Falco, Edie 1963(?)–

(Edith Falco)

PERSONAL

Born July 5, 1963 (some sources cite 1964), in North-port (some sources cite Brooklyn, New York), NY; raised in Islip, NY; daughter of Frank Falco (a jazz drummer and in graphic arts) and Judith M. Anderson (an actress and in graphic arts; some sources cite name as Judith Loney); children: Anderson. Education: Purchase College State University of New York, B.F.A., 1986. Avocational Interests: Attending stage plays, animals.

Addresses: Agent—Innovative Artists, 1505 Tenth St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

Career: Actress. Worked as a character for birthday parties and as a waitress and a cashier.

Member: Screen Actors Guild.

Awards, Honors: Independent Spirit Award, best female lead, Independent Features Project/West, 1993, for Laws of Gravity; AFI Fest Award, best actress, American Film Institute Film Festival, and Los Angeles International Film Festival Award, best actress, both 1997, for Cost of Living; Theatre World Award, outstanding new performer, and Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding actress in a play, both 1998, for Side Man; Emmy awards, outstanding lead actress in a drama series, 1999, 2001, and 2003, Screen Actors Guild Award (with others), outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series, 2000, Golden Globe awards, best performance by an actress in a television series—drama, 2000 and 2003, Screen Actors Guild awards, outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series, 2000 and 2003, Screen Actors Guild awards, outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series, 2001, 2002, and 2005, AFI TV Award, AFI actor of the year, American Film Institute, 2002, Golden Satellite Award, best performance by an actress in a series, drama, International Press Academy, 2002, Television Critics Association Award, individual achievement in drama, 2003, Q Award nomination, best actress in a quality drama series, Viewers for Quality Television, 2000, Golden Satellite Award nominations, best performance by an actress in a series, drama, 2000 and 2001, Emmy Award nominations, outstanding lead actress in a drama series, 2000 and 2004, Television Critics Association Award nominations, individual achievement in drama, 2001 and 2004, Golden Globe Award nominations, best performance by an actress in a television series—drama, 2001, 2002, and 2005, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations (with others), outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2005, all for The Sopranos; Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, best supporting actress, 2002, Golden Satellite Award, best performance by an actress in a supporting role, drama, 2003, and Online Film Critics Society Award nomination, best supporting actress, 2003, all for Sunshine State.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Officer Diane Whittlesey, Oz, HBO, 1997–2000.

Carmela Soprano, The Sopranos (also known as Made in Jersey), HBO, 1999–.

Host, Independent Lens, PBS, beginning c. 2005.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Herself, Tribeca Film Festival Presents, NYC TV, 2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Wheelchair salesperson, Jenifer (also known as The Jenifer Estess Story), CBS, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The Sunshine Boys, CBS, 1995.

Herself, Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music, TNT and The WB, 2001.

Presenter, VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin (also known as VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin—A Benefit Concert for VH1 Save the Music Foundation), VH1, 2001.

The Sandra Bernhard Experience, 2001.

Herself, Emmy's Greatest Moments (also known as TV Land Presents: Emmy's Greatest Moments), TV Land, 2004.

Herself, Politics: A Pop Culture History, 2004.

Herself, Sex and the City: A Farewell, HBO, 2004.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox, 1999.

Presenter, The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards,2000.

Presenter, The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2000.

Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year 2000, 2000.

Presenter, The 55th Annual Tony Awards, CBS and PBS, 2001.

Presenter, The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards,2001.

Seventh Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as Screen Actors Guild Seventh Annual Awards), TNT, 2001.

Presenter, The 56th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 2002.

Presenter, The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox, 2003.

Presenter, The 57th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 2003.

The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2003.

Presenter, The 58th Annual Tony Awards (also known as The 2004 Tony wards), CBS, 2004.

Presenter, The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2004.

Presenter, The 2004 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, 2004.

Presenter, Moving Image Salutes Ron Howard, Bravo, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Eva Thormann, "Dog and Pony Show," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H: LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1993.

Eva Thormann, "A Shot in the Dark," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H: LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1993.

Eva Thormann, "Son of a Gun," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H: LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1993.

Sally Bell (legal aid attorney), "Mother Love," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1993.

Eva Thormann, "Crosetti," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H: LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1994.

Sally Bell, "Scoundrels," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1994.

Sergeant Kelly, "Internal Affairs," New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox, 1995.

Eva Thormann, "Double Blind," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H: LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1997.

Sally Bell, "Double Down," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1997.

Sergeant Kelly, "Vendetta," New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox, 1997.

Sally Bell, "Grief," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1998.

Herself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 2000, 2001, 2002.

Herself, Hollywood Unleashed, Animal Planet, 2001.

Herself, "Tim Allen/Edie Falco," Primetime Glick, Comedy Central, 2002.

Herself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2002.

Herself, V Graham Norton, Channel 4 (England), 2003.

Deirdre, "East Side Story," Will & Grace, NBC, 2004.

Herself, The Daily Show (also known as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition), Comedy Central, 2004.

Herself, Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (also known as Ellen and The Ellen DeGeneres Show), syndicated, 2004.

Herself, The Graham Norton Effect, Comedy Central, 2004.

Herself, The Late Show with David Letterman (also known as The Late Show and Late Show Backstage), CBS, multiple episodes in 2004.

Herself, The View, ABC, 2004, 2006.

Herself, 60 Minutes Wednesday (also known as 60 Minutes and 60 Minutes II), CBS, 2005.

Herself, The Early Show, CBS, 2006.

Herself, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (also known as The Late Late Show), CBS, 2006.

Herself, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 2006.

Herself, Live with Regis and Kelly, syndicated, 2006.

Appeared in other programs, including Classic Short Prose, [Great Britain].

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Sheriff Marge Gunderson, Fargo, CBS, 1997, broadcast as part of the "Brilliant but Cancelled: Pilots" week on Trio, 2003.

Carmela Soprano, The Sopranos (also known as Made in Jersey), HBO, 1999.

Film Appearances:

(As Edith Falco) Karen, Sweet Lorraine, Angelika Films, 1987.

Carriage woman, Sidewalk Stories, Island Pictures, 1989.

Jane (the waitress), The Unbelievable Truth, Miramax, 1990.

Peg Coughlin, Trust, Republic Pictures/Fine Line Features, 1990.

Ginny, Time Expired, Zeitgeist Films, 1991.

Denise, Laws of Gravity, RKO Pictures, 1992.

Female cab driver, I Was on Mars, Good Machine, 1992.

Film director, Rift, 1993.

Lorna, Bullets over Broadway, Miramax, 1994.

Jean, The Addiction, October Films, 1995.

Mother, Backfire!, A-pix Entertainment, 1995.

Angie, Layin' Low, 1996.

Marcy, Breathing Room, Arrow Releasing, 1996.

Patty, Childhood's End, 1996.

Woman in union hall, The Funeral, October Films, 1996.

Alison's friend, Private Parts (also known as Howard Stern's "Private Parts"), Paramount, 1997.

Berta, Cop Land (also known as CopLand), Miramax, 1997.

Billie, Cost of Living, 1997.

Kate Wilkinson, Firehouse, Rysher Entertainment, 1997.

Vivian Stewart, Trouble on the Corner, 1997.

Diana, Blind Light, 1998.

Feiga, A Price above Rubies (also known as A Price below Rubies), Miramax, 1998.

Joanna, Hurricane Streets, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1998.

Janice, Random Hearts, Columbia, 1999.

Title role, Judy Berlin, The Shooting Gallery, 1999.

Television producer, Stringer, 1999.

Festival programmer, Overnight Sensation, The Asylum/Lantern Lane Entertainment/Vanguard Releasing, 2000.

Mother, Death of a Dog, Groovy Fish Productions, 2000.

Marly Temple, Sunshine State, Sony Pictures Classics, 2002.

Herself, Love & Support, Hi Tide, 2003.

Judge, The Girl from Monday, Possible Films, 2004.

Family of the Year, 2004.

Olivia Deer, The Quiet, Burnt Orange Productions/Black Dog Jib Productions, 2005.

Safarah Polsky, The Great New Wonderful, First Independent Pictures, 2005.

Karen Collucci, Freedomland, Sony Pictures Releasing, 2006.

Stage Appearances:

The King's Creampuffs, c. 1969.

Terry, Side Man, reading at Naked Angels, workshop at New York Stage & Film at Vassar, produced at CSC Theatre, New York City, 1998, John Golden Theatre, New York City, c. 1999, Apollo Theatre, London, 2000.

The Exonerated, The Culture Project—45 Bleecker, New York City, 2000.

The Vagina Monologues, London, 2001.

Frankie, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 2002.

Edie Falco in Conversation with Judith Regan, 92nd Street Y, New York City, 2002.

Broadway Barks 5 (benefit), Shubert Alley, New York City, 2003.

Great Joy! A Holiday Celebration from Broadway (benefit), New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City, 2003.

Nothing Like a Dame (benefit concert), St. James Theatre, New York City, 2003.

110 Stories (benefit reading), Public Theatre, New York City, 2004.

Jessie Cates, 'night, Mother, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (formerly the Royale Theatre), New York City, 2004–2005.

OH NO YOU DIDN'T, Plays That Do!!, 52nd Street Project, Public Theatre, 2005.

Appeared in other productions, including the off-Broadway productions A Fabulous Beast, Shooting Gallery, and The Way.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, January 15, 1999, p. 48.

Good Housekeeping, March, 2000, p. 21.

Independent Review, July 26, 2002, pp. 12-13.

Newsweek, September 16, 2002, p. 52.

New York Times, November 7, 2004.

Parade, June 16, 2002, p. 14.

Rosie, September, 2002, pp. 120-22, 124, 126, 128, 130.

TV Guide, February 6, 1999, p. 41; March 11, 2000, pp. 22-23, 27; May 19, 2001, pp. 32-34.

Washington Post, July 13, 2002, pp. C1-C2.

Electronic:

Playbill Online, http://www.playbill.com, October 19, 2004.