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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), as Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos (1999–2007), and as the titular character of the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–2015).
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.
From the age of four, she was raised on Long Island, moving with her family to Hicksville, followed by North Babylon, then West Islip. As a child she acted in plays at the Arena Players Repertory Theater in East Farmingdale, where her mother also performed.
Being a star's like being a junkie
You ain't got the needle but you
still have the monkey
Living your life from show to show
If it's day or night you don't even know
Friends ask why you do it
X-friends think that you blew it
They don't think you have a care
They don't know what it's like up there
[Chorus:]
Star crossed, you lose
Star crossed, you chose
Star crossed, make me a star
Star crossed, fall down in a bar
Star crossed [4x]
Have to take drugs to get up or down
No mind control, be pushed around
I can't believe this state I'm in
Could life be clear through a bottle of gin?