Annabella Sciorra knew she had to drop her Brooklyn accent to take her acting career to the next level. Her speech and dialect teacher 'understood the casting limitations of a strong accent' and helped her 'flatten it.'
The ‘Sopranos’ actress on growing up in Brooklyn, starring in an NYU grad film and her early role with Sophia LorenAnnabella Sciorra, 62, is an actress best known for playing Gloria Trillo in “The Sopranos.” She has starred in “Jungle Fever,” “Cop Land” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” and currently co-stars in the Paramount+ series “Tulsa King.” She spoke with Marc Myers.
Destiny brought my parents together. Both were born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and both moved to Italy for different reasons with their families when they were very young. After they returned to New York in their early 20s, they were fixed up on a date and married.
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