The 60 years old American actress Lorraine Bracco was born on October 2, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York in the neighborhood of Bay Ridge. Her mother is Ellen and father, Salvatore Bracco, Sr. Her father was from Italian descent and her mother was born in England born to French parents. She grew up in Westbury. She also has a sister and brother named Elizabeth Bracco and Salvatore Jr. Her mother met her father during World War II. Bracco graduated from Hicksville High School in the year 1972. She is fluent in French, English and Italian and her height is 1.7m.
She became a fashion model for Jean-Paul Gaultier when she moved to France in 1974. The novelist, Lina Wertmuller recruited Bracco in her new film production called ‘Camorra’. She acted in several French-language movies. She also served as a disc jockey for ‘Radio Luxemberg’. She made an appearance as a hostage in the first season of Crime Story episode of the series called ‘Hide and Go Thief’. Some of her other involvements are Riding in Cars with Boys, Someone to Watch Over, The Basketball Diaries, Radio Flyer, Medicine Man and Hackers.
She had her career break movie when she offered the role as the mobster-wife ‘Goodfellas’. Here, she earned herself and ‘Academy Award’ nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ and was also nominated for a ‘Golden Globe’ for the title of Best Supporting Actress. She also achieved the ‘Los Angeles Critics Association Award’ and the ‘Chicago Film Critics Association Award’ for the same supporting role. She was offered the role of the lead of Carmelo Soprano during the audition process for ‘The Sopranos’.
However, when she went through the script, she was impressed by the part of psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Melfi and felt strong about her ability and desire to play this part. And this role provided her with three nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in Drama at the Emmy Awards in the years 1999, 2000 and 2001 and the Golden Globe awards for the title of Best TV actress in a Drama in 2000, 2001 and 2002. She lost her Emmys and Golden Globe due to her co-star Edie Falco in 1999, 2001 and 2000 respectively. Later, in 2007, she was again nominated in the Emmy Awards for ‘Outstanding Supporting Actress’ in a drama series.
With all of these achievements, she has earned herself a net worth of $19 million dollars. Even after having a successful biography, she has always been ground to earth. The actress got married twice and even divorced too. She initially got married to husband Daniel Guerard. The couple had one daughter named Margaux Guerard. She again had a long time relationship for 12 years with actor Harvey Keitel and had a daughter named Stella. Keitel and Bracco fought a lengthy custody battle Stella which resulted in Bracco’s depression losing many of her acting roles and also legal fees of $2 million dollars. She again, married Edward James Olmos in the year 1994 and went through a divorce in 2002. So, she has two children in overall.
This successful actress has a huge fan following of her acting skills. Whether that be twitter or Instagram, she has nailed it with the high number of fans. Also, her sexy pictures with hot legs and feet are so much liked by her fans. She is not fat; she just has a fit body. Her wiki is just a successful writing with all her achievements she has made.