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. She also played a small role in the second season of the AMC period drama Halt and Catch Fire.

Aleksa Palladino
Palladino at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	(1980-09-21) September 21, 1980 New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1996–present
Spouse(s)	Devon Church ​ ( m. 2003; div. 2015) [1]

Life and acting career

Palladino was born in New York City,[2] where she grew up and worked as an actress. Her debut role was as "Lo" in Manny & Lo opposite Scarlett Johansson, in which she played a 16-year-old character despite being 14 at the time.[2] 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 Adrian Grenier, and Second Skin with Fitzgerald again.

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

In 2004, Palladino 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 she worked in Find Me Guilty, director Sidney Lumet offered Palladino the role of Chris Lasorda in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. She then appeared in The Picture of Dorian Gray, based on the novel by Oscar Wilde, and landed a supporting role in the acclaimed horror sequel Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.

The 2010s saw her busy mainly on television; her role as Prohibition-era gangster Jimmy Darmody's closeted wife Angela in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire stands out.[3] She was also a series regular of season two in the critically acclaimed[4] AMC series Halt and Catch Fire[5] as Sara Wheeler.[6] Her next important film role was Mary Sheeran in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, which was distributed by Netflix and received only a limited theatrical release.[7]

Musical career and personal life

For over ten years she was the lead singer and songwriter of the band Exitmusic, which she formed with then-husband Devon Church.[8] After a self-released album in 2007,[9] the band released an EP in 2011[10] and a full-length album in 2012[11] for the indie label Secretly Canadian. A final album followed in 2018 for Felte Records.[8]

Discography

with Exitmusic

• The Decline of the West (self-released, 2007)
• From Silence (EP) (2011)
• Passage (2012)
• The Recognitions (2018)

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Manny & Lo	Laurel
1997	Number One Fan	Sadie
1998	Wrestling with Alligators	Maddy Hawkins
1998	A Cool, Dry Place	Bonnie
1998	The Adventures of Sebastian Cole	Mary
1998	Second Skin	Gwen	Short film
1999	Cherry	Darcy
2000	Red Dirt	Emily Whaley
2001	Lonesome	Lily Randolph
2001	Ball in the House	Lizzie
2001	Storytelling	Catherine	Segment: "Fiction"
2003	Mona Lisa Smile	Frances
2006	Find Me Guilty	Marina DiNorscio
2006	Spectropia	Spectropia
2007	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Sibyl Vane
2007	Wrong Turn 2: Dead End	Mara Stone
2007	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Chris
2009	Acts of Mercy	Maggie Collins
2014	The Midnight Swim	Isa
2014	Rose	Rose	Short film
2016	The Veil	Karen Sweetzer
2016	Holidays	Persian
2019	The Irishman	Mary Sheeran
2019	The Mandela Effect	Claire

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	The Huntress	Brandi Thorson	Episode: "Pilot"
2002	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Lilly Carlyle	Episode: "The Insider"
2002–04	The Sopranos	Alex / Alessandra	Episodes: "Eloise", "Unidentified Black Males"
2003	Law & Order	Teresa Drosi	Episode: "Blaze"
2005	Medium	Lyla Gallagher / Geraldine Hanscombe	Episode: "Sweet Dreams"
2006	Without a Trace	Katie Duncan	Episode: "All the Sinners, Saints"
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Angela	Episode: "All In"
2010–11	Boardwalk Empire	Angela Darmody	Regular role
2014	Elementary	Iris Lanzer	Episode: "Corpse De Ballet"
2014–15	Rogue	Sarah	Recurring role
2015	Halt and Catch Fire	Sara Wheeler	Main role (Season 2)
2018	Unsolved	Megan Poole	3 episodes
2018	One Dollar	Chelsea Wyler	4 episodes
2019	The Loudest Voice	Judy Laterza	Miniseries

References

1. Hannah Burke (2018). "Interview: The emotional labyrinth of Exitmusic". altcitizen.com. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
2. Chang, Kee (October 12, 2013). "The Archives: Aleksa Palladino". anthemmagazine.com. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
3. "The 15 Most Groundbreaking Gay Roles on Television". rollingstone.com. January 26, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
4. Libby Hill (October 8, 2015). "AMC renews low-rated, critically acclaimed 'Halt and Catch Fire' for third season". www.latimes.com. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
5. Elizabeth Wagmeister (February 19, 2015). "AMC's 'Halt and Catch Fire' Adds Two Cast Members for Season 2". variety.com. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
6. Shavonne Bell (2015). "Halt and Catch Fire Q&A – Aleksa Palladino (Sara Wheeler)". amc.com. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
7. Frank Pallotta (August 27, 2019). "'The Irishman' will skip a wide theatrical release and debut on Netflix November 27". cnn.com. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
8. Prillaman, Ashley (April 26, 2018). "INTERVIEW: Exitmusic on Their Final Bow". audiofemme.com. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
9. "Exitmusic - The Decline of the West". discogs.com. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
10. "From Silence". secretlycanadian.com. October 4, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
11. "Passage". secretlycanadian.com. June 22, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2019.

External links

• Aleksa Palladino on IMDb
• Band MySpace