Aida Turturro
{{short description|American actress (born 1962)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Aida Turturro
| image = Aida Turturro 2012 Shankbone.JPG
| caption = Turturro in 2012
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1962|9|25}}{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today’s famous birthdays list for September 25, 2022 includes celebrities Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-25-2022-includes-celebrities-michael-douglas-catherine-zeta-jones.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=19 July 2023 |date=25 September 2022}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| alma_mater = State University of New York at New Paltz (BA)
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1989–present
| relatives =
}}
Aida Turturro (born September 25, 1962) is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Janice Soprano on the HBO drama series The Sopranos.
Early life and education
After graduating from high school, Turturro earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre from the State University of New York at New Paltz.{{Cite web|title=SUNY New Paltz - Points of Pride|url=https://www.newpaltz.edu/pointsofpride/school-of-fine-%26-performing-arts/Theatre%20Arts.html|website=www.newpaltz.edu|access-date=2020-05-15|archive-date=2017-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711225151/http://www.newpaltz.edu/pointsofpride/school-of-fine-%26-performing-arts/Theatre%20Arts.html|url-status=dead}}
Career
=Film=
Turturro appeared in her first film, True Love, in 1989. She has acted in films such as What About Bob?, Jersey Girl, and Illuminata. Turturro also had small parts in Sleepers and Deep Blue Sea.
=Television=
File:Janice Soprano (The Sopranos Family Tree).jpg in The Sopranos]]
From 2000 to 2007, Turturro appeared as Janice Soprano in 49 episodes of The Sopranos, earning two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2001 and 2007.
In 2009, Turturro appeared in "Bite Me", a sixth-season episode of the CBS series Medium, playing the evil Bobbi Catalano. Turturro appeared in the eighth-season episode "Car Periscope" of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
In 2012, Turturro appeared in "Day of the Iguana", an episode of Nurse Jackie, which reunited her with her Sopranos co-star Edie Falco. She played Laura Vargas, the titular character's lawyer.
In 2013, Turturro appeared in the fourth-season episode "Drawing Dead" of Blue Bloods.
Since 2013, she has guest-starred in several episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge Felicia Catano.
In 2016, Turturro appeared as Maura Figgis, sister of gangster Jimmy "The Butcher" Figgis on the Fox police procedural sitcom, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. In 2017, Turturro appeared in "Il Mostro" in the second season of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.
Personal life
She is a cousin of actor and filmmaker John Turturro and actor Nicholas Turturro.
In 2001, Turturro was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/DiabetesNews/story?id=4034836&page=1|title=Dangerous Diabetes: Affliction of the Stars|publisher=abcnews.go.com|date=December 21, 2007}} Turturro has worked to raise public awareness of rheumatoid arthritis.{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200308/ai_mark654573218 |title="Sopranos" Star Aida Turturro Brings Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Campaign to Philadelphia |work=CBS Interactive Business Network Resource Library |via=Find Articles |access-date=2007-12-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711111704/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_20050229/ai_mark654573218/ |archive-date=2012-07-11 | year=2005}}
Filmography
=Film=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
---|
1989
|Grace | |
1991
|Prostitute | |
1992
|Mac |Wife | |
1992
|Angie | |
1993
|Officer Moran | |
1993
|Hotel Day Clerk | |
1993
|State Employee | |
1994
|Tina | |
1994
|{{sortname|The|Search for One-eye Jimmy}} |Madame Esther | |
1994
|Louise | |
1995
|Linda | |
1995
|Bar Waitress | |
1995
|Subway Woman | |
1996
|Mrs. Salinas | |
1996
|Kim |Segment: "The Dutch Master" |
1997
|Made Men |Angie | |
1997
|Fool's Paradise |Susan | |
1998
|Tiffany | |
1998
|Fortune Teller 1 & 2 | |
1998
|Mary | |
1998
|Woo |Tookie | |
1998
|Marta | |
1998
|Helen Norwich | |
1998
|Olga | |
1998
|Crossfire |Miss Pasquantonio | |
1999
|{{sortname|The|24 Hour Woman}} |Brenda | |
1999
|24 Nights |Marie | |
1999
|Brenda Kerns | |
1999
|Waitress | |
1999
|Glory | |
1999
|Nurse Crupp | |
1999
|Mad Greek Waitress | |
2000
|Waitress | |
2001
|Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles |Jean Ferraro | |
2001
|Shari | |
2004
|2BPerfectlyHonest |Emily / Gina | |
2005
|Rosebud | |
2010
|{{sortname|A|Little Help}} |Nancy Feldman | |
2011
|Autilia | |
2013
|Driver's Wife | |
2014
|Anna | |
2017
|Connie | |
2018
|Margaret | |
2022
|Sister Mike | |
=Television=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
---|
1990–1996
|Various |3 episodes |
1993
|Manicurist |"The Hopeless Romantic" |
1995
|{{sortname|The|Wright Verdicts}} |Lydia |Main role |
1995
|Gina |"A Question of Truth" |
1996
|Rox |2 episodes |
1997
|TV Commercial Producer |"Race with the Devil" |
2000–2007
|{{sortname|The|Sopranos}} |Main role (seasons 2–6) |
2004
|Maddy |"Premonition Mission" |
2008
|ER |Sheryl Hawkins |3 episodes |
2009
|Bobbi Catalano |"Bite Me" |
2010
|Evelyn |"That Crazy Bitch Was Right" |
2011
|Gabby |"Car Periscope" |
2012
|Laura Vargas |"Day of the Iguana" |
2013
|Miss Dominga |"Drawing Dead" |
2013–2022
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |Judge Felicia Catano |Recurring role |
2016
|Carrie's Psychic |"The Return of Eddie" |
2016
|Maura Figgis |2 episodes |
2016
|Rehab Worker |"The Art of War" |
2017
|Lynne Gagliano |"It Only Gets Much Worse" |
2017
|Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders |Carmela Tafani |"Il Mostro" |
2017–2023
|{{sortname|The|Blacklist|The Blacklist (TV series)}} |Heddie Hawkins |Recurring role |
2020
|Judge Janine Galanti |"The Stranger" |
2021
|Gail |"Gail" |
2022
|Callie Cruz |"Give Me a Sign" |
2025
|Myra Grant |"Right There in Black and White" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0878152|name=Aida Turturro}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American people of Italian descent
Category:People of Sicilian descent
Category:American television actresses
Category:Actresses from New York City
Category:State University of New York at New Paltz alumni
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:People of Apulian descent
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