Nancy Sirianni
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Career
With her band, The Scoldees, Sirianni has performed at major festivals: Woodstock '99, and Mountain Stage New Song Festival, and well-known venues such as The Bottom Line (NYC) and The Whisky A-Go-Go (LA). In August 2007, Sirianni opened for American Idol Taylor HicksTaylor Hicks
Taylor Reuben Hicks is an American singer who achieved fame in 2006, when he won the fifth season of American Idol. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States for well over the span of a decade, during which he also released...
at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York.
The Scoldees hadtwo studio CDs: My Pathetic Life, and Nightcap World
From 1988 to 2001, Nancy Sirianni was married to Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling
Jackie Martling
John Coger "Jackie" Martling, Jr. is an American comedian, comedy writer and radio personality. He is best known for being a writer on The Howard Stern Show from 1983 to 2001.-Early life and career:...
, a comedian and long-time Head Writer and cast member of the Howard Stern Show
Howard Stern Show
The Howard Stern Show is an American radio show hosted by its namesake Howard Stern. It gained wide recognition in the 1990s when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from 1986 to 2005...
. Their personal life as well as her appearances and call-ins to the show contributed greatly to their popularity and put Jackie and Nancy in a spotlight they had not previously enjoyed, including roles in Howard Stern's movie "Private Parts" and free promotion on his #1 radio program. During this period, as Martling’s business partner, Sirianni produced 22 different comedy CDs, tapes, and videos as well as countless live comedy shows and roasts.
Currently Nancy Sirianni is one of the Managing Directors of Manhattan Theatre Source
Manhattan Theatre Source
The Manhattan Theatre Source is an Off-Off-Broadway not for profit art service organization located in Manhattan near Washington Square Park. A café and art gallery occupy the lower level of "The Source", a 160 year old brick building, while the upper story contains a library and the theatre proper...
at Washington Square Park. "TheatreSource" is a development space for new works and emerging artists responsible for the production of 600 new plays over its eight year history. TheatreSource also houses an art gallery, rehearsal space, a bookshop and café and provides theatrical production services from set design to digital editing.
Sirianni's acting credits include 8 independent films, NBC Television's Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
as well as stage credits from Lincoln Center, The Pearl Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Source, where last season she starred in John Ford Noonan's "A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking," which Noonan called "the best production I've ever seen," of his classic play which starred Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon is an American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1969, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. She had also been nominated for the award for four films before that and has received other recognition for her...
in the original role.