Edith Falco (born July 5, 1963) is an American actress. Known for her performances on stage and screen, she has received numerous accolades including four Primetime Emmy Awards, five Actor Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as a nomination for a Tony Award. She is the most nominated performer in the Actor Awards history. Her role as mob wife Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos garnered widespread acclaim, and is often regarded as one of the greatest performances in television history, with Falco winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She also received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for playing the title role in the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–2015). She was Emmy-nominated for her roles as C.C. Cunningham in 30 Rock (2008) and Leslie Abramson in Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders (2018). She also has acted in the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1997), the HBO prison drama Oz (1997–2000), the web series Horace and Pete (2016), and the FX series Impeachment: American Crime Story (2021). On film, she made her film debut in the drama Sweet Lorraine (1987). Her film work includes lead roles in Laws of Gravity (1992), for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, Judy Berlin (1999), Landline and Outside In (both 2017), and supporting roles in films including Trust (1990), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), The Addiction (1995), Sunshine State (2002), Freedomland (2006), The Comedian (2016), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), and Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025). She made her Broadway debut in the Warren Leight play Side Man (1999). For her role as Bananas Shaughnessy in the Broadway revival of the John Guare play The House of Blue Leaves (2011) she received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She has acted in the Broadway revivals of the plays Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (2002), and 'night, Mother (2004).