Biografía
Nellie Sciutto began her acting career as a petite model in New York City (Elite Model Management) and Asia and got her first acting jobs on soap operas such as Another World, One Life to Live, and All My Children. After completing her degree at Yale University, she began her acting studies at The Actors' Studio and Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City before relocating to Los Angeles.
Nellie started with stand-up comedy, then a one-person show entitled "Denying Park Avenue" which she sold to HBO. She went on to appear and star in sitcoms like Murphy Brown, Suddenly Susan, Damon, Just Shoot Me, Ink, dramas like JAG, Eyes, and Law and Order, and in feature films: The Aviator (with Leonardo DiCaprio), The Departed (with Leonardo DiCaprio, Alec Baldwin and Martin Sheen), Shutter Island, (with Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, and Jackie Earle Haley) and Haunted Echos (with Sean Young) Mindcage (with John Malkovich and Martin Lawrence), among others. She co-directed (with James Biberi) and starred in the feature Fixing Rhonda.
Throughout her career, she has been a writer and wrote her first book, "50 Moments: Faking It, Making it and Taking It in Hollywood as a Working Actor," which chronicles her 30-year career. You can listen to Nellie on her podcasts "The Bubble Lounge Podcast" about living in Highland Park in Dallas, and the podcast that accompanies her book where she interviews celebrities about their personal Hollywood experiences.
