Annabella Sciorra (born March 24, 1964) is an American film, television, and stage actress. Sciorra received an Independent Spirit Award nomination as best female lead for the 1989 film True Love, and came to widespread attention in her co-lead role in Spike Lee's 1991 film Jungle Fever. She starred in the 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, and received critical acclaim for her work in Cop Land. She received an Emmy nomination for her role as Gloria Trillo in the HBO series The Sopranos. Sciorra was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut to a fashion stylist mother and a veterinarian father. Her father is of Italian and Cuban descent and her mother is of French descent. She was raised near Hartford, Connecticut, until her parents moved to New York City.