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Aida Turturro

アイダ・タートゥーロ　/　あいだ・たーとぅーろ

American actor

September 25, 1962 (age 63)　・　New York City, New York, United States

New York
actor

My Take

For me, Aida Turturro will always be Janice Soprano. It's one of those roles where the actor and the character fuse so completely that I forget there's a performer underneath. Janice was infuriating, manipulative, and oddly sympathetic all at once, and Turturro made every contradiction feel real. I love that she earned that 2008 Screen Actors Guild ensemble award alongside a cast at the absolute top of its game. A New Yorker through and through, she brings a lived-in authenticity that you can't fake. I'd happily watch her in anything, but Janice is the performance I keep coming back to.

Overview

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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Aida Turturro
Name (Japanese): アイダ・タートゥーロ
Reading: あいだ・たーとぅーろ
Born: September 25, 1962 (age 63)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Tiger
Origin: New York City, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Seward Park High School
University: State University of New York at New Paltz

Awards & achievements

2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Janice Soprano	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD

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