Aida Turturro Highlights

  • 2005: Re-united with Gandolfini and Turturro for "Romance & Cigarettes" (film released theatrically in 2007)
  • 2001: Cast in the ensemble comedy "Sidewalks of New York" helmed by Edward Burns
  • 2000: Featured in the Slamdance-screened comedy "Home Sweet Hoboken"
  • 2000: 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
  • 2000: Made cameo appearance in the Stanley Tucci-directed biopic "Joe Gould's Secret"
  • 1999: Played a doomed communications tower engineer in Renny Harlin's "Deep Blue Sea"
  • 1999: Co-starred in the independent gay romance "24 Nights"
  • 1998: Featured along with Gandolfini in "Fallen"
  • 1998: Re-united with Savoca and John Turturro in "The 24 Hour Woman" and "Illuminata"
  • 1997: Returned for another stint on NBC's "Law & Order"
  • 1996: Played the wacky Madame Esther in "The Search for One-Eye Jimmy"
  • 1994: Returned to "Law & Order" with another brief but colorful guest stint
  • 1994: Co-starred as the Bensonhurst-dwelling best friend of Geena Davis' willful single mother "Angie"
  • 1993: Played guest role as a manicurist on the Robert De Niro-produced Fox series "Tribeca"
  • 1992: Featured in the Broadway revival "A Streetcar Named Desire," co-starring James Gandolfini
  • 1992: Featured alongside Jami Gertz in the romantic comedy "Jersey Girl"
  • 1992: Appeared in cousin John Turturro's moving directorial debut "Mac"
  • 1991: Had a cameo as a prostitute in Frank Oz's comedy "What About Bob?"
  • 1990: Debut TV guest role on NBC's NYC-filmed series "Law & Order"
  • 1989: 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