Biography
Lorraine Bracco (born October 2, 1954) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Karen Hill in Goodfellas, Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the HBO television series The Sopranos, and Angela Rizzoli, Jane's mother on Rizzoli & Isles.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Nonnas
2025
as Roberta
After losing his beloved mother, a man risks everything to honor her by opening an Italian restaurant with actual nonnas — grandmothers — as the chefs...

Rich Flu
2024
as Martha
A strange disease kills off some of the richest and most influential people on the planet. First it was the billionaires, then the multi-millionaires ...

Monster Summer
2024
as Miss Halverson
When a mysterious force begins to disrupt their big summer fun, Noah and his friends team up with a retired police detective to embark on a monstrous ...

The Union
2024
as Lorraine McKenna
A New Jersey construction worker goes from regular guy to aspiring spy when his long-lost high school sweetheart recruits him for an espionage mission...

Jacir
2023
as Meryl
A glance at the divided U.S. political system through the eyes of a young Syrian refugee on the streets of Memphis, TN, as he faces the harsh realitie...

Pinocchio
2022
as Sofia the Seagull (voice)
A wooden puppet embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.

Welcome to Mama's
2022
as Mama Tucci
After she inherits an Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, manager Amy teams up with a blacklisted master chef looking for a second chance. They discover t...

The Birthday Cake
2021
as Sofia
On the 10th anniversary of his father's death, Giovanni reluctantly accepts the task of bringing a cake to the home of his uncle, a mob boss, for a ce...

A Ring for Christmas
2020
as Margaret Moore
Spoiled single girl Angie Moore gets cut off 25 days before Christmas. When she discovers the existence of a sizable trust fund that she will inherit ...
GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors
2020
as Self (Archive Footage)
Documentary detailing the behind the scenes of GoodFellas.

Master Maggie
2019
A celebrity acting coach (Lorraine Bracco) is interrupted by an unknown actor (Neil Jain) begging for her help for a TV audition. What follows is an u...

Monday Nights at Seven
2016
as Damian Robertson
Monday Nights At Seven is a love story about a single father, Lazo Saroby, who is struggling unsuccessfully to let go of his past. Then he meets Isabe...
Dissonance
2015
as Elise
Dissonance explores the harsh challenges of a young man's stale relationship and stalled career. As everything seems to be going nowhere, he must deci...

Scorsese's GoodFellas
2015
as Self
In this produced by Brett Ratner new retrospective documentary we hear from cast members and additional participants include Harvey Keitel, Leonardo D...

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
2013
as Self
In the half-hour tribute, friends and colleagues remember the three-time Emmy winner, who died June 19 at age 51. The special features clips of Gandol...

Son of Morning
2011
as Leda Katz
As a solar catastrophe threatens the world, Phillip Katz (Joseph Cross), a stressed-out copywriter, is mistaken for the next messiah by an ambitious r...

Love and Distrust
2010
Director
This collection of five short films artfully portrays desire's ability to both empower and destroy those who encounter it.

Snowglobe
2007
as Rose
A young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does ...

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas ...

My Suicidal Sweetheart
2005
as Sheila
A suicidal comedy about two young lovers who get married and escape from a mental institution in search of new ways to die...and the white light.

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004
as Self
A documentary that presents a brief yet detailed account on the making of Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas" (1990), the successful film that redefined th...

Death of a Dynasty
2003
as Enchante, R&B Singer #2
A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-...

Tangled
2001
as Det. Anne Andersle
A young man is found bruised, beaten and stumbling down a secluded road. As the police try to piece together what happened, the convoluted relationshi...

Riding in Cars with Boys
2001
as Teresa Donofrio
In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.

Custody of the Heart
2000
as Claire Raphael
Claire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job, the couple's traditional family roles switch. As Dennis...

Ladies Room
1999
as Gemma
In an ethereal, high-ceilinged room, women stand, waiting. Perhaps it's Purgatory and they're dead. In the room, two young women, one an actress and t...

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998
as Det. Ray
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

Silent Cradle
1997
as Helen Greg
A woman has a miscarriage. After her grief becomes bearable, she attempts to adopt a baby, but discovers evidence that her baby might not have been de...

Lifeline
1996
as Kits Maitland
After her daughter is kidnapped by white slave traders, a mother enlists the aid of a world war 2 vet and a boat captain. Together they hunt down the ...

The Liars
1996
as Helene Miller
Zac is a well-respected French filmmaker who creates a major uproar when for no apparent reason he suddenly vanishes from his posh Parisian apartment ...

Hackers
1995
as Margo
Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discove...

The Basketball Diaries
1995
as Mrs. Carroll
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994
as Delores Del Ruby
A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.

Getting Gotti
1994
as Diane Giacalone
Though she grew up in the same neighborhood with him, the new Assistant U.S. Attorney is determined to prosecute Mafia boss John Gotti. Uncooperative ...

Being Human
1994
as Anna
One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.

Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
1994
Prostrate probing interviews! Live action murder! Naked people! Tired death-rockers! And more! Much more!!

Scam
1993
as Maggie Rohrer
A female con-artist who sweet-talks wealthy men targeted by her violent boyfriend, then drugs them and makes off with their money, is being herself be...

Traces of Red
1992
as Ellen Schofield
Jack, a Palm Beach detective, becomes involved in a case of multiple murders. All the women can be linked to Jack in some way. Jack and his partner ha...

Radio Flyer
1992
as Mary
A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. W...

Medicine Man
1992
as Dr. Rae Crane
An eccentric scientist in the Amazon jungle rejects his research assistant for being a woman, but as bulldozers threaten their work on a potential can...

Switch
1991
as Sheila Faxton
Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to...

Talent for the Game
1991
as Bobbie
Virgil Sweet is on the verge of losing his job as a talent scout with the California Angels when he discovers Sammy Bodeen, a country boy with no pro ...

GoodFellas
1990
as Karen Hill
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks ...

Sea of Love
1989
as Denice Gruber (scenes deleted)
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with hi...

On a Moonlit Night
1989
as Sheila
An American journalist works for a French newspaper. He is writing an article about the reaction against people with AIDS, without knowing he is infec...

The Dream Team
1989
as Riley
Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accident...

Sing
1989
as Miss Lombardo
When a volatile young street tough with a talent for singing and dancing is tapped by the high school music teacher to lead the upcoming senior "Sing,...

Someone to Watch Over Me
1987
as Ellie Keegan
Claire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, recently promoted, is assigne...

The Pick-up Artist
1987
as Carla
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.

Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
1986
After Annunziata (Angela Molina) opens up a hostel with her friend Antonio (Daniel Ezralow), she is saved from being raped by a Camorra boss as the ga...

Fais gaffe à la gaffe !
1981
as Margaux
Based on the comic strip about the hopeless but lovable slacker Gaston who drives his colleagues crazy at the office.

What Did I Ever Do to the Good Lord to Deserve a Wife Who Drinks in Cafes with Men?
1980
as Barbara
Gaby is happy. After eighteen years of work, he is a flourishing mechanist. But one day, the mechanic of his life is out of order. He discovers that h...

Duets on Sofa
1979
as Bubble
The former spouses Jacqueline and Bernard are still living in the same apartment. And now each of them has a new "half"...