Biography

Tucci, an Italian American

Italian American

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, was born in Katonah, New York

Katonah, New York

Katonah, New York is one of three unincorporated hamlets within the town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, United States.-History:Katonah is named for Chief Katonah, an American Indian from whom the land of Bedford was purchased by a group of English colonists...

, the daughter of Joan (née

Married and maiden names

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 Tropiano), a retired secretary and writer, and Stanley Tucci, Sr., a retired high school

High school

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 art teacher. Her brother is actor Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci is an American actor, writer, film producer and film director. He has been nominated for several notable film awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance in The Lovely Bones...

, and her cousin is screenwriter Joseph Tropiano.

Tucci had a semi-regular role on the television series MDs

MDs (TV series)

MDs was a TV show that aired on ABC in 2002. It starred William Fichtner as Dr. Bruce Kellerman and John Hannah as Dr. Robert Dalgety. The series only lasted one season, and though 10 episodes were filmed, only 8 were ever aired. The series was never released on DVD and it is very hard to find.-...

(2002) and played Amanda Cory on the soap opera

Soap opera

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 Another World

Another World (TV series)

Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...

from 1993 to 1995. She played Sergeant Welles in the movie

Film

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 K-911

K-911

K-911 is a motion picture comedy which was released direct-to-video in 1999. It was directed by Charles T. Kanganis and stars James Belushi as Detective Michael Dooley. The film serves as the sequel to the 1989 film K-9.-Synopsis:...

, released direct-to-video

Direct-to-video

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 in 1999; in 2000, she made an appearance as Dr. Kiera Behrle on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

. She is sometimes credited as 'Christina Tucci'.

Tucci is married to actor Vincent Angell. She has one son with Angell, who has autism. Coincidentally, both Angell and Tucci played parents of an autisic boy on an episode of "Without a Trace".

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