Aida Turturro

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Aida Turturro
Turturro at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	(1962-09-25) September 25, 1962 (age 58) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	State University of New York at New Paltz (BA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present
Relatives	John Turturro (cousin) Nicholas Turturro (cousin)

Aida Turturro (/ɑːˈiːdə/ /tərˈtʊəroʊ/; born September 25, 1962) is an American actress best known for playing Janice Soprano on the HBO drama series The Sopranos.

Early life[]

Aida Turturro was born in Brooklyn, New York, daughter of a Sicilian mother, Dorothy, a homemaker, and an Italian-American father, Domenick Turturro, an artist.^[1]

After graduating from high school, Turturro earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre from the State University of New York at New Paltz.^[2]

In 2001, Turturro was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.^[3] Turturro has worked to raise public awareness of rheumatoid arthritis.^[4]

Career[]

Film[]

Turturro appeared in her first film in 1989. She has acted in films such as True Love, What About Bob?, Jersey Girl, and Illuminata. Turturro also had small parts in Sleepers and Deep Blue Sea.

She appears also in the 2005 movie Romance & Cigarettes, directed by her cousin John.

Television[]

Turturro played Janice Soprano in The Sopranos. She appeared in 49 episodes from 2000 to 2007, 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.

Between 2013 and 2016, she appeared in seven 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.

Filmography[]

Film[]

Television[]

References[]

External links[]

• Aida Turturro at IMDb

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