Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Aleksa Palladino Biography


Aleksa Palladino

Aleksa Palladino born September 21, 1980 is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for her lead roles in Manny & Lo, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, Find Me Guilty, Boardwalk Empire, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.

Aleksa Palladino

Life and career
Palladino was born in New York City, where she grew up and worked as an actress. Her debut role was as Lo in the critically acclaimed Manny & Lo opposite Scarlett Johansson, where she played a 16 year old character despite being 14 at the time. The next year she was given her first lead role in the short film Number One Fan with Glenn Fitzgerald, and soon appeared in Wrestling with Alligators with Joely Richardson, the well-received The Adventures of Sebastian Cole with Adrien Grenier, and Second Skin with Fitzgerald again.

Aleksa Palladino

The year 2000 saw the release of Palladino's Red Dirt, followed by the independent film Lonesome, and Storytelling with Selma Blair. She then had guest appearances in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Sopranos (where she played 2 different characters) and Law & Order.

Aleksa Palladino

In 2003, Palladino moved to Los Angeles, married Devon Church at a scenic overlook on Mulholland Drive, and began writing music with her husband as the band Exitmusic.

In 2004, Aleksa returned to acting with a guest appearance on Medium, followed by her lead role in Spectropia and a supporting one in Find Me Guilty with Vin Diesel. After working in Find me Guilty, the director Sidney Lumet offered Palladino the role of Chris Lasorda in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, which she accepted. She then filmed The Picture of Dorian Gray, based on the novel by Oscar Wilde, and landed a supporting lead role in the acclaimed horror sequel Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.

Aleksa Palladino
Palladino's latest project was HBO's series Boardwalk Empire where she played Angela Darmody. Aleska currently is the lead singer of the band, Exitmusic.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksa_Palladino

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