She worked on Sopranos and Goodfellas but is now unrecognizable with gray hair at 70, who is she?

She was 1 of the apical stars of the deed long-running mob bid The Sopranos.

And this histrion besides had a ample relation other Ray Liotta successful the Martin Scorsese movie Goodfellas which besides featured Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci.

Her different credits see the 1992 movie Medicine Man with Sean Connery, 1995's The Basketball Diaries with Leonardo DiCaprio, and the TV bid Rizzoli & Isles. 

Before movie and TV fame this brunette bombshell worked arsenic a apical manner exemplary successful New York City.

On Thursday the quality from Bay Ridge stepped retired to a NYC charity lawsuit looking astonishing astatine property 70. It was The American Heart Association's Red Dress Collection Concert held astatine Jazz astatine Lincoln Center. 

But due to the fact that her acheronian cocoa brownish hairsbreadth that she is known for is present a sleek metallic gray, she was hard to recognize.

Who is she?

She is Lorraine Bracco.

The performer portrayed Dr. Jennifer Melfi connected the Sopranos, which ran from 1999-2007.

Melfi served arsenic a psychiatrist for mafia brag Tony Soprano, portrayed by the precocious histrion James Gandolfini.

Bracco, who received 4 Emmy nominations and 4 Gold Globe nominations for her relation arsenic Dr. Melfi, appeared to look wholly antithetic successful a teaser for the documentary.

Last twelvemonth she was successful a documentary astir the Sopranos.

Bracco shared that she was drawn to the relation of Dr. Melfi, contempt Chase primitively wanting her to represent Tony's wife, Carmela. 

She turned down the role, saying that she already played a mobster's woman successful the movie Goodfellas.

Lorraine recalled to HuffPost: 'I fell successful emotion with David [Chase] the infinitesimal I met him - erstwhile I walked into the room. I said, "I similar this guy."   

'And I said, "Look, I don't deliberation I should play Carmela, because, I did it. I did it successful a Scorsese movie. I got an Oscar nomination. 

"I truly don't deliberation I'm going to bring truthful overmuch to this for you, that I haven't done already." 

'I said, "But I truly emotion this script, and I privation to play Melfi."'

Actress Edie Falco ended up landing the relation of Carmela.

In 2013, the formed was devastated to learn of the decease of Gandolfini, who died of a bosom onslaught astatine the property of 51. 

Bracco called him 'loving, caring, sweet, comic - a jokester,' successful an interrogation with HuffPost.

'It was devastating - young man, talented, the highest of his career, the highest of his beingness with a beauteous woman and baby, and children, and [his son] Michael. It was truly shocking to me,' she said.

Since the Sopranos aired, Bracco has starred successful galore TV and movie projects, including Rizzoli & Isles and Blue Bloods.

In 2024, she appeared successful the action-comedy The Union, starring Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg.