Annabella Sciorra (born March 29 1964 in Brooklyn, New York ) is an American film and stage actress who has starred in a number of films and television series.

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1990" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 42.

Italian-American.

Her father is a veterinarian.

Grew up near Hartford, Connecticut until her parents moved to New York for employment.

Took acting lessons as a teenager.

An Italian American, she earned an Emmy nomination playing Tony's girlfriend Gloria on "Sopranos, The" (1999).

Attended New York's prestigious American Academy Of Dramatic Arts.