Carmela is an observant Roman Catholic and has difficulty rationalizing her husband's profession and the flaws in their marriage.

Carmela has sometimes sacrificed her children's security for the sake of the luxuries Tony's career could provide, while defending her children when they did something wrong.

Liz, who has stopped taking care of herself, tells Carmela that in fact Adriana is dead and Christopher is responsible, going on to say the FBI told her so.

Over the years, Tony Soprano has been able to confide in Melfi many things that he has told no one else, not even his associates or his wife, Carmela.

Simply put by her sister-in-law, Carmela, " she has no work ethic ".

Although Tony was at first hostile to Angie because he believed she was scamming Carmela for money, Carmela has seen Angie struggling and later sees her working at a grocery store, handing out free samples.

" He has, undoubtedly, the hope that the method that ( he supposed ) cured his weak condition, would work the same wonders in little Carmela.

Arturo wrote at the foot of Carmela's previous letter: " The 5 December, at past 1 hour and 3 minutes after midnight, my daughter Carmela de la Concepción died.

Carmen Russo ( born Carmela Carolina Fernanda Russo on October 3, 1959 ) is an Italian dancer, actress, television personality and singer.

( This is one of the only times in the show that Tony explicitly concedes to Carmela that murder is part of his business ).

*“ Carmela !”-an Italian variety show, which featured the original song “ My Belly Button.

* The character of Father Phil Intintola on The Sopranos, as played by Paul Schulze, self-deprecatingly refers to himself as a schnorrer, especially in regard to his always showing up when Carmela is cooking.

says his teacher told him it was a " gay book ," Carmela becomes irate, and refuses to acknowledge any legitimacy in this theory, even when the college students at the table tentatively back this up and cite literary expert opinion ; she heedlessly goes on to bash homosexuality in the media as though homosexuality is a new phenomenon, and Meadow's friends sit awkwardly by while Meadow's attempts to reason with her mother quickly deteriorate into hostile bickering.

Chris was a first cousin once removed to Carmela Soprano and a second cousin to Meadow Soprano and Anthony Soprano, Jr. Tony Soprano affectionately considered Christopher a nephew ( they had a cousin in common growing up ; see below ), and had looked out for him over the years, as Christopher never had a father figure growing up ( his actual father, Dickie, was killed when Christopher was very young ).

Falco won these awards in 2003 for her performance as Carmela during the fourth season of The Sopranos.

During the fourth season, Carmela had a mutual romantic infatuation with Furio Giunta, one of Tony's men.

By the end of the fourth season, Tony and Carmela separated after she learned of his latest indiscretion, although Tony continued to provide for her and the children.

At the end of the fifth season, Carmela agreed to reunite with Tony after he agreed to purchase a $ 600, 000 investment property in Montville, under Carmela's name, so she could build a spec house.

Each coin is designed by a different designer, from the 1 cent to the 2 euro coin they are: Eugenio Driutti, Luciana De Simoni, Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini, Claudia Momoni, Maria Angela Cassol, Roberto Mauri, Laura Cretara and Maria Carmela Colaneri.

* The opening scene of The Sopranos episode 38, " Amour Fou ", features mob wife Carmela Soprano and her daughter Meadow Soprano in an art museum, where ( among other topics ) they discuss Jusepe de Ribera's painting: The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria.

One example is during the episode " Eloise " when during a dinner with Meadow, Meadow's boyfriend, and her upper-class liberal Ivy League friends, Carmela begins a discussion on Billy Budd, which A. J.

Also in that episode, Carmela asks Tony about Adriana ( he quickly changes the subject ).

In the Season 6 episode " The Ride ", Carmela Soprano runs into Adriana's mother, Liz La Cerva, who tells Carmela that she believes Christopher killed Adriana, and that the FBI came to her with questions about her.

In the episode " Chasing It " ( 6x16 ), Carmela breaks the figurine by throwing it at Tony Soprano.

Although Carmela is reasonably intelligent and puts a lot of emphasis on learning on her children as well as herself, she is often shown to be very ignorant and close-minded when it comes to a true education as opposed to a shallow interpretation of one ; she is also often very dismissive of other opinions on matters she disagrees with, even when she knows nothing about the topic at hand.

Carmela was somewhat embarrassed when Angie admired Carmela's car and told her that she recently purchased a Corvette with her own money, showing that Angie had significantly turned her money problems around through inheriting her late husband's body shop and making it profitable.

At the party, Janice gives Tony a gift of Soprano family home videos and tells Carmela an anecdote that embarrasses Tony when it is raised again during a heated, drunken game of Monopoly ; Janice and Tony's father once angrily shot a bullet through Livia's beehive hairdo.

Later, Janice relied upon the latter excuse to avoid cooking Sunday dinner from scratch ( when Tony and Carmela were separated ).

The first of a number of breakaway parties emerged three days later on 4 February 1982 when 10 UCD deputies from the left of the party-Francisco Fernández Ordóñez, Antonio Alfonso Quirós, Luis Berenguer, Carmela García Moreno, Ciriaco Díaz Porras, Luis González Seara, Eduardo Moreno, Javier Moscoso, María Dolores Pelayo and Carmen Solano formed the Democratic Action Party ( Partido de Acción Democrática / PAD ).

In Wizards at War Carmela also manages to free the entire group when they are captured at a crucial moment.

Leng was the nephew of composer Carmela Mackenna.

On April 7, 1979, at the age of forty-six, Antonio Negri was arrested for his part in the Autonomy Movement, along with others ( Emilio Vesce, Luciano Ferrari Bravo, Mario Dalmaviva, Lauso Zagato, Oreste Scalzone, Pino Nicotri, Alisa del Re, Carmela di Rocco, Massimo Tramonte, Sandro Serafini, Guido Bianchini, and others ).

The Elizabethan manor house opposite the church, now the home of Maria Carmela Viscountess Hambleden, was built in 1603 of flint and brick for Emanuel 11th Baron Scrope who became Earl of Sunderland.

's guidance counselor, Robert Wegler, and pursuing divorce proceedings against Tony, but was drawn back to her husband by financial concerns and difficulties in rearing A. J., as well as a difficult breakup with Wegler, who accused Carmela of manipulating him into special treatment for her son.

Around this time, Carmela was concerned for the whereabouts of Adriana La Cerva, who seemingly had disappeared.

Carmela was not aware that Adriana was a low-level informant for the FBI and that Christopher, who had learned this truth from Adriana herself, informed Tony, who in turn had her executed by Silvio ( in " Long Term Parking ").

Just before his death, Meadow came to realize that Jackie was boorish and unfaithful ; nevertheless, she was very distressed by his death, initially blaming Tony for Jackie's involvement with crime and Carmela for standing by and supporting Tony.

Tony, although reasonably gracious in defeat, was embarrassed at having been defeated in a brawl ( especially by Bobby of all people ) and frequently asserted to Bobby, Janice, and Carmela that he would have won the fight had he not slipped on the rug nor undergone such physical impotence after being shot by Uncle Junior.

Carmela found excuses to visit Furio including assisting him in buying and decorating a house, and planning a house-warming party, but made sure she was never alone with him.

Carmela later went by Furio's house and stared in awe at the fact it was empty and for sale.

Carmela was devastated, and eventually revealed her feelings for him in an argument with Tony, to which Tony replies " If certain men see him, he's a dead man ".

Though well-known to natives of the island as the " piding ", it was first observed by ornithologist Carmela Española in May 2004 and the discovery officially announced on August 16, 2004.