Annabella Sciorra

This Italian-American, Brooklyn-bred actress excels at playing spunky New York women. After honing her craft off-Broadway, she made her first big impression in the indie wedding comedy True Love. Although she subsequently appeared in a number of films, both indies (Cop Land, The Addiction) and mainstream movies, mostly romantic comedies (Mr. Wonderful, The Night We Never Met), Sciorra never quite graduated to the Hollywood A-list. Just when it seemed like her career would die in direct-to-video land, the appealing brunette found small-screen success as Tony Soprano's mistress on The Sopranos. Next came a role on the short-lived Queens Supreme, followed by her critically lauded turn as a know-it-all detective on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Despite her popularity in the role, she left the series after one season.