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-stars in the much- lauded BBC comedy, Jerk.vRecent projects include co-starring in the indie feature, Rich Flu with Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Rafe Spall, and The Birthday Cake, opposite Shiloh Fernandez, Ewan McGregor, and Val Kilmer. She is also the voice of Sophia the Seagull in the Disney+ remake of Pinocchio, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. Currently, Bracco can be seen in The Union on Netflix with Mark Wahlberg & Halle Berry, Boys of Summer with Mason Thames & Mel Gibson (in theaters October 4, 2024), and the HBO Documentary Special Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos. 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 three beautiful grandchildren. She splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.
FILMOGRAPHY
FILM
NONNAS • Netflix • Dr. Stephen Chbosky
RICH FLU • Independent • Dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
MONSTER SUMMER • Pastime Pictures • Dir. David Henrie
THE UNION • Netflix • Dir. Julian Farino
PINOCCHIO • Disney • Dir. Robert Zemeckis
JACIR • Independent • Dir. Waheed AlQawasmi
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