Aida Turturro

Aida Turturro (born September 25, 1962) is an American actress. Her career spans nearly forty years in film, television, and theatre, including recurring roles on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The Blacklist. She is best known for her portrayal of Janice Soprano on the HBO drama series The Sopranos. She is active as a spokesperson for medical disorders, including diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.

Early life Turturro was born in New York City on September 25, 1962 to Dorothy and Dominick Turturro. Her parents divorced less than two years later, and Turturro was raised on Manhattan's Lower East Side by her father and her stepmother.

She attended SUNY New Paltz, paying her tuition by cleaning houses.

Career Turturro made her film debut as Grace in the 1989 comedy film True Love. She played several small roles in the films What About Bob? and Jersey Girl before mkaing her Broadway debut as Eunice Hubbell in the 1992 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin.

Turturro achieved her breakthrough role as Janice Soprano in The Sopranos. From 2000 to 2007, Turturro appeared in 72 episodes across 6 seasons. She gained critical acclaim for her role in the earned two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2001 and 2007. As of 2026, she has been brought back in either a guest and recurring capacity for nearly every season.

Turturro appeared as Maura Figgis, sister of gangster Jimmy "The Butcher" Figgis on the Fox police procedural sitcom, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The following year, Turturro appeared in "Il Mostro" in the 2017 season of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.

Personal life Turturro is the younger cousin of actors John Turturro and Nicholas Turturro.

Turturro has battled several medical disorders and spoken publicly about them. In 2001, she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and became a spokesperson for the long-acting insulin Lantus.

In 2018, Turturro was traveling to visit a friend in New York when she abruptly felt a strong pain in her heart. Despite being on the floor with pain, she denied her friend's request to call an ambulance and walked home. Eventually, she contacted a doctor, who referred her to a cardiologist. In an interview with People, she stated that, she went “to the doctor...and he's like, 'Yeah...you had a heart attack.'" She added that the cardiologist informed her that "88 to 90 percent" of her arteries were blocked. Turturro subsequently underwent a quadruple bypass surgery.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 True Love Grace 1991 What About Bob? Prostitute 1992 Mac Wife Jersey Girl Angie 1993 Life with Mikey Officer Moran Manhattan Murder Mystery Hotel Day Clerk The Saint of Fort Washington State Employee 1994 Angie Tina Madame Esther Junior Louise 1995 Denise Calls Up Linda Stonewall Bar Waitress Money Train Woman on Platform 1996 Sleepers Mrs. Salinas Tales of Erotica Kim 1997 Made Men Angie Fool's Paradise Susan 1998 Fallen Tiffany Too Tired to Die Fortune Teller 1 & 2 OK Garage Mary the Bartender Woo Tookie Illuminata Marta Jaded Helen Norwich Celebrity Olga Crossfire Miss Pasquantonio 1999 Brenda 24 Nights Marie Deep Blue Sea Brenda Kerns Mickey Blue Eyes Italian Waitress Freak Weather Glory Bringing Out the Dead Nurse Crupp Play It to the Bone Mad Greek Waitress 2000 Joe Gould's Secret Waitress Home Sweet Hoboken - 2001 Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles Jean Ferraro Sidewalks of New York Shari 2004 2BPerfectlyHonest Emily / Gina 2005 Romance & Cigarettes Rosebud 2010 Nancy Feldman 2011 Mozzarella Stories Autilia 2013 Fading Gigolo Driver's Wife 2014 Rob the Mob Anna 2018 Making a Killing Connie Head Full of Honey Margaret 2020 Corners Joan Short 2022 Call Jane Sister Mike 2026 The Only Living Pickpocket in New YorkBonnie

Television Year Title Role Notes 1990 Law & Order Carmen Episode: "Happily Ever After" 1993 TriBeCa Manicurist Episode: "The Hopeless Romantic" 1994 Law & Order Cocktail Waitress Episode: "Blue Bamboo" 1995 Lydia Main cast New York News Gina Episode: "A Question of Truth" 1996 Law & Order Receptionist Episode: "I.D." Mr. & Mrs. Smith Rox Recurring cast 1997 The Practice Caren Payne Episode: "Race with the Devil" 1998 As the World Turns Fran Episode: "May 1, 1998" 2000–07 Janice Soprano Main cast (season 2-6) 2004 Wild Card Maddy Episode: "Premonition Mission" 2005 TV Land's Top Ten Herself Episode: "Sexiest Men" 2008 ER Sheryl Hawkins Recurring cast (season 14) 2010 Celebrity Ghost Stories Herself Episode: "Sugar Ray Leonard/Aida Tuturro/Johnathon Schaech/Sharon Angela" Mercy Evelyn Episode: "That Crazy Bitch Was Right" 2011 Curb Your Enthusiasm Gabby Episode: "Car Periscope" 2012 Pyramid Herself/Celebrity Contestant Recurring Contestant Nurse Jackie Laura Vargas Episode: "Day of the Iguana" 2013 Blue Bloods Miss Dominga Episode: "Drawing Dead" 2013–25 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Judge Felicia Catano Guest (season 14 & 17 & 22-23 & 27), recurring cast (season 15-16 & 20-21 & 24) 2015 Extra Virgin Herself Episode: "A Day with the Girls" 2016 Unforgettable Carrie's Psychic Episode: "The Return of Eddie" Brooklyn Nine-Nine Maura Figgis Recurring cast (season 3) The Night Of Rehab Worker Episode: "The Art of War" 2017 Grey's Anatomy Lynne Gagliano Episode: "It Only Gets Much Worse" Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Carmela Tafani Episode: "Il Mostro" 2017–23 Heddie Hawkins Recurring cast (season 5 & 7-9), guest (season 6 & 10) 2020 Power Book II: Ghost Judge Janine Galanti Episode: "The Stranger" 2021 What We Do in the Shadows Gail Episode: "Gail"2022 New Amsterdam Callie Cruz Episode: "Give Me a Sign" Just One Kiss Sofia Romano TV movie 2025 Good American Family Myra Grant Episode: "Right There in Black and White"