Soprano's therapist on the hit HBO drama "The Sopranos," a role that brought in a string of Emmy nominations and slowly developed into one of the most intriguing characters on primetime.
The Basketball DiariesJim Carroll's autobiographical novel chronicles a young basketball player's descent into addiction. As Jim's (Leonardo DiCaprio) experimentation gives way to a heroin habit supported by prostitution, a former addict (Ernie Hudson) may be the only one who can save him. Haunting and real, director... Read More
Medicine ManReclusive scientist Robert Campbell (Sean Connery) discovers a flower extract in the Amazon rain forest that cures cancer. He tries to duplicate the life-saving formula, but clear-cutting developers and American bureaucrat Dr. Rae Crane (Lorraine Bracco) hinder Campbell's efforts. When a native... Read More
Even Cowgirls Get the BluesUma Thurman stars as Sissy Hankshaw, whose large thumbs give her a talent for hitchhiking, in this road movie that follows Sissy as she visits a lesbian dude ranch (where she's scheduled to model for feminine hygiene advertisements) and finds love. Director Gus Van Sant's adaptation of Tom Robbins's... Read More
Radio FlyerMike (Elijah Wood) and Bobby (Joseph Mazzello) are brothers who endure a horrific life of abuse at the hands of their stepfather. In an effort to save his younger brother from further turmoil, Mike tries to turn their red wagon into a working airplane. In the process, the two discover a remarkable... Read More
Traces of RedA serial killer in Florida is murdering prostitutes, and it's up to James Belushi and Tony Goldwyn to track him down in this whodunit that has more twists and turns than a scenic railway. Lorraine Bracco plays a wealthy Palm Beach femme fatale who seduces both cops. Like William Holden in Sunset... Read More
Son of Morning (2011) | NR | |
Rizzoli & Isles (2010) | NR | |
Snowglobe (2007) | TV-PG | |
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) | NR | |
Death of a Dynasty (2003) | R | |
Tangled (2002) | R | |
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) | PG-13 | |
The Sopranos (1999) | TV-MA | |
Ladies Room (1999) | NR | |
Silent Cradle (1997) | NR | |
Hackers (1995) | PG-13 | |
The Basketball Diaries (1995) | R | |
Getting Gotti (1994) | R | |
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) | R | |
Radio Flyer (1992) | PG-13 | |
Medicine Man (1992) | PG-13 | |
Traces of Red (1992) | R | |
Switch (1991) | R | |
Talent for the Game (1991) | PG | |
R | ||
The Dream Team (1989) | PG-13 | |
The Pick-up Artist (1987) | PG-13 | |
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987) | R | |
Crime Story: Season 1 (1986) | NR | |
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