Aleksa Palladino

Palladino was born in New York City,{{cite web|url=http://anthemmagazine.com/the-archives-aleksa-palladino/|title=The Archives: Aleksa Palladino |first= Kee|last=Chang|date= 12 October 2013 |website=anthemmagazine.com |access-date=21 November 2019}} where she grew up and worked as an actress. She is the only child of filmmaker, soprano singer, photographer, graphic artist, and producer Sabrina A. Palladino,{{Cite web|date=2016-11-17|title=Sabrina Palladino|url=http://theartistscompany.com/palladino/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=The Artists Company}} and the granddaughter of Sicilian painter and sculptor Angela Fodale Palladino{{Cite web|title=This Course: Aleksa Palladino - Anthem Magazine|url=http://anthemmagazine.com/this-course-aleksa-palladino/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=anthemmagazine.com}} and the Italian-American illustrator and graphic designer Anthony Americo "Tony" Palladino, who designed the lettering for Robert Bloch's 1959 novel Psycho.{{Cite news|last=Heller|first=Steven|date=2014-05-21|title=Tony Palladino, Designer of 'Psycho' Lettering, Dies at 84 (Published 2014)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/21/arts/design/tony-palladino-designer-of-psycho-typeface-dies-at-84.html|access-date=2021-02-09|issn=0362-4331}} An episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, is dedicated to Tony.{{Cite web|title=Who Is Tony Palladino? 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Dedicated An Episode To The Legendary Creative|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/who-is-tony-palladino-marvelous-mrs-maisel-dedicated-episode-to-the-legendary-creative-6637576|access-date=2021-02-09|website=Bustle|date=December 2017 |language=en}} Palladino's aunt, Kate Palladino-Kirk, is a designer, her great-great-uncle Rocco Fodale was a painter from Trapani, and her great-uncle Tonino Fodale worked as a retoucher for the biggest fashion photographers, such as Richard Avedon and Peter Lindbergh.{{Cite web|title=Home - Tonino Fodale|url=https://toninofodalestudio.com/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=toninofodalestudio.com|language=en}} Palladino's ancestral origins are in Naples and Sicily.

Her debut role was as "Lo" in Manny & Lo opposite Scarlett Johansson and Mary Kay Place, in which she played a 16-year-old character despite being 14 at the time. The next year, she was given her first lead role in the short film Number One Fan with Glenn Fitzgerald, and soon appeared in Wrestling with Alligators with Joely Richardson, the well-received The Adventures of Sebastian Cole with Adrian Grenier, and Second Skin with Fitzgerald again.

The year 2000 saw the release of Red Dirt, followed by the independent film Lonesome, and Storytelling with Selma Blair. She then had guest appearances in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (where she played two different characters), The Sopranos, and Law & Order.

In 2004, Palladino returned to acting with a guest appearance on Medium, followed by her lead role in Spectropia and a supporting one in Find Me Guilty with Vin Diesel. After she worked in Find Me Guilty, director Sidney Lumet offered Palladino the role of Chris Lasorda in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. She then appeared in The Picture of Dorian Gray, based on the novel by Oscar Wilde, and landed a supporting role in the acclaimed horror sequel Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.

The 2010s saw her busy mainly on television; her role as Prohibition-era gangster Jimmy Darmody's closeted wife Angela in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire stands out.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/the-15-most-groundbreaking-gay-roles-on-television-21061/angela-darmody-and-mary-dittrich-on-boardwalk-empire-53237/|title=The 15 Most Groundbreaking Gay Roles on Television |date= 26 January 2011 |website=rollingstone.com|access-date=21 November 2019}} She was also a series regular of season two in the critically acclaimed{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-amc-renews-halt-and-catch-fire-for-third-season-20151008-story.html|title=AMC renews low-rated, critically acclaimed 'Halt and Catch Fire' for third season |author= Libby Hill|date= 8 October 2015 |website=www.latimes.com|access-date=21 November 2019}} AMC series Halt and Catch Fire{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/halt-and-catch-fire-season-2-mark-obrien-aleksa-palladino-cast-1201437102/|title=AMC's 'Halt and Catch Fire' Adds Two Cast Members for Season 2 |author= Elizabeth Wagmeister|date= 19 February 2015 |website=variety.com |access-date=21 November 2019}} as Sara Wheeler.{{cite web|url=https://www.amc.com/shows/halt-and-catch-fire/talk/2015/06/halt-and-catch-fire-qa-aleksa-palladino-sara-wheeler|title=Halt and Catch Fire Q&A – Aleksa Palladino (Sara Wheeler) |author= Shavonne Bell|date=2015 |website=amc.com |access-date=21 November 2019}} Her next important film role was Mary Sheeran in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, which was distributed by Netflix and received only a limited theatrical release.{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/27/media/the-irishman-netflix-release/index.html|title='The Irishman' will skip a wide theatrical release and debut on Netflix November 27 |author= Frank Pallotta|date= 27 August 2019 |website=cnn.com |access-date=21 November 2019}}

Palladino was the lead singer and songwriter of the band Exitmusic.{{Cite web|date=2018-04-10|title=Exitmusic Contemplates a Final Bow With New Album and Single, "The Distance" (premiere + interview)|url=https://www.popmatters.com/exitmusic-the-distance-premiere-interview-2558665419.html|access-date=2021-02-09|website=PopMatters|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.audiofemme.com/interview-exitmusic-final-bow/|title=INTERVIEW: Exitmusic on Their Final Bow |first= Ashley|last=Prillaman|date= 26 April 2018 |website= audiofemme.com |access-date=23 September 2019}} After self-releasing their debut album in 2007,{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Exitmusic-The-Decline-Of-The-West/release/3420680 |title=Exitmusic - The Decline of the West|website=discogs.com|access-date=21 November 2019}} the band released an EP{{cite web |url=https://secretlycanadian.com/record/from-silence/ |title=From Silence|date= October 4, 2011|website= secretlycanadian.com|access-date=19 November 2019}} and a follow-up album{{cite web |url=https://secretlycanadian.com/record/passage/|title=Passage|date= June 22, 2012|website= secretlycanadian.com|access-date=19 November 2019}} on indie label Secretly Canadian in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Palladino released a final Exitmusic album on Felte Records in 2018.

Palladino formed the band Exitmusic with her husband Devon Church, whom she had met on a cross-Canada train trip in 2001. Palladino and Church divorced in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://altcitizen.com/interview-the-emotional-labyrinth-of-exitmusic/|title=Interview: The emotional labyrinth of Exitmusic |author= Hannah Burke|date= 2018|website=altcitizen.com |access-date=21 November 2019}}

with Duo Exitmusic

• The Decline of the West (self-released, 2007)
• From Silence (EP) (Secretly Canadian, 2011)
• Passage (Secretly Canadian, 2012)
• The Recognitions (Felte, 2018)

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