She is famous for her black and dark hair, simply beauty, and strong acting. We couldn't ignore that she is a totally dedicated actress since she often had to nude and did sex scene in every her famous movie. Two most remembered are:
1. The Last Seduction
2. Jade
Clorinda "Linda" Fiorentino was born on March 9, 1960, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A member of a large Italian immigrant family, she was raised in Turnersville, New Jersey, along with her two brothers and five sisters. The Fiorentino household was staunchly Catholic; Linda later quipped, "I'm convinced my mother only had sex eight times." But with so many siblings, Linda had to vie for attention in strange ways. One of these was learning to recite the alphabet in under five seconds -- she got so good that her uncle had her perform it in parks and bars.
Linda attended Washington Township High School in Sewell, New Jersey, where she excelled at cheerleading, basketball and baseball. "I was trouble," she admits about the time, having been barred from her senior prom because of smoking at school. After graduation, Linda went on to Rosemont College in Pennsylvania, where she received a B.A. in political science in 1980. She nearly entered law school, but decided to pursue acting instead; she went to New York and enrolled in the Circle in the Square Theatre School.
Linda Fiorentino's good looks and intelligence make her very sexy. One German magazine remarked in 1997: "She smokes like a whore and can talk about sex in a rude way." Her relationships have been mixed; after a divorce in 1993, Linda was in no mood to remarry anytime soon.
Empire magazine named Linda one of the "100 Sexiest Stars" in film history in 1995 (No. 66, to be exact), no doubt thanks in part to her back-to-back femme fatale roles in The Last Seduction and Jade. But this, Linda protests, is misleading. "In real life, I'm the shyest person I know, yet onscreen, I play these wild sex sirens," she says. "It's confusing for men. Most of them expect me to be really aggressive and, when I'm not, they're disappointed."
For a long time, Linda struggled to break out in a notable role. In the early 1980s, she worked as a bartender alongside a then-unknown Bruce Willis. It was during that time that Linda received her first screen role, a part in Vision Quest (1985), for which she beat out such actresses as Rebecca De Mornay, Rosanna Arquette and Demi Moore.
Next, Linda Fiorentino starred in Gotcha! (1985) and seemed to be on the brink of mainstream stardom with a memorable role as a dominatrix in Martin Scorsese's comedy, After Hours (1985). However, a string of forgettable projects -- The Moderns (1988), Wildfire (1988), Queens Logic (1991), Shout (1991), Strangers (1991), Chain of Desire (1992), and Beyond the Law (1992) -- left Linda back at square one. In addition, she saw her marriage to filmmaker John Byrum end in divorce in 1993.
In 1994, everything turned around. Linda took the lead in The Last Seduction, a noir thriller in which Linda's character, Bridget Gregory, redefined the femme fatale for the 1990s. Because the movie was originally made for and broadcast on HBO, Linda was denied an Oscar nomination, which prompted the film's producers to file an unsuccessful lawsuit to change Academy rules. Linda still took home Best Actress honors from the New York Film Critics Circle and the Independent Spirit Awards.
Linda's fame reflects the accomplishments of her career. She remains most famous for her work in The Last Seduction, which catapulted her to the A-list for the rest of the 1990s, during which she enjoyed moderate renown. In recent years, however, as her output has lessened, Linda's fame has waned accordingly.
Linda Fiorentino was next cast in the erotic thriller Jade (1995). Though the film was panned, Linda was exposed to a broader audience. In 1996, Linda re-teamed with The Last Seduction's director John Dahl for Unforgettable, starring Ray Liotta, in which she played an introverted scientist.
Her next significant role was as Dr. Laurel Weaver/Agent L in the Will Smith vehicle Men in Black (1997), which gave her an even greater mainstream reputation. Ever weary of auditions, Linda reportedly won the part in a poker game with director Barry Sonnenfeld -- along with $1,200.
Since her mid-1990s heyday, Linda's career has cooled again. She played the last descendant of Christ in Kevin Smith's controversial comedy Dogma in 1999 and, in 2000, appeared in the movies Ordinary Decent Criminal (with Kevin Spacey), What Planet Are You From? and Where the Money Is. Her most recent film was Liberty Stands Still (2002).
source: askmen
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