Linda Fiorentino
| Linda Fiorentino | |
|---|---|
| Born | Clorinda Fiorentino March 9, 1958 [1] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Rosemont College |
| Occupation | Actress, Photographer |
| Years active | 1985–2002, 2009 |
| Known for | The Last Seduction (1994) Men in Black (1997) Dogma (1999) |
| Spouse(s) | John Byrum (????–1993) |
Linda Fiorentino (born March 9, 1958) is an American actress. She has starred in the films Vision Quest (1985), Gotcha! (1985), After Hours (1985), Jade (1995), Men in Black (1997), and Dogma (1999). For her performance in the 1994 film The Last Seduction, she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, the London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actress of the Year, and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Personal life
Fiorentino was born March 9, 1958[2] in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[3] and grew up in the Turnersville section of Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.[4] In 1980, she earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Rosemont College in suburban Philadelphia.[3] She has studied photography since 1987 at the International Center of Photography in New York City.[citation needed] Fiorentino was married to film director and writer, John Byrum, until their divorce in 1993.[5]
Career
Fiorentino got her first professional role in 1985 when she starred in Vision Quest.
She then starred in the action film Gotcha! which was filmed in the U.S., Paris, and on both sides of the Berlin Wall. Her co-star, Anthony Edwards, later directed her in Charlie's Ghost Story.
It was not until 1994 that she became widely recognized, receiving accolades for her performance in a modern film noir, The Last Seduction, as the murderous femme fatale, Bridget. Because The Last Seduction was first aired on HBO television, Fiorentino 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.
Fiorentino played the female lead in Men in Black in 1997 alongside Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. In 1999 she was the female lead in Kevin Smith's Dogma.
Fiorentino co-starred with Paul Newman in the 2000 heist film Where the Money Is; later[5] she played a woman threatened by a sniper in the 2002 film Liberty Stands Still opposite Wesley Snipes.
Filmography
References
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- ↑ Donahue, Deirdre. "Leggy Linda Fiorentino says Gotcha! to some of the silver screen's cutest virgin hunks.", People (magazine), May 27, 1985. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Growing up in South Philly and later Turnersville, N.J. gave Linda a street-kid sensibility."
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- Alumni of women's universities and colleges
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- American people of Italian descent
- Actresses from New Jersey
- Rosemont College alumni
- Actresses from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Circle in the Square Theatre School alumni
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead winners
- Actresses of Italian descent
- People from Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey
