Annabella Gloria Philomena Sciorra professionally known as Annabella Sciorra is an American actress. She is famous for portraying the role of Claire Barrel in the movie The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, her role in the film True Love for which she received an Independent Spirit nomination for the Best Female Leas in the year 1989 and The movie Jungle Fever in 1991 gave her huge recognition and which opened many doors for success.
Annabella is the best to know for her film roles which include True Love (1989), Jungle Fever (1991) and Drama series, The Sopranos(2001–04) for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress.
Annabella was born as Annabella Gloria Philomena Sciorra on March 29, 1960, in Wethersfield, Connecticut, the USA to a fashion stylist mother and a veterinarian father. She was raised in Brooklyn, New York. further information regarding her parents and siblings are still unknown. Both of her parents are Italian American making her of Italian descent. She holds American nationality. She follows Christianity and her zodiac is Aries. She attended South Shore High School in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn and graduated in 1978. Sciorra studied dance as a child, and later she enrolled at Herbert Berghof Studio in drama lessons. In 1980 she graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Her television debut was the 1988 drama miniseries ‘The Fortunate Pilgrim’ and her feature film debut with a starring role in the 1989 comedy, True Love. The performance earned her a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She earned widespread attention in 1991 for her co-lead role in Spike Lee's film, Jungle Fever. She then starred alongside Rebecca De Mornay in Curtis Hanson's 1992 thriller, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, which held the #1 position at the North American box office for four consecutive weeks. Sciorra continued to work steadily throughout the 1990s. During those years she played in films like The Night We Never Met, Romeo Is Bleeding, Mr. Wonderful(all 1993), The Addiction(1994), Cop Land(1997), What Dreams May Come (1998) amd, many more.
In 2001, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Gloria Trillo on the HBO series The Sopranos. In 2006, Sciorra co-starred with Vin Diesel in Find Me Guilty. Her subsequent credits include the CBS series Queens Supreme (2003), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005–06), the FOX series Mental (2009) and guest appearances on The L Word, ER, The Good Wife, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 2018, she starred as Rosalie Carbone on the second season of Luke Cage. Later that year, she reprised the role of Carbone on the third season of Daredevil.
She has won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead in 1990 for her role in the comedy film, True Love. She has also won the Lunt-Fontanne Award for Ensemble Excellence for the film - The Motherfucker With The Hat in 2011. Additionally, she has been nominated for numerous awards including, Most Promising Actress by Chicago Film Critics Association Awards(1990), Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Sopranos(2001) and many more.
Annabella's net worth is estimated at $6 million which she has accumulated from her acting career playing in several TV series and films. Her average salary is $360,000. Information regarding her cars, houses, businesses and other assets are still under review.
Sciorra was married to actor Joe Petruzzi from 1989 to 1993. In 2004, she began a relationship with Bobby Cannavale which lasted for three years. The pair split up in 2007. Since then she has not been speculated for any further relationships.
Annabella stands a height of 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs around 52kg. She has Light brown eyes and brown hair color. Her body measurement is 30-23-33 inches. Her bra size is 30C. She has a straight sexual orientation.
Annabella does not seem to be that active on social media like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc. She has over 12.1K followers on Instagram profile iamannabellasciorra. She is not active on her Twitter and Facebook profile.