Lin Tucci

Lin Tucci, born Linda Petrucci, is an American actress who works in film, television and theater. She became known for playing Henrietta Mama Bazoom in the 1995 film Showgirls. Lin Tucci did her nude scenes in Showgirls, released in 1995. She was born on February 8, 1960, in Winthrop, Massachusetts. After earning a fine arts degree in theater, she moved to New York to act. She performed in a number of stage productions and co-starred in several films. In 2013 she took a recurring role in the Netflix comedy-drama Orange Is the New Black. On that series she plays Anita DeMarco, an outspoken Jersey-Italian inmate.