Aida Turturro was born on 25th September 1962, in Brooklyn, New York City USA, of Sicilian/Italian origin, and is an actress best known for playing the role of Janice Soprano in the award-winning television series “The Sopranos” in the period from 1999 to 2007. Aida has been active in the entertainment industry since 1989.
How much is the net worth of Aida Turturro? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the total size of her wealth is as much as $5 million, as of the data presented in the late 2017. Film and television are the major sources of Turturro fortune.
Aida Turturro Net Worth $5 Million
To begin with, she is the daughter of Dorothy – a housewife and Domenick Turturro – an artist. The girl grew up on the Lower East Side of New York. She is the cousin of the actors John, Natalie and Nicolas Turturro. Aida completed her acting studies in 1984 at the New Paltz Department of the State University of New York.
Concerning her professional career, Turturro debuted on beside Annabella Sciorra in the comedy “True Love” in 1989. In the romantic comedy “Jersey Girl” (1992) she starred alongside Jami Gertz and Dylan McDermott, and she was then cast as a main in the feature films “Angie” (1994) by Martha Coolidge and “Illuminata” (1998) by her cousin John Turturro. In 1999, she starred in the science fiction film “Deep Blue Sea” (1999) which grossed $164.6 million worldwide. The actress portrayed Jean Ferraro in the film “Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles” (2001), and then in the musical comedy film “Romance & Cigarettes” (2005) directed by John Turturro she appeared alongside James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon and Kate Winslet; All added steadily to her net worth.
Turturro played the role of Janice Soprano in the television series “The Sopranos” from 2000 to 2006, being nominated for an Emmy Award in 2001 her performance. As a member of the actor’s ensemble, she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005. The actress was in the list of the main actors of the Italian film “Mozzarella Stories” (2011) by Edoardo De Angelis. In 2013, Aida again starred in a film directed by her cousin John Turturro – “Fading Gigolo” (2013). Then, she created the character of Anna in the crime drama film “Rob the Mob” (2014) by Raymond De Felitta.
More recently, Aida starred in the television series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (2016), “The Night Of” (2016) and “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” (2017).
Moreover, Turturro is also active in the theatre; she made her debut on Broadway in 1992 in the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” as Eunice Hubbell. After that she played again on Broadway, as character an understudy in the musical “Chicago as Matron” (1996 – present). In January 2010, she debuted in the Italian Folktales play, adaptation of some tales by Italo Calvino, written and directed by his cousin John Turturro – the show is produced by the Teatro Stabile in Turin and debuted at Teatro Carignano.
Finally, in the personal life of the actress, she is still single, having never married, and norare there any rumours of romantic liaisons. Aida Turturro is affected by rheumatoid arthritis, although this does not appear to effect her career.
