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Lorraine Bracco: Jennifer Melfi
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Actress Lorraine Bracco plays psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Melfi who treats New Jersey Mafia heavyweight Tony Soprano on HBO's hit series, THE SOPRANOS. Her concise, understated portrayal has earned her multiple Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations for Best Actress in a TV Drama. Most recently, while on hiatus from THE SOPRANOS, Ms. Bracco did a guest star turn for NBC as 'Karla Grizano' in LAW & ORDER: TRIAL BY JURY.
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Lorraine Bracco is known to millions as psychiatrist Dr. Melfi on HBO's The Sopranos. It's hard to imagine that this formidable woman spent years struggling to free herself from depression, serious money problems, and a disastrous relationship that led to a widely-publicized child-custody battle. Here, she openly reveals the details of her struggle-and the treatment that helped her triumph. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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New York, NY (CNS) - Lorraine Bracco, the actress best known for her roles as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the hit HBO TV series, "The Sopranos," is all set for another TV venture. The 53-year-old actress has reportedly joined the cast of cable channel Lifetime's pilot "Long Island Confidential."
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Bracco received her big career break when offered the role as the mobster-wife Karen Hill in Goodfellas, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. During the audition process for The Sopranos, Bracco had originally vied for the lead female role of Carmela Soprano, but turned it down fearing the part was too similar to her role as the mob-wife in Goodfellas and that the role of mob-psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Melfi would be a new and bigger challenge for her. The role has netted her several award nominations, including 3 consecutive nominations for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" at the Emmy Awards in 1999, 2000 and 2001 and at the Golden Globe awards for Best TV Actress in a Drama in 2000, 2001 and 2002. She lost out at the Emmys in 1999 and 2001 and at the Golden Globes in 2000 to her co-star, Edie Falco. She was nominated again at the 2007 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series... being pitted against The Sopranos co-star, Aida Turturro for the award.
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NEW YORK— The irony has not escaped Lorraine Bracco (search). For five seasons as psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Melfi on HBO's "The Sopranos" (search), the actress has battled mob boss Tony Soprano's mental demons. But for a year and a half in real life, Bracco was fighting clinical depression with medication and therapy.
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Bracco, a three-time Emmy Award nominee for her role as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on HBO's "Sopranos," will be making her Broadway debut in The Graduate. She is the third "Sopranos" star to currently be seen on the Great White Way, after Edie Falco in Frankie and Johnny and Jamie-Lynn Sigler in Beauty and the Beast.
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