<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Full list </Td> </Tr> <P> Edith "Edie" Falco (/ ˈiːdi ˈfælkoʊ /; born July 5, 1963) is an American television, film, and stage actress, known for her roles as Diane Whittlesey in the HBO series Oz (1997--2000), Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos (1999--2007), the title character of the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009--15), and Sylvia Wittel on the Louis C.K. web series, Horace and Pete (2016). </P> <P> Falco was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Judith Anderson, an actress, and Frank Falco, a jazz drummer who later worked for an advertising agency . Her father was of Italian descent and her mother's ancestry was Swedish and English . Falco's siblings are Joseph, Paul, and Ruth . Her uncle is novelist, playwright, and poet Edward Falco, an English professor at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia . </P>

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