Lorraine Bracco Says Embrace Her Gray Hair at 70 Has Given Her ‘A Lot of Hours’ Back

At 70, Lorraine Bracco is happy to talk about embrace her hair and playing a grandma in netflix’s hit Movie Nonna. She’ll also drop her unfilreed thoughs on the importance of “a good lover.”

Bracco is best know for playing psychiatrist-to-the-don Dr. Jennifer Melfi in Tv’s The sopranos, for which she reciped Four Emmy Nominations, and Long-Suffering Mob Wife Karen Hill in Goodfellas, which scored her an oscar nod. Her role in Nonna Marx Her First Comedy Outing, Which Took Her Out of Her Comfort Zone. The film-Starring Vince Vaughn as a Restaurateur-Also Centers on a Comfort-Food-Coking Quartet of Italian Grandmas, Putting Her Esteemed Company with Susan Sarandon, Talia Shire and Inside Vaccaro.

“It was empowering,” Bracco Talls with the Being Part of the Powerhouse Group of Actresses who are all over 70. “I love and adore all these do.

Bracco, mom to daughters Margaux Guerard and Stella Keitel, is a Grandma in Real Life too; Technically, she goes by “Flower,” not nana or nonna. Romantically unattailed, the twice-divorced, Born and Bred New Yorker is in what she calls a “transient” Stage in life. When she’s not working, she’s visits her Grandkids or her newly renovated 1 euro home in sicily, Documented on Hgtv’s My Big Italian Adventure.

What Bracco’s Not Doing off the clock is spending hours in a salon chair. AFTER DUEING HER HAIR EVERY THREE WEEK TO MAINTAIN HER BRUNETTE LOCKS FOR YEARS, She’s Gone Gray. In an interview for Yahoo Life’s Unapologetically Series, she tells with that is givet’s “a lot of hours” back. Here’s what Else Living Her Best Life Look Like.

This was your first doing comedy. How Did It Feel to Spread Your Wings?

I like that vulnerable to vince vaughn and to (director) Stephen Chbosky. I came in Very Humble – Like, I’m not sura what i’m doing here. I Think You’ve Made a Mistake – and they belived in me.

IT”S GOTTEN BETTER, but MANY Actresses Struggle to Get Meaty Role After 40. Your Career Has Been Different, Landing Break soprano at age 45. What has been your experiences been like?

I have been so Incredibly Lucky. I really have. Be i think about it – and i look at myself in Goodfellas or in soprano and now Nonna – i’m like, Ok, you’re on a good track. And, yes, (i was in my 40s wen i started Sopranos, which i remember) Because of was always aggregated that jimmy gandolfini and edie falco were 10 years Younger than me. It annoyed with (laughs).

I Recently Read a Story About You That Started With, “Lorraine Bracco Knows what she wants it to love.” I thought: I bet lorraine bracco knows what she wans – period. Do you feel Clear About What You Want, Personally and Professionally, at 70?

I’ll tell you: i know what i don’t Want, so that’s a good place (to start). I think you have to know what to get it – no matter what it is. Whether Work Work or Love or Friendship or Children, you have to know what you want to attach it.

Were you always a confident person?

Kinda. I Always Had a Big Personality, Let’s Put it That Way (laughs). My Kindergarten Teacher Said to My Mom, “Oh, don’t worry about her.” I have vulnerable moments. Like of Said, Working with Stephen and Vince in the Beginning of Nonnas, I was scared. I often said to say, “I’m not sura you picked the right person here.“Stephen was Always Like:“ Lorraine, there’s Nobody Else of Wanted. Of Believe in you. ” I Said, “i wish i belived in myself as much as you believe in me.” IT WAS NERve-Racking for me. Oh my God, what am i doing?

You were a model Early in your Career, Living in France for A Decade. Did that help you with auditions and rejuvenation when you Crossed Over to Hollywood?

Yes and no. Talk About Two Very Different Careers, But I Was Pretty Lucky. I WORKED AS A MODEL, AND I DID A LOT OF COMMERICALS, WHICH I THINK WAS VERY HANDY LATE ON MAKING MOVIES. Yes, i’ve Had Disappointments. There are roles that really, really wanted that I didn’t get, or modeling jobs or never never happened. I think Everybody Who Goes Through Life and Has Reached 70 Has Had plenty of Disappointments, but be I look back, i say, “look what i’ve achieved. I’m happy with that.

In october, you tourned 70. How do you handle birthdays? Do you like it? Swimming like?

Swimming really (laughs). I have Grandchildren and they’re so much more fun to celebrate said me. We have puppy party. When (My Granddaughter) TURNED 6 YEARS OLD, She WANTED TO HAVE A DINOSAUR PARTY. I LOOKED AT MY DAUGHTER LIKE, Ok, mom. (My Daughter) Told Her Dinosaurs were too too for Her Yard, so we had adoptable puppies instead. (My Grandson) Had a Fabulous Cowboy theme party wher Turned 1 with all kinds of animals, horsback riding and pony rides. They have much more fun than with (with birthdays).

SO YOU GET TO BE A HANDS-ON GRANDMOTER?

I love – i love it. I go and spend like three weeks in la with my daughter margaux and her children, and then i’ll for a couple of week to florida with stella. I Feel Very Transient at this age. I’m Very Lucky.

You’ve said that an important lesson you taught your daughters is that anything is posseible. What are some like ways that you demonstrated that for say?

Well, i told say to look at me. I Mean, I come from Brooklyn. My Father Workhed at the Fulton Fish Market. My mother was a homemaker. There was no reason for with to be Become an Actress and Work and Make Money and Be Successful and Have Two Fantastic Kids. I always Feel like a lot of Times We Stop ourselves or we limit ourselves in our dreams. I Always Told: Dream Big.

I read that you made a deal with yourelf at 50 to have “More fun, more fun, more fun.” Has that ben easy to live up to?

Yeah, i’m loving it. Listen – I Feel Good. I Wake Up Every Morning. I’m grateful to wake up. I’m happy. I’m healthy. I think that a really big part of it. Being Healthy is Really My No. 1 Goal to Attain Every Day. I TRY TO WALK EVERY DAY. I try to get those steps in. It’s not always easy. I try to sleep. I try to eat (healthy). I take care of myself.

How Important is it for you to have a romantic relationship at this point in your life?

Well, i always like a good lover (laughs). I’m not one to iGore that. I Feel Good About MySelf, and if someone walks into my life and is accceptive and loving, i’m ok with that.

You’ve gone Gray and it’s gorgeous. I’d Stop Coloring My Hair If I Knew It Wold Look Like Yours.

Honestly, I stopped Coloring it During Covid, and i had no idea what it was going to look like. SO Coming Out of Covid – and the Half Dark, Half Gray, Half What I was – Think I was Pretty Lucky. People stop with in the street and ask me who colors it, and of Say, “The Guy Upstairs.”

Was it a hard decisive to make with work?

SO FAR, NO. I always tell my agent to remind these people of have gray hair. I am no longer a brunette and people have been very accceptive to it. And it worked for Nonna. I feel like have a lot of hours (back). There’s two Things I did Since Covid that really made a difference for me: one, i do’t have to go to the salon evest three weeks. Two, I have an electric car, so i don’t have to go to the Gas Station.

We saw you renovate your sicily house on hgtv. How Often Do You Get There?

I try to go at least two to three times a year. This year, i’ve not been and usually i like to do a May-June visits. I’ve been so busy that i don’t know if i’m going to make it. But Definitely September, October, November. November is olive-picking season and i love that.