Aida Turrturro (Janice Soprano)

BravoFan · 09-28-2002, 07:40 PM

Character profile from HBO.com

Quote:

"I've been looking for my soul mate all my life. Madonn' have I looked."

Janice is Tony's big sister, the eldest child of Livia and Johnny Boy Soprano. Unlike her brother, who's spent most of his life within a short radius of his birthplace, Janice had a serious case of wanderlust. She hated her home life while growing up and was constantly at odds with her mother. (Livia chided her about her weight and, according to Janice, once put broken glass in her daughter's iced tea) So as soon as she graduated from high school, Janice hit the road.

A selective list of Janice's activities over the next twenty-odd years includes the following: she lived in San Francisco, Los Angeles, where she joined an ashram. While living in the ashram, she worked for a moving company and changed her name to Parvati Wasatch; "Parvati" after a Hindu goddess and "Wasatch" after a Utah mountain range. She traveled around Europe, where she married a French Canadian named Eugene, and had a son they named Harpo. (Now a teenager, he lives in Montreal with his father and has changed his name to Hal.) Eventually, Parvati ended up in Seattle, working in an espresso bar. She left that job after convincing a Workers Comp board that she had developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from operating the steamed milk machine.

Parvati was living off her disability checks when word reached her of Livia's stroke. Letting bygones be bygones, she returned to New Jersey to take care of her invalid mother - and her inheritance. Going home wasn't her only retro move: she changed her name back to Janice and became engaged to her old flame, Richie Aprile. The re-christened Janice tried hard to be make their relationship work - she even let Richie hold a gun to her head during sex - but it wasn't meant to be. One night at the dinner table he hit her in the mouth, so she got a gun from the kitchen and shot him to death. Shortly thereafter Tony dispatched the grieving almost-widow back to Seattle.

But when Livia died, Janice came home to stay. In short order she got into a dispute with Svetlana - the Russian woman Tony hired to look after Livia following the Richie incident - over Livia's record collection. Svetlana said that Livia had given the records to her; Janice insisted she return them. The cold war escalated quickly: Janice stole Svetlana's prosthetic leg, ransoming it for the LP's. Svetlana retaliated by having a couple of her friends break some of Janice's ribs. While hospitalized, Janice experienced an epiphany and found Christ. She currently lives in the house where she grew up and ardently pursues her latest vocation: Christian rock music.

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BravoFan · 09-28-2002, 07:41 PM

Fantastic actress - she cracks me up whenever she's on. The episode where she killed her fiancee was classic.

I wonder if there's a rule that every tv personality named Janice must be annoying? Janice from Friends.....

BravoFan · 10-13-2002, 10:36 PM

I REALLY hate her character. She must be a fantastic actress because I can't stand her.

Tonight when she was bringing food to everyone that she didn't cook I was fascinated by my disdain for her

LG. · 10-14-2002, 10:50 AM

I love how Uncle Junior busted her for taking Carm's lasagna as he's got everyone's recipe memorized.

BravoFan · 10-14-2002, 12:10 PM

That was classic LG! Poor Uncle J....he doesn't have a lot to live for does he?

I can't remember...is his cancer in remission?

09-28-2002, 07:41 PM	#2
BravoFan COMBAT MISSIONS junkie! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: At the FORT Posts: 12,971	Fantastic actress - she cracks me up whenever she's on. The episode where she killed her fiancee was classic. I wonder if there's a rule that every tv personality named Janice must be annoying? Janice from Friends..... __________________ "They can only edit what you give them. They cannot manufacture a fictional character out of thin air." (Bill Rancic - 4/04) Regarding editing reality TV: "You can't edit IN a bad personality." ("Cali"-11/02) BB8 - A "conveyor belt of human garbage." ("Pono" - 9/07)

10-13-2002, 10:36 PM	#3
BravoFan COMBAT MISSIONS junkie! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: At the FORT Posts: 12,971	I REALLY hate her character. She must be a fantastic actress because I can't stand her. Tonight when she was bringing food to everyone that she didn't cook I was fascinated by my disdain for her __________________ "They can only edit what you give them. They cannot manufacture a fictional character out of thin air." (Bill Rancic - 4/04) Regarding editing reality TV: "You can't edit IN a bad personality." ("Cali"-11/02) BB8 - A "conveyor belt of human garbage." ("Pono" - 9/07)

10-14-2002, 10:50 AM	#4
LG. FORT Fogey Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: frozen tundra Posts: 13,918	I love how Uncle Junior busted her for taking Carm's lasagna as he's got everyone's recipe memorized. __________________ Signature line? We don't need no stinkin' signature line.

10-14-2002, 12:10 PM	#5
BravoFan COMBAT MISSIONS junkie! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: At the FORT Posts: 12,971	That was classic LG! Poor Uncle J....he doesn't have a lot to live for does he? I can't remember...is his cancer in remission? __________________ "They can only edit what you give them. They cannot manufacture a fictional character out of thin air." (Bill Rancic - 4/04) Regarding editing reality TV: "You can't edit IN a bad personality." ("Cali"-11/02) BB8 - A "conveyor belt of human garbage." ("Pono" - 9/07)