Former model who could be one of the premier leading ladies of the 1990s, especially if she gets scripts tailored to her distinctive Noo Yawk persona. Tall, sharp-featured, and harshvoiced (with a pronounced Brooklyn accent), Bracco is particularly effective as strong-willed, sassy urban types. She made her screen debut in the French-made Duos sur Canape (1979, when she was working for Radio Luxembourg) and appeared in a couple of other European productions.
American audiences first noticed her as the beleagured wife of middle-class cop Tom Berenger in Someone to Watch Over Me (1987). Roles in The Pick-up Artist (1987), The Dream Team and Sing (both 1989) gave Bracco additional screen experience but little else. Her brilliant portrayal of Mafia wife Karen Hill in Martin Scorsese's GoodFellas (1990), a characterization for which her New Yorker's aggressiveness and accent were perfectly suited, elevated Bracco to the upper ranks of movie actresses (and earned her an Oscar nomination). Subsequent assignments in Switch, Talent for the Game (both 1991), and three 1992 releases-Radio Flyer, Medicine Man and the steamy Traces of Red-didn't utilize her talents nearly as well. Formerly married to actor Harvey Keitel.

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Her oldest daughter is named Margaux, and was born in 1979. Her father is a french hairstylist.

Her daughters, Stella Keitel (fathered by ex-husband Harvey Keitel) and Margaux Guerard, played her daughter at different ages in Goodfellas (1990).

Sister of Elizabeth Bracco

Raised in Hicksville, New York.

Filed for bankruptcy due to legal fees spent on custody battle with Harvey Keitel. [June 1999]

Former Wilhelmina model.

Father was Italian-American and mother was British.

Announced she is finally divorcing estranged husband, Edward James Olmos. [January 2002]

Sister-in-law of actor Aidan Quinn

Measurements: 34B-24-35 (while filming "Medicine Man") (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)