Annabella Sciorra is an American film, television, and stage actress. Annabella Sciorra received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead for the 1989 film True Love. Annabella Sciorra starred in the 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks The Cradle. She received an Emmy nomination for her role as Gloria Trillo in the HBO series The Sopranos.

Annabella Sciorra was born to a fashion stylist mother and a veterinarian father. Her parents are Italian American. Sciorra studied dance as a child and began taking drama lessons as she grew older at Hagen-Berghoff Studio and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, both in New York City.

On November 5, 1981, Annabella Sciorra founded the Brass Ring Theater Company at the age of 20. Annabella was married to actor Joe Petruzzi from December 31, 1989 until 1993 and was romantically linked with actor Bobby Cannavale from 2004 to 2007.