Lorraine Bracco is an Academy Award and Emmy-nominated Actress, best known for her role as psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Melfi, who treated New Jersey mafia heavyweight Tony Soprano on HBO’s series The Sopranos and as Karen Hill in the Martin Scorsese film, Goodfellas. She appeared for seven seasons on TNT’s blockbuster hit series, Rizzoli & Isles, playing the Rizzoli family matriarch and co-starred in the much-lauded BBC comedy, Jerk and indie feature, The Birthday Cake, opposite Shiloh Fernandez, Ewan McGregor, and Val Kilmer. Later this year, she will be the voice of Sophia the Seagull in the upcoming Disney remake of Pinocchio, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. Currently, Bracco can be seen on her popular Discovery+/HGTV renovation show, My Big Italian Adventure. Her nationally best-selling memoir, On the Couch, was published by Penguin Random House in 2006, and her diet & nutrition book, To the Fullest, was published by Rodale Books in Winter 2015. Lorraine has two daughters, Margaux and Stella, and two beautiful granddaughters. She splits her time between New York and Los Angeles. 

FILMOGRAPHY

FILM

THE BIRTHDAY CAKE • Independent (post-production) • Dir. Jimmy Giannopoulos

MASTER MAGGIE • Independent (Short) • Dir. Matthew Bonifacio

MONDAY NIGHTS AT SEVEN • Independent • Dir. Marty Sader

SON OF MORNING • Independent • Dir. Yaniv Raz

MAX & GRACE • Independent • Dir. Michael Parness

RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS • Sony • Dir. Penny Marshall

TANGLED • Independent • Dir. Jay Lowi

LADIES ROOM • Independent • Dir: Gabriella Cristiani

HACKERS • MGM • Dir: Iain Softley

BASKETBALL DIARIES • New Line • Dir: Scott Kalvert

EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES • Fine Line • Dir: Gus Van Sant

BEING HUMAN • Warner Brothers • Dir: Bill Forsyth

SCAM • Showtime • Dir: John Flynn

TRACES OF RED • MGM • Dir: Andrew R. Wolk

MEDICINE MAN • Carolco • Dir: John McTiernan

SWITCH • Warner Brothers • Dir: Blake Edwards

RADIO FLYER • Warner Brothers • Dir: Richard Donner

A TALENT FOR THE GAME • Paramount • Dir: Robert M.Young

GOODFELLAS** • Warner Brothers • Dir: Martin Scorsese

IN UNA NOTTE DI CHIARO DI LUNA • Independent • Dir: Lina Wertmüller

THE DREAM TEAM • Universal • Dir: Howard Zieff

SING • TriStar • Dir: Richard Baskin

SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME • Columbia • Dir: Ridley Scott

THE PICK-UP ARTIST • 20th Century Fox • Dir: James Toback

UN COMPLICATO INTIGRO DI DONNE, VICOLI E DELITTI • Independent • Dir: Lina Wertmüller

DUOS SUR CANAPE • Studio Canal • Dir: Marc Camoletti

TELEVISION

DEAD WIVES CLUB • HLN

AJ & THE QUEEN • Netflix

BLUE BLOODS • CBS

JERK • BBC

RIZZOLI & ISLES • TNT

LIPSTICK JUNGLE (Guest Star) • NBC

SNOW GLOBE • ABC Family MOW

TOP CHEF • Bravo

LAW & ORDER: TRIAL BY JURY (Guest Star) • NBC

CUSTODY OF THE HEART • Lifetime MOW

THE SOPRANOS (Series Regular)*~ • HBO

TAKING OF PELHAM • ABC MOW

GETTING GOTTI • CBS

LIFELINE • Lifetime

SILENT CRADLE • Lifetime

BROADWAY & THEATER

THE GRADUATE • ‘Mrs. Robinson’ Dir. Terry Johnson

GOOSE AND TOM TOM • David Rabe

** ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION, BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

* THREE TIME EMMY AWARD NOMINATION, BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA & ONE EMMY AWARD NOMINATION, BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

~ FOUR TIME GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION, BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA & BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE