[citation needed] She is the daughter of Joan (née Tropiano), a retired secretary and writer, and Stanley Tucci, Sr., a retired high school art teacher, both of whom have roots in the town of Marzi in Calabria.
[4][5] Tucci had a semi-regular role on the television series MDs (2002) and played Amanda Cory on the soap opera Another World from 1993 to 1995.
She was a regular cast member on C-16: FBI, in the role of Special Agent Annie Rooney, from 1997 to 1998.
[6] She played Sergeant Welles in the movie K-911, released direct-to-video in 1999; in 2000, she made an appearance as Dr. Kiera Behrle on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Tucci and Angell played parents of an autistic boy on an episode of Without a Trace.