Edie Falco is a film, television, and theater actress that received mainstream notoriety for her role as Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos. For her role on The Sopranos, Falco became the only actress to win an Emmy Award, Golden Globe and SAG Award within the first year of the show's running.http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/cast/actor/edie_falco.shtml She went on to win two additional Emmy Awards for The Sopranos.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004908/awards

She followed up her success on The Sopranos starring in the Showtime series Nurse Jackie. On August 29, 2010, Falco won an Emmy Award as Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work on Nurse Jackie.http://www.emmys.com/nominations?tid=74

Born to an artist and actress, Falco has two brothers and a sister, and was raised in Northport, a town in Long Island, New York. Falco made her way to television, appearing on Homicide: Life on the Street, Law and Order and as a regular on Oz.http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022735/bio In 1999, Falco was cast in the pilot for The Sopranos, which remained on the air for eight years and credited her on 86 episodes.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004908/

After the conclusion of The Sopranos, Falco had a brief guest run on the popular comedy 30 Rock, portraying Celeste Cunningham and earning an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. She has also appeared in several films, including Private Parts, Sweet Lorraine, Layin' Low, Cop Land, Sunshine State and Freedomland.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004908/

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• July 5, 1963: Born

• 1987: Sweet Lorraine

• 1996: Layin' Low

• 1997: Private Parts

• 1997: Cop Land

• 1999-2007: The Sopranos

• 2002: Sunshine State

• 2006: Freedomland