Edie Falco Biography

Edie Falco (born Edith Falco on July 5, 1963) is a television and film actress who was born in Brooklyn, New York, but raised in Northport, NY, on Long Island, graduating from Northport High School in 1981 after playing Eliza Doolittle in a production of My Fair Lady.

She is a daughter of Swedish-American the former Judith Anderson (former actress) and Italian-American Frank Falco (former commercial artist now working as a sculptor). Her siblings are: Joseph, Paul, and Ruth.

She attended SUNY Purchase.
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She is the only actress to have received a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and a SAG Award in the same year, for her performance as Carmela Soprano in the television series The Sopranos. Prior to that, she was a regular performer on Oz. She has also had recurring roles on Law & Order and Homicide: Life on the Street.

In the 2004 presidential election, Falco emerged on the political scene as a spokeswoman for M.O.B. (Mothers Opposing Bush). She endorsed Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.

She is a survivor of breast cancer, and in December of 2004 she adopted a son, named Anderson Falco ("Anderson" is for Edie's mother's maiden name).

She has won three Emmys, two Golden Globes and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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