Linda Fiorentino

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Linda Fiorentino

Born Clorinda Fiorentino
March 9, 1958 (1958-03-09) (age 50) [1]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation Actress
Years active 1985- present
Spouse(s) John Byrum (1992 - 1993)[citation needed]

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, Jade and The Last Seduction.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Fiorentino was born Clorinda Fiorentino in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father was a steel contractor and her mother, also named Clorinda, was a homemaker.[1] Fiorentino is of Italian American Catholic background.[2] She gradulated from Rosemont College in suburban Philadelphia.[3] 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.

[edit] 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.

The 1995 erotic thriller Jade, directed by William Friedkin, was expected to enhance the actress's status as a sex symbol, but the movie turned out to be a critical and commercial failure.

Fiorentino was placed 66th on a list of "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" by Empire magazine. In 1997, she won a role in the science fiction comedy movie Men in Black during a poker game.[citation needed]

Her most recent leading role, as a woman threatened by a sniper in Liberty Stands Still, received little attention, because it was filmed just prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and released in the months thereafter. Fiorentino also co-starred with Paul Newman in a 2000 heist film, Where the Money Is.

She is currently said to be working on a film about the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova and producing and directing a documentary about the 14th amendment to the Constitution.

The Chicago indie pop band, The Injured Parties, has a song about Fiorentino on its debut album, Fun with a Purpose (2007).

[edit] Filmography

Awards
Preceded by
Holly Hunter
for The Piano		 NYFCC Award for Best Actress
1994
for The Last Seduction		 Succeeded by
Jennifer Jason Leigh
for Georgia

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Linda Fiorentino Biography. filmreference.com.
  2. ^ http://www.dallasobserver.com/1994-11-24/film/iron-butterfly/
  3. ^ "Linda Fiorentino prevails with dignity", The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 16, 2003, Page E02

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