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. Her many feature film credits include 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.
In the past year alone she’s had supporting roles in A Gunfighter’s Deal (Terry Kiser, Marty Kove), “3” (Eric Roberts, Micheal Pare), Vindication TV (Todd Terry, Steve Mokate)
Throughout her career, she has also been a writer. She wrote her first book, 50 Moments: Faking It, Taking and Making It as a Working Actor in Hollywood, which chronicles her 30-year career and is the basis for her podcast.
“We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Nellie Sciutto to the DX family,” said The Dallas Express CEO Chris Putnam. “We target special personality brands that both expand our coverage and deliver unique content to our readers. Nellie produces outstanding curated lifestyle content we know our readers will love and is a perfect compliment to our own ‘Let’s Talk Now with Sarah Zubiate Bennett’ podcast.”
Nellie said, “I’m thrilled to be working with The Dallas Express. Their growth over the past year, with the likes of Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, The New York Post, New York Times, Politico, and others sharing their stories, has been incredibly impressive. DX is a great local example of how the alternative, independent “new media” has really broken through into the mainstream.”
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