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Edie Falco was the first actress to sweep the top three television awards in one year. In 2000, she received the Emmy, Golden Globe and
Falco was born July 5, 1963, in Brooklyn, NY. She graduated from the acting program at SUNY Purchase and, immediately afterwards, went to work as a clown and entertainer at weddings and birthday parties. She began to get small parts in films in the late 1980s. Some of the films she has appeared in include The Unbelievable Truth (1990), Laws of Gravity (1992), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), The Addiction (1995), Cost of Living (1997, for which she won the Los Angeles AFI Film Festival Best Actress award), Cop Land (1997), A Price Above Rubies (1998), Random Hearts (1999) and Sunshine State (2002).
From 1993-1996, Falco had a recurring role as the wife of a blinded police officer on NBC's acclaimed drama Homicide: Life on the Street. She also guest-starred on Law and Order, Oz and Will and Grace.
Falco made her Broadway debut in 1999, in Warren Leight's semi-autobiographical play Side Man, in a role that she originated in 1996 in workshop productions. She has also appeared on stage in The Vagina Monologues and Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune.
Last updated: January 05, 2009.




