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Linda Fiorentino

 
Actor: Linda Fiorentino
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  • Born: Mar 09, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '80s-'90s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
  • Career Highlights: The Last Seduction, Dogma, Men in Black
  • First Major Screen Credit: After Hours (1985)

Biography

Before deciding upon an acting career, Philadelphia-born Linda Fiorentino briefly flirted with the notion of becoming a lawyer. Fiorentino fans consider her first year of filmmaking her most rewarding, and her inaugural movie role as an erstwhile, love-struck artist in Vision Quest (1985) among her finest performances. After a conventional heroine stint in Gotcha! (1985), she raised eyebrows (and temperatures) as a mellow sculptress with a predilection for kinky sex games in the bizarre After Hours (1985). But Fiorentino was seldom well served in later pictures, hampered by too many nondescript performances in ensemble films. Then came her startling portrayal of the utterly amoral "black widow" Bridget in John Dahl's low-budget sleeper The Last Seduction (1994). In a less rule-bound world, the actress would have been nominated for an Oscar, but the film was, unfortunately, shown on cable TV before its theatrical release, thus rendering it ineligible for the Academy race. The success of The Last Seduction and Fiorentino's widely praised performance provided the resuscitation her career needed, but subsequent lead roles in a series of complete turkeys -- most notably the David Caruso thriller Jade (1995) and Dahl's Unforgettable (1996) -- quickly negated the film's positive effects. Fiorentino did enjoy a measure of acclaim for her role as Jesus Christ's only living descendent in Kevin Smith's Dogma (1999), and she continued to work steadily in all sorts of films, including Thaddeus O'Sullivan's Ordinary Decent Criminal, in which she played one of the loves of a charismatic Dublin criminal (Kevin Spacey). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Linda Fiorentino
Born Clorinda Fiorentino
March 9, 1958 (1958-03-09) (age 51)[1]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1985–present
Spouse(s) John Byrum (1992–1993)

Linda Fiorentino (born March 9, 1958)[1] is an American actress. She is known for her roles in films such as Dogma, Vision Quest, Men in Black, After Hours and The Last Seduction.[2]

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Personal life

Fiorentino was born Clorinda Fiorentino in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] Fiorentino is of Italian American Catholic background.[3] She graduated from Rosemont College in suburban Philadelphia.[4] She has studied photography, off and on, since 1987 at the International Center of Photography in New York City. She was married to director John Byrum for a time, but they divorced in 1993. She is still very close to Byrum's children. She splits her time between Westport, Connecticut and New York City.

Career

Fiorentino got her first professional role in 1985 when she starred in Vision Quest. It was not until 1994 that she became widely recognized, receiving accolades for her performance in The Last Seduction as femme fatale Bridget, almost the textbook example of a murderous seductress in a modern film noir. Because it was first aired on HBO television she was ineligible for an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, despite glowing reviews.

She later worked again with director John Dahl, who cast her in his film Unforgettable. Her co-star from Gotcha!, Anthony Edwards, has also directed her in one of his films.

Fiorentino was placed 66th on a list of "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" by Empire magazine.[citation needed]

Her most recent leading role was as a woman threatened by a sniper in the 2002 film Liberty Stands Still. Fiorentino also co-starred with Paul Newman in a 2000 heist film, Where the Money Is. She recently completed the film Once More with Feeling opposite Chazz Palminteri, due out in 2009.[5]

Anthony Pellicano

In late 2008, Fiorentino's boyfriend, FBI agent Mark Rossini, resigned from the FBI, admitting he had made unauthorized searches into the FBI's files on controversial private detective Anthony Pellicano in order to help an individual identified as 'Madame X'.[6] Fox News reported that Rossini acknowledged being in a close personal relationship with Madame X.[7] According to the New York Post Fiorentino has been working on the script for a film about Pelicano's life and Rossini accessed the files to help Fiorentino research that script.[8][9][10]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c "Linda Fiorentino Biography". filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/40/Linda-Fiorentino.html. 
  2. ^ http://www.mahalo.com/Linda_Fiorentino
  3. ^ Seitz, Matt Zoller. Iron butterfly: Last Seduction star Linda Fiorentino revels in bitchiness, Dallas Observer, November 24, 1994. Accessed July 3, 2008.
  4. ^ "Linda Fiorentino prevails with dignity", The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 16, 2003, Page E02
  5. ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/linda_fiorentino/biography.php
  6. ^ Del Quentin Wilber (2008-12-04). "FBI Agent Faces Charges in Pellicano Case". Washington Post. p. C08. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/03/AR2008120301265.html. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 
  7. ^ "Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty in Hollywood Wiretap Case". Fox News. 2008-12-08. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463865,00.html. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 
  8. ^ Howard Kurtz (2008-12-05). "Senator Matthews, D-MSNBC?". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120501252_pf.html. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 
  9. ^ David K. Li (2008-12-05). "STAR'S G-MAN BEAU BUSTED". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/12052008/news/nationalnews/stars_g_man_beau_busted_142766.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-03. 
  10. ^ Bruce Golding, David K. Li (2008-12-09). "SHOCKER OF 'MADAME X'". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/12092008/news/nationalnews/shocker_of_madame_x_143402.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-03. 

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