Aida Turturro

Aida Turturro (born September 25, 1962) is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Janice Soprano on the HBO drama series The Sopranos.

Aida Turturro
Turturro in 2012
Born	(1962-09-25) September 25, 1962 (age 62)[1]
Alma mater	State University of New York at New Paltz (BA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present

Early life and education

After graduating from high school, Turturro earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre from the State University of New York at New Paltz, like her cousin John Turturro.^[2]

Career

Film

Turturro appeared in her first film, True Love, in 1989. She has acted in films such as What About Bob?, Jersey Girl, and Illuminata. Turturro also had small parts in Sleepers and Deep Blue Sea.

Television

Turturro as Janice Soprano in The Sopranos

From 2000 to 2007, Turturro appeared as Janice Soprano in 49 episodes of The Sopranos, earning two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2001 and 2007.

In 2009, Turturro appeared in "Bite Me", a sixth-season episode of the NBC series Medium, playing the evil Bobbi Catalano. Turturro appeared in the eighth-season episode "Car Periscope" of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

In 2012, Turturro appeared in "Day of the Iguana", an episode of Nurse Jackie, which reunited her with her Sopranos co-star Edie Falco. She played Laura Vargas, the titular character's lawyer.

In 2013, Turturro appeared in the fourth-season episode "Drawing Dead" of Blue Bloods.

Since 2013, she has guest-starred in several episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge Felicia Catano.

In 2016, Turturro appeared as Maura Figgis, sister of gangster Jimmy "The Butcher" Figgis on the Fox police procedural sitcom, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. In 2017, Turturro appeared in "Il Mostro" in the second season of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.

Personal life

In 2001, Turturro was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.^[3] Turturro has worked to raise public awareness of rheumatoid arthritis.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	True Love	Grace
1991	What About Bob?	Prostitute
1992	Mac	Wife
	Jersey Girl	Angie
1993	Life with Mikey	Officer Moran
	Manhattan Murder Mystery	Hotel Day Clerk
	The Saint of Fort Washington	State Employee
1994	Angie	Tina
	The Search for One-eye Jimmy	Madame Esther
	Junior	Louise
1995	Denise Calls Up	Linda
	Stonewall	Bar Waitress
	Money Train	Subway Woman
1996	Sleepers	Mrs. Salinas
	Tales of Erotica	Kim	Segment: "The Dutch Master"
1997	Made Men	Angie
	Fool's Paradise	Susan
1998	Fallen	Tiffany
	Too Tired to Die	Fortune Teller 1 & 2
	OK Garage	Mary
	Woo	Tookie
	Illuminata	Marta
	Jaded	Helen Norwich
	Celebrity	Olga
	Crossfire	Miss Pasquantonio
1999	The 24 Hour Woman	Brenda
	24 Nights	Marie
	Deep Blue Sea	Brenda Kerns
	Mickey Blue Eyes	Waitress
	Freak Weather	Glory
	Bringing Out the Dead	Nurse Crupp
	Play It to the Bone	Mad Greek Waitress
2000	Joe Gould's Secret	Waitress
2001	Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles	Jean Ferraro
	Sidewalks of New York	Shari
2004	2BPerfectlyHonest	Emily / Gina
2005	Romance & Cigarettes	Rosebud
2010	A Little Help	Nancy Feldman
2011	Mozzarella Stories	Autilia
2013	Fading Gigolo	Driver's Wife
2014	Rob the Mob	Anna
2017	Making a Killing	Connie
2018	Head Full of Honey	Margaret
2022	Call Jane	Sister Mike

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990–1996	Law & Order	Various	3 episodes
1993	TriBeCa	Manicurist	"The Hopeless Romantic"
1995	The Wright Verdicts	Lydia	Main role
	New York News	Gina	"A Question of Truth"
1996	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Rox	2 episodes
1997	The Practice	TV Commercial Producer	"Race with the Devil"
2000–2007	The Sopranos	Janice Soprano	Main role (seasons 2–6)
2004	Wild Card	Maddy	"Premonition Mission"
2008	ER	Sheryl Hawkins	3 episodes
2010	Mercy	Evelyn	"That Crazy Bitch Was Right"
2011	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Gabby	"Car Periscope"
2012	Nurse Jackie	Laura Vargas	"Day of the Iguana"
2013	Blue Bloods	Miss Dominga	"Drawing Dead"
2013–2022	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Judge Felicia Catano	Recurring role
2016	Unforgettable	Carrie's Psychic	"The Return of Eddie"
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Maura Figgis	2 episodes
	The Night Of	Rehab Worker	"The Art of War"
2017	Grey's Anatomy	Lynne Gagliano	"It Only Gets Much Worse"
	Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders	Carmela Tafani	"Il Mostro"
2017–2023	The Blacklist	Heddie Hawkins	Recurring role
2020	Power Book II: Ghost	Judge Janine Galanti	"The Stranger"
2021	What We Do in the Shadows	Gail	"Gail"
2022	New Amsterdam	Callie Cruz	"Give Me a Sign"
2025	Good American Family	Myra Grant	"Right There in Black and White"