Marcus Ingram/Getty Images Geer Pimallski is a human paradox who loves retro tech AND is an Early Adopter. However, after she sets herself on fire while cooking dinner, the relationship ends. Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero is played by Vincent Pastore. Gloria is a car saleswoman who seesthe same therapist as Tony, Dr. Melfi. Tony, who was wearing a seatbelt, was also hurt, but far less severe than Christopher's. Sometime after the wedding she gives birth to their only child, a baby girl they named Caitlyn. Moltisanti's substance abuse was likely a result of nature as well as nurture. A member of the "younger generation" of mobsters, Christopher's erratic nature often puts him at odds with his boss and "uncle", Tony, who regularly has to endure his various demands and opinions, and as a product of Chrissy's unpredictability constantly fears he could betray him and turn state's evidence due to his constant drug abuse. Despite this, he later manages to hook up with her, as he has nothing else to do while spending time ata legitimate business. Denise Borino-Quinn was a part-time beauty salon worker who won the role of Ginny over 14,000 other actresses. He is introduced to Massive Genius, a famousR&B musician, who allows Visiting Day (the band fronted by Adriana's ex-boyfriend, Richie Santini) to cut a record, however Hesh Rabkin tells Christopher that it's "not a hit". HBO / Courtesy: Everett; Jamie McCarthy/Getty. Christopher alsotried to helphis girlfriend, Adriana La Cerva, establish a career as a record producer. Christopher abetted others' drug use, as well. He received his stock broker licence by having someone take the exam in his name. While this could have easily been a one-off appearance, Tony is revealed to be sleeping with one of the women much later in the same season, implying this is a semi-regular occurrence. Drea De Matteo has certainly kept busy since The Sopranos ended. Kelli Lombardo Moltisanti is the wife of former Capo Christopher Moltisanti. Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actor (Edie Falco, who played his wife Carmela, also won three), and the show itself won multiple Emmys for Best Drama, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, Best Direction, Best Writing and so on, it needed infusions of fresh, new talent over its seven-year run. (I guess those were different times.) Edie Falco herself has gone on to win much acclaim, something which is harder to do than one thinks when one already has three Emmys. [1] For her performance, de Matteo won the 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. He considers every Boston sports team ever the greatest of all-time. Although they were able to successfully conceal the body, Soprano decided his nephew needed help. In season 4, Adriana reveals that she is possibly infertile due to complications from a previous abortion. A baby Christopher also appears, and cries when he sees Tony. In early March 2004 Moltisanti got into an argument with Paulie Walnuts while hanging out telling past stories including the Pine Barrens tale. Moltisanti became a made man in September 2000 alongside Eugene Pontecorvo. Played by the glorious Annabella Sciorra, Gloria was kind of a nutcase (OK, she was a major nutcase) who became infatuated with Tony in season three. At Aprile's funeral Christopher was arrested on a gambling charge along with Patsy Parisi and Silvio Dante. Since her gig on the show, she has been a constant guest star all over network TV, most recently on CSI, Blue Bloods, and The Good Wife. She also paved the way for the appearance of our next Soprano lady, Svetlana Kirilenko, who was her cousin. She was a longtime movie and soap opera actress before The Sopranos and even wrote one episode of the show. That is, until, Tony and the gang realized he was playing both ends against the middle as an informant. A Russian immigrant who moved to the US, Irina has dealt with a lot, not least of all Tony's rages and abusive tendencies. Due to this fact, any tryst she and Tony might have had would have inevitably caused trouble. Moltisanti acted as Tony's mouthpiece, issuing Tony's orders in order to insulate Tony from potential racketeering charges. This leads to the two wandering through a casino in an almost shamanistic experience where Tonya button man (as the mafia call killers)tries his luck gambling, accompanied by Sonya, who is acompanion to him as he confronts the nature of fate while staring at a roulette wheel contemplating Christopher's death. 7 He was made acting capo of his crew when Gualtieri was imprisoned on a gun charge and was awarded a no-show job at the Esplanade construction site. "I never really made an intense amount of money," the 49-year-old actress recently told Page Six. ibd relative strength formula. Like so many others in The Sopranos, the character had a bad ending when she caught fire while cooking for Tony (who had been trying to break up with her). His Melfi session this week had already been covered, practically verbatim, in season three's "Amour Fou." Chris is still stuck in a boring loop of self-destruction and recovery. She was bright, bold, brazen, and ruled her world -- with a little help from her prosthetic leg. Unfortunately, the role of Livia, which Nancy Marchand played with professional glee to the hilt, came to an end when Nancy herself died of lung cancer in 2000. The dealers were part of a Latino gang who elected carjack him instead. Gloria Trillo Later, after marrying Kelli Lombardo, Christopher and fellow twelve-step program participant Julianna Skiff began an affair that reignited both addicts' heroin use. Paulie would humiliate Chris by checking him for wires and taking advantage of Chris being a lower level mobster by having Chris pay for meals. The film revolves around the story of Dickie Moltisanti, the father of Christopher Moltisanti, and Tony Soprano's mentor in the business of the mafia. However, he ends up with some pretty amazing people - as well assome who areless impressive. The use of numbers from Nuovo Vesuvio led to a violent dispute between his associate Benny Fazio and Soprano's friend Artie Bucco. Adriana is Christopher Moltisanti's lover throughout most of the series. As time wore on, Meadow began to see the cracks in her familys faade but surprisingly, also became a proponent of legal aid for Italians who were being persecuted for stereotypes. Chris was short on payments he was supposed to kick up to Paulie. Despite the violence, she always seems to have Christopher's best interests (as well as her own) in mind. In a dream, Tony admits to Dr. Melfi that he did in fact murder Christopher as well as other friends and family members before, specifically mentioning his cousin Tony Blundetto and his best friend Salvatore Bonpensiero. Oh yeah, she also killed Richie and pushed Ralphie down a flight of stairs. When she discovers she is pregnant, she is scared of this, as her family frowns on out-of-wedlock pregnancies. However, Tony is, technically, not Christopher's uncle. Joanne Moltisanti (Mother-in-Law) Although a good supportive wife, Kelli did have some minor issues. In a particularly spiteful moment, she tells Carmela this just to inflict pain on her longtime friend. The song he listens to before the accident is "Comfortably Numb," performed live by Roger Waters, Van Morrison, and Rick Danko & Levon Helm of The Band. David Chase and other Sopranos veterans break down the whacking of Adriana la Cerva . He's also an insanely obsessive fan of the beautiful game of soccer, geeky movies, Jazz and Jam bands, and massively obscure books. More than two decades after The Sopranos first debuted, Tony Soprano remains one of the most memorable characters in TV history. She is pragmatic, confident, competent, and able to see the horrors of the world without being burdened by them. At Meadow Soprano's graduation, Tony proposed Christopher for membership (becoming a made man). She ends up in the hospital badly burned and with no hair -- a sad end for a beautiful lady. Christopher was not wearing a seat belt and the crash led to severe internal injuries, as evidenced by the blood he was coughing up. De Matteo said that while she had the best time working with LeBlanc, she didnt believe she was fit for the job and even approached TV execs about it. With James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli. The mob boss' nephew is spitting up blood and gasping for air . My older self would have been, Shut the fk up,' de Matteo said. Now, his son Michael Gandolfini steps into the shoes of his father's most iconic role as a younger version of Tony and, as fans look back at the shows past, it is also worth taking a closer look at the series itself, and the many lovers of its beloved protagonist. To assert that one's own life is important and what they do with it is important is to make it that way. Moltisanti and Acting Capo Albert Barese killed Aprile's friend Dino Zerrilli as he tried to escape. Throughout the seven seasons of The Sopranos, we saw Tony bed just about every female who came onto his radar. Some members of the crime family appeared to be jealous of Christopher's closeness to his uncle. She's currently working on a new Law & Order miniseries. Although Patsy's job is to guard Chris, Tony implies that Patsy will kill him should he attempt to leave rehab without graduating, nephew or no nephew. Tragically, she died at the young age of 46 in 2010. Chris supplied drugs to the band, ordering that they take them to stay hopped up. He and Tony were injured in a serious car accident in route 23 while driving back from a meeting with Phil Leotardo and the New York crew. When Nocking Point came and said, You hoo, girls, the wine is ready, we were like, Oh, well were celebrating the end of our pandemic podcast project so lets kick up our heels and say goodbye,' de Matteo said. She also stars in a lot of off-Broadway theatrical productions in NYC and studies acting in New York and Los Angeles. Christopher, clearly impaired by drugs and alcohol, lost control of his Escalade EXT, nearly side-swiped an oncoming car, ran off the road, and rolled several times before coming to a stop in a ditch. Connie is a receptionist who works for one of Tony's main businesses in the waste management industry. Christopher's catchphrase on the show was, "I'm sorry, T!" Christopher was also extorting drug dealers for 10 percent of their income before Junior Soprano's crew took over his collections. He had a belated bachelor party with the Soprano crime family at Nuovo Vesuvio where "Larry Boy" Barese made a toast to his future. Not only did she launch the Made Women: A Sopranos Re-Watch podcast with pal Chris Kushner, but the duo is also behind a collaboration with Nocking Point Wines. As shocking as that moment might be, a lot of wrong turns in earlier seasons bring Christopher to that point. Sonya is only in one episode, but she is an unforgettablecharacter. It should also be noted that Boss Tony Soprano had made Christopher his de facto Consigliere in Season 4, only in the sense that orders and messages were to be relayed through Christopher and only Christopher; an appointment that would groom him to be a Boss. Rather, she was Tonys Kazakhstani girlfriend. His loyalty to his crime family turns out to be greater than his love for Adriana, and he reveals her status as an informant to Tony. Moltisanti's crew got involved in a credit card fraud scam; his AA sponsor James "Murmur" Zancone and Benny Fazio take numbers from local businesses and sell them on to associates Ahmed and Muhammad. She was taken out by Phil Leotardos guys at the behest of Johnny Sack when she refused to acknowledge Sack as the boss in New York. Tony stumbled out of the car to help Chris after noticing that a branch had impaled the baby seat in the back where Chris' daughter could have been sitting. She takes him to the ancient site of Cumae, where beautiful women, known as Sybils, once gave oracular prophecies. [1] For her performance, de Matteo won the 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series . Portrayed By Brown Carmela is intent on finding her, especially after Liz La Cerva tries to kill herself. Not only is Paulie shown in an earlier episode dating an afro-Latina he's the only one I never heard say some shit about Mulignans or whatever the fuck. He immediately made her his girlfriend for two seasons, even though she had been introduced to him as Ralphies girlfriend. Phil Leotardo stokes the fiery feud between the New York and Jersey families. The girlfriend of the guy (Christopher) with the coke problem -- or smack problem, like when he nodded off and sat on her dog, killing it. Christopher has helped dispose of several people murdered by other people throughout the series, mainly helping Tony.