She played Dr. Melfi on "The Sopranos". See Lorraine Bracco now at 67 years old.

The actor has assumed more family roles in recent roles, as well as a major renovation project.


For seven years,Lorraine Bracco Played in Dr. Jennifer Melfi, psychiatrist of the boss of the gang and probable sociopath Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) on the revolutionary series of HBOThe sopranos. Already known for its role in another success linked to the mafia,Goodfellas, Bracco continued to act both in criminal dramas and in other works in the years that followed the famous drama that has left the air, not all as violent. Continue to read to find out more about the surprising family turn, her career has taken and seeing her now, at 67.

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She continued to play and expresses a character in the last live adaptation of Disney.

Lorraine Bracco in 1991
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After the end ofThe sopranos, Bracco continued to play, appearing in another long -term series. In addition to making guest appearances on programs, in particularLipstick jungle,,Law and order: criminal intention, andBojack rider, the actor played the mother of detective Jane Rizzoli in the procedureRizzoli & Isles from 2010 to 2016. She was also regularBlue blood, playing Mayor Margaret Dutton, and played Tim's mother on the comedy seriesJerk. Bracco also appeared in a number of TV movies, and returned to the cinema in 2016Monday evening at seven Before entering the media on the theme of the mafia with 2021Birthday cake.

More recently, it appeared in two outings focused on the family: the Hallmark channelWelcome to Mama And the new live actionPinocchio, of the directorRobert Zemeckis. In the latter, Bracco lends his distinctive voice to Sofia, a character of Seagull created specifically for the new version, who befriends Jiminy Cricket and helps Pinocchio through his misadventures.

The death of his parents and former co-star pushed her to write a book.

Lorraine Bracco in 2002
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While still being onThe sopranos, Bracco released his first book, thememoryOn the couch, discussing his life, his career and his disorderly divorceHarvey Keitel In 2006. After the death of her parents nine days apart as a result of diseases in 2011, she was inspired to focus on her own health and finally write a second book.

"It was a very sad time for me to watch them suffer," she said on Mylittv duringDiscuss his writing. "I saw after having buried them that I was going to do everything to maintain a really healthy lifestyle."

This time turning to the kind of self-assistance, BraccoAt the maximum: Cleaning your act plans to lose weight, rejuvenate and be the best you can beConcentrates in terms of a healthy diet and well-being that she followed to lose the 35 pounds she won during her parents' disease. Released in 2015, the book also explains how to lose the old co-starGandolfini to a heart attack At the age of 51, served as alarm clock, with a drafting from Bracco, "Jimmy's death contributed to my decision to motivate others to take care of themselves."

She bought an Italian villa for € 1.

Lorraine Bracco in 2019
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When a small town in southwest Sicily announced that itAuction 16 properties With offers from one euro as part of a plan to revitalize its population in early 2019, Braccosent by e-mail to the mayor To help him buy life. She finally bought an Italian villa abandoned in Sambuca di Sicilia for this constraint price (as well asthe house of € 50,000 next to it). With the intention of spending part of the year there, the daughter of a Italian-American father and a British mother spent several months renovating the 200-year property, who was in a dilapidated state and lacked basic public services. As promised in his "cheeky" email to the mayor, the Bracco project was documented by HGTV in a series of three episodes,My great Italian adventure, which was broadcast in 2020.

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She supports scouts and children with foster family.

Vera Wang and Lorraine Bracco in 2022
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In February, Bracco showed his support for Girl Scouts Troop 6000, made up of girls from the New York shelter system, buyingScout Girl cookies andEncourage others Do the same thing. The cookies were in turn given to the Felix organization, a non-profit organization that offers children with foster family that Bracco (photo above with the designerVera WangEarlier this year) has been supported for years as honorary president.

His grandchildren inspired her latest roles.

Bracco is the mother of two daughters -Margaux Guerard, a marketing consultant from her first marriage, andStella Keitel, who, like his motherSopranos The character spends his days advising patients as a psychologist in a Manhattan practice, of his relationship with Keitel. Bracco also has two granddaughters who have not only inspired her inCreate a ping-pong room In her villa, but also motivated her to move away from some of the roles of the criminal drama for which she is known and in her recent brand and Disney roles.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"The fact that I can have a kind of movies in my lifetime to showMy two grandchildren It makes me very happy because I have a lot of films that I cannot show them, "she told Monsters & Critics in February.

Although she can always be looking for healthier equipment, Bracco seems to be interested in various roles. She will play a toxican closure of the opioids who nounted an improbable friendship with an orphaned Syrian refugee in the next independent dramaJacir, then appear in a role perhaps more suited to grandchildren oppositeMel Gibson andMason Thames (The black phone) In the "independent fantastic adventure thriller"Summer boys.


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