Arts: A Conversation With Edie Falco

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Interrogation A Conversation With Edie Falco On Nurse Jackie, Carmela Soprano, and breaking an addiction to work. By June Thomas Posted Friday, Apr 06, 2012, at 11:00 AM ET For the first three tense seasons of Nurse Jackie, Edie Falco's Jackie Peyton was a woman on a high wire. The supremely capable ER nurse spent her life snorting painkillers, subverting hospital rules, and saving lives. She lied to just about everyone—her husband and their two daughters; her lover, the hospital pharmacist; the other nurses and the doctors at All Saints' Hospital. She reserved the truth for the patients she helped, doling out information—and sometimes drugs and treatment—the hospital didn't want them to have. Still, she always seemed to be on the verge of being busted as a drug addict, a cheating spouse, and a breaker of hospital rules. When the Showtime series returns on Sunday, April 8, Jackie's fallen off that high wire. She's headed for rehab; the struggling Catholic hospital where she works is being taken over by a for-profit company; and her family's collapsing. For the first time in many years, Jackie Peyton has to face life and work stone-cold sober. (For a limited time, you can watch a bowdlerized version of the Season 4 premiere here.) Slate talked with Edie Falco about acting, addiction, and who would win a fight between Carmela Soprano and Jackie Peyton. Slate: At the New Yorker Festival last October, you said you felt bad about how much Jackie had gotten away with so far, because you're a mom. That surprised me, given your previous TV roles on Oz and The Sopranos—Diane ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Keith Olbermann's Lawsuit Against Current Slams Al Gore, Countless Others Job Growth Slows Sharply to 120,000 in March Have Your Speediest Seder Ever With Our Two-Minute Haggadah	Advertisement
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