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Skip to main content October 31, 2025 6:12am Share on Facebook Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Edie Falco attends Tribeca Festival Lisboa on Oct. 31, 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal Tribeca Festival Lisboa Share on Facebook Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Edie Falco would embrace superpowers, but given she tends not to plan her next acting gigs far into the future, she doesn’t expect to die trying. “I’d like to be a female superhero. It’s so out of my realm of experience, certainly in real life and in movies. That would be a lot of fun,” Falco told a Tribeca Festival Lisboa press conference on Friday. Her most recent credits include Mayor of Kingstown and the comedy I’ll Be Right There, which reteams her with Nurse Jackie helmer Brendan Walsh. As for Nurse Jackie, all seven seasons of the series have landed on Netflix, but no revival of the original series is yet in the works. “Of course, that would be very exciting to do that show again, but there’s a lot of steps having to happen and where we are now. And I don’t know who’s in charge,” she told the presser. Related Stories Giancarlo Esposito on Playing Villains as Human Beings: "I Try to Be as Kind as Possible" 'Dreams' Director Michel Franco's Packing List for Tribeca Festival Lisboa Has a Surprise Item As for The Sopranos, which brought Falco her breakout role of Carmela, no reboot is in the works either, she said. And for an actress who has long played complicated female characters, Falco added that few roles throw her off track on set. “I’ve yet to be stumped. Never have I said I can’t do that. You sort of find a way you can go and see, because you’re able to know you have to stop before it is dangerous. And I’ve been in therapy for 7,000 years,” she insisted. So rather than shy away from complicated female roles, Falco embraces them. “I look for those. That’s what makes this exciting. To play someone with a less complicated life is less interesting,” she explained. Complex female characters have followed Falco, even as she gets older in an entertainment business prone to shove women over a certain age bracket aside. “I’ve been very lucky that kind of since I started working, female characters are getting more interesting and complicated… I feel like I’m riding this wave of really interesting and complicated female characters,” Falco maintained. It also helps she rarely if ever played the young ingenue early in her career. “I imagine if you’re only ever playing young, beautiful, sexy women, it’s going to get harder as you get older,” Falco said. The actress, who is known for her political activism, also argued that there are more than just the rights of women in Hollywood in play amid the current political climate. “Difficulties for women right now is just difficulties for humans in the culture that we’re living in, certainly in America. We’re all just hanging on by our fingernails,” Falco told the Tribeca Festival Lisboa presser. And an antidote to the times might just come if Falco was, as she also has on her bucket list, to play a politician on screen: “Maybe I can get something out of my system.” The Tribeca Festival Lisboa runs through to Nov. 1. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Just Dropped This Horrifying Opening Credits Sequence: “A Descent Into Dread” Wilfred Frost Sky News’ Sophy Ridge, Wilfred Frost on Their New Breakfast Show for the Digital Age Disney Channels Will Be Pulled From YouTube TV as Companies Fail to Reach New Deal Joey Graziadei on Why He Loves Hosting the ‘DWTS’ Podcast and Passing on the Reigning Champ Title Tokyo International Film Festival TIFFCOM: Historical Epics and Urban Romance Dramas Dominate Chinese TV Slate Heat Vision ‘Pluribus’ Creator Vince Gilligan Needed a Hero, So He Called Rhea Seehorn The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. All Rights Reserved. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER is a registered trademark of The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. Powered by WordPress.com VIP
