Linda Fiorentino
Biography
Linda Fiorentino is an American actress who broke through in 1985, taking the lead in the coming-of-age drama Vision Quest (1985) and appearing the same year in the espionage comedy Gotcha! and in Martin Scorsese's After Hours (1985). Born in Philadelphia, she studied acting at the Circle in the Square school in New York after a professor urged her toward the stage. Alan Rudolph cast her in The Moderns (1988), and she won New York Film Critics Circle and Independent Spirit awards, a London Film Critics' Circle prize and a BAFTA nomination as the murderous Bridget in the neo-noir The Last Seduction (1994). Leads followed in the thriller Jade (1995), the science fiction comedy Men in Black (1997), which earned her a Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, and Dogma (1999). Her final screen part came in Once More with Feeling (2009).
68years old
Turns 69 on March 9in 158 days
- Born Philadelphia
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Clorinda Fiorentino
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 24 years1985 to 2009
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A role that slipped away
Fiorentino was approached by Tom Cruise and director Tony Scott to play Charlie Blackwood in Top Gun, but she turned it down over the film's pro-military stance, and Kelly McGillis got the part.
Big break
Fiorentino drove six hours to meet director John Dahl and told him he was not allowed to hire anyone but her for the role of Bridget in The Last Seduction.
Behind the award
Fiorentino's performance earned her Best Actress honors from the New York Film Critics Circle, the Independent Spirit Awards and the London Film Critics' Circle. She was also nominated for a BAFTA, but because the film aired on television before its cinematic release, she could not get an Oscar nomination.
A role that slipped away
According to producer Laurie MacDonald, Fiorentino's character was dropped from Men in Black II (2002) because the part was not big enough. The film instead brought back Tommy Lee Jones as co-lead and partner to Will Smith's character.
Linda Fiorentino movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
John Dahl directed two of these films. Janeane Garofalo appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Janeane Garofalo's page
Forest Whitaker's page
Rip Torn's page
Cheech Marin's page
J.T. Walsh's page
Chazz Palminteri's page
All films by John Dahl
Also two films together4 more actors
- Anthony EdwardsCharlie's Ghost Story (1995) and Gotcha! (1985)
- Daphne ZunigaCharlie's Ghost Story (1995) and Vision Quest (1985)
- David CarusoBody Count (1998) and Jade (1995)
- Bruce MacVittieWhere the Money Is (2000) and Queens Logic (1991)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Linda Fiorentino's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$687 million
12 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 12 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 6 figure not found.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 6Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$589M85.8% of the total
- 2$34M4.9% of the total
- 3$14M2.1% of the total
- 4$11M1.5% of the total
- 5$9.9M1.4% of the total
- 6$8.8M1.3% of the total
- 7$8.3M1.2% of the total
- 8$5.8M0.9% of the total
$6.7 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
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