The Sopranos Series and won the award six times, with creator David Chase receiving three awards. "The Sopranos" won at least one Emmy Award for acting in every eligible year except 2006 and 2007. James Gandolfini and Edie Falco were each nominated six times for Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress, respectively, both winning a total of three awards. Joe Pantoliano won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2003, and Michael Imperioli and Drea de Matteo also won Emmys in 2004 for their supporting roles on the show. Other actors who have received Emmy nominations for the series include Lorraine Bracco (in
Adriana Russo Adriana Russo Adriana Russo (born 4 February 1954) is an Italian actress and television personality. Born in Rome, Russo started acting at the university, then she joined the stage company "Teatro insieme Emilia Romagna". In the second half of the 1970s she entered the cabaret company "Il Bagaglino" and had her first film roles, notably appearing in Ettore Scola's "Down and Dirty". After working on stage with Vittorio Gassman, her career was launched by the RAI variety show "La Sberla". Russo then appeared in several dozens of films, stage works and TV-series; she was also playmate in the Italian edition