Edie Falco had an acting role in which of these TV series besides "The Sopranos" and "Nurse Jackie"?
Edith "Edie" Falco (b. July 5, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Carmela Soprano on the HBO series "The Sopranos" (1999–2007), and Nurse Jackie Peyton on the Showtime series "Nurse Jackie" (2009–2015). She also cleverly portrayed Diane Whittlesey in HBO's prison drama "Oz" (1997–2000).
In the TV series "Oz", Officer Diane Whittlesey is Oz's first female correctional officer (CO). She is a divorcee and single mother, who has suffered spousal abuse, poverty, and substance abuse; through all of that, she gained a pretty good understanding of criminal life. She is a CO in the Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary, but repeatedly explains that this is because she can't find work anywhere else. Her only drive is taking care of her mother, who has cancer, and her young daughter, whom she has to raise all by herself.
Whittlesey works double shifts, sometimes sleeping in the prison, just to make ends meet, and is shown as a more compassionate and fair COs. Whittlesey is one of the few characters to have a happy ending when this series comes to an end.
According to an article in "The New York Times" , Whittlesey was modeled after a female unit manager whom series creator Tom Fontana met at a prison in southern New Jersey. The TV series itself was a one-hour dramatic series that was produced by the HBO cable network; it premiered in July 1997— February 2003. The series shows corrections officers and inmates in an experimental prison within a prison.
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