Janice Soprano

Janice Soprano Baccalieri is a fictional character on the HBO television drama series The Sopranos and in the film The Many Saints of Newark. In The Sopranos, Janice is portrayed by Aida Turturro who’s the eldest sibling of the show's protagonist, Tony Soprano. On the show, a young Janice appears in flashbacks portrayed by Madeline Blue and Juliet Fox. Alexandra Intrator portrays a young Janice Soprano in the 2021 prequel film, The Many Saints of Newark. Background Presented as the oldest child of mobster Johnny Boy Soprano and Livia Soprano, in a household financed by crime; Janice grew complacent about her family's criminal ties. She is portrayed as having a very callous and rebellious nature. After graduating from Sacred Heart High School, Janice joined an ashram in Venice, Los Angeles, the character adopting the name Parvati Wasatch. Janice, under her new name, traveled across Europe, staying in Paris, France, and Sri Lanka, and married a Québécois man named Eugene. In the series, the couple had a son named Harpo "Hal" named after the song "Harpo's Blues" by Phoebe Snow. Eugene later took him back to Montreal and Janice unsuccessfully tried to petition the State Department to have him returned to her. She worked as a furniture mover and at an espresso bar in Olympia, Washington before finally moving back to New Jersey permanently. Since returning to New Jersey Janice is shown to re-invent herself from an aging rebel to an upscale, materialistic, North Jersey Italian housewife.