Kathrine Narducci

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Kathrine Narducci
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OccupationActress
Years active1993–present

Kathrine Narducci (Italian pronunciation: [narˈduttʃi] ) is an American actress, known for her role as Charmaine Bucco, Artie Bucco's wife, on the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos (1999–2007). [1] Her film credits include A Bronx Tale (1993), Chicago Overcoat (2009), Jersey Boys (2014), Bad Education (2019), The Irishman (2019), and Capone (2020).

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Early life

Narducci was born to an Italian-American family in Italian Harlem, New York City. [2] [3] Her father, Nicky Narducci, a bar owner and local figure in the Mafia in East Harlem, was killed in a mob-related hit in front of his bar when Kathrine was ten years old. [2]

Career

Narducci's acting career began in 1993 when she brought her 9-year-old son to an open casting call for the role of a 9-year-old boy in A Bronx Tale . While auditioning her son, Narducci successfully auditioned for the role of the film protagonist's mother. [3] In following years, she made multiple guest appearances in television shows, including Law & Order , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , NYPD Blue , Third Watch , and Blue Bloods . In 1999, she was cast as Charmaine Bucco, Artie Bucco's wife, on the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos , a role she played until series finale in 2007.

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Narducci in 2007

In 2009, she starred in the gangster film Chicago Overcoat . In 2014, she played a supporting role in Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys . [4] Also that year, she was regular cast member in the Starz crime series Power . [5] The following years, she had supporting roles in films The Wizard of Lies (2017), Bad Education (2019), The Irishman (2019), and Capone (2020). In 2019, she began a recurring role in the Epix series Godfather of Harlem . [6] In 2022, Narducci was cast as Anna Genovese, the second wife of mobster Vito Genovese, in the film The Alto Knights directed by Barry Levinson. [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 A Bronx Tale Rosina Anello
1994 Miracle on 34th Street Mother
1998 Witness to the Mob Linda MilitoTV film
Cuisine américaineBridget
PishadooFeliciaShort
1999A Whole New DayCarolShort
2000 Two Family House Estelle Visalo
2007SliceMarie LeoneShort
Made in BrooklynAnna Sciacca
2009BlueBrenda Marshall
The DeportedCynthia
Chicago Overcoat Lorraine Lionello
2010InkLunaShort
Group Sex FrannieVideo
2011The Last GambleKathrine
2012To RedemptionJoanne Reed
2014 Jersey Boys Mary Rinaldi
Zarra's Law Laura
2016Blue: The American DreamBrenda Marshall
2017 Lost Cat Corona Nora
The Wizard of Lies Eleanor SquillariTV film
Toute La VieHenriShort
Bricklayer's PoetLunaShort
2018 Cruise Mama Fortunato
First We Take Brooklyn Gale
American Dresser Mary
201979 Parts: Director's CutAunt Josefina
Bad Education Sharon Katz
The Irishman Carrie Bufalino
2020 Capone Rosie
Two Ways to Go WestFaith
2021Love is LoveSamShort
202269 PartsAunt
2025 The Alto Knights Anna Genovese

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Law & Order Louisa D'AngeloEpisode: "Mayhem"
1995 NYPD Blue Angela BiaggiEpisode: "One Big Happy Family"
1997 Law & Order Mrs. MarshEpisode: "Menace"
Dellaventura Celeste RobertiEpisode: "With a Vengeance"
1998 Law & Order Vicky GrantEpisode: "Faccia a Faccia"
1999-02 Third Watch Jayme MankowiczRecurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 3
1999-07 The Sopranos Charmaine Bucco Recurring Cast: Season 1 & 3–6, Guest: Season 2
2004 NYPD Blue Ann Marie FuscoEpisode: "Peeler? I Hardly Knew Her"
Wild Card Maria AntonelloEpisode: "Bada Bing, Bada Busiek"
2005 Without a Trace NurseEpisode: "4.0"
2006 Cold Case BrendaEpisode: "The War at Home"
2007 Top Chef HerselfEpisode: "Seven"
2008 In Plain Sight Felicia Santoro/Felicia AmatoEpisode: "Pilot"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Adrianna VidalEpisode: "Babes"
2011 Workaholics MariaRecurring Cast: Season 2
Hung BerniceEpisode: "A Monkey Named Simian or Frances Is Not a Fan"
2012 Celebrity Ghost Stories HerselfEpisode: "Billy Dee Williams/Jenna Morasca/Dee Wallace/Kathrine Narducci"
2014-15 Power Frankie LavarroMain Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2
2015 Blue Bloods Anna BiancoEpisode: "Love Stories"
2016 Major Crimes Kate KoteroEpisode: "Cashed Out"
2019– Godfather of Harlem Olympia GiganteRecurring Cast
2022 Euphoria GrandmaEpisode: "Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door"

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  2. 1 2 De Stefano, George (2007). An Offer We Can't Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America. Faber & Faber/Farrar, Straus, Giroux. pp. 33–34. ISBN   9780865479623 . Retrieved September 25, 2017.
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