Edie Falco

She has also had recurring roles in Law & Order and Homicide: Life on the Street. She named her son after Michael Landon, her mentor on Little House. Prior to that, she was a regular performer on Oz. She is the older half-sister of Roseanne star Sara Gilbert. She is the only actress to have received a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and a SAG Award in the same year, for her performance as Carmela Soprano in the TV series The Sopranos. Gilbert is married to Bruce Boxleitner. Falco was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a former child actor, she is best known for her role of Laura Ingalls on the television series Little House on the Prairie and for her term as president of the Screen Actors Guild which she won after a bitter election with Valerie Harper.

Edie Falco (born July 5, 1963) is a television and film actress. Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress.