Lorraine Bracco
Although born in Brooklyn, Bracco first found success as a fashion model on the runways of Paris in the '70s. She had just a handful of European film appearances on her résumé when she embar...
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10/01/1954
Brooklyn, NY |
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| Made her Broadway debut in 2002, taking over the role of Mrs. Robinson from Kathleen Turner in The Graduate. |
| Early in her modeling career, turned down an offer to pose nude for surrealist artist Salvador Dali. |
| In her breakthrough 1990 movie, director Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, her real-life daughters, Stella Keitel and Margaux Guerard, portrayed her character's daughter at different ages. |
| Although she was voted the ugliest girl in sixth grade, in the '70s she moved to Paris and became a fashion model for the Wilhelmina Agency. |
| Was originally offered the role of Carmela Soprano on The Sopranos, but opted to play Dr. Jennifer Melfi instead. |
| Studied acting at the Actors Studio in New York City. |
