Many people may ask what happened to Linda Fiorentino, and there is just more than one way to answer this question. Linda was not only a rising star but also a major sex symbol in the mid-nineties. Having scored critical acclaim, most notably for her role as femme fatale in the neo noir film The Last Seduction, it appeared as though this actor was the new force to reckon with in the film industry. However, she was later to achieve mainstream success following her role in the sci-fi comedy blockbuster, Men in Black. A few years later, rumors abounded that this cute mistress was experiencing what could only be referred to as difficult behavior and her career had to cool to the point where she essentially retired. Let us begin easy by looking at her journey towards fame.

Linda was born in March 9 1958 in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Turnersville in New Jersey. The American actress is a graduate of Rosemount College in suburban Philadelphia and has studied photography since 1987 in the International Center of Photography in New York City. After Graduating with a B.A in political science, Linda contemplated law school but opted to pursue acting instead. As she struggled in charting the murky waters of the film industry, Linda experienced the usual difficulties of any new kid in the movie industry – landing her first role. As she waited for her breakthrough, she was a bartender opposite a then unknown Bruce Willis.

Early career

Linda first burst onto the movie scene in 1987 when she starred in the film Vision Quest. She later starred in the action film Gotcha, which was filmed both in the United States, Paris and both sides of the Berlin wall. Her recognition widened in 1994 when she played Bridget in the much sensationalized ‘The Last Seduction’, before playing the female lead in Men In Black in 1997 alongside Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith. Linda’s acting career was only beginning to take shape, as she would later play the female lead in Kevin Smith’s Dogma in 1999, before later co-starring with Paul Newman in the 2000 film Where The Money is. Later on, Linda appeared in many more award-winning films.

Where is Linda’s whereabouts?

Linda’s fame and popularity is believed to have come to an end, almost as fast as it rose. While many theories have been advanced to try and explain the reason for her downfall, many people believe that her fall was occasioned by her difficult behavior characterized by her temper tantrums and outrageous demands when working with other members of her crew. Well, there are very few who have come out in public to claim with authority that they actually had difficulty working with Linda. However, her own confession that she was one time banned from high school due to smoking lends credence to this theory.

As it stands, we are yet to know whether this actor bowed out of the film industry, especially after participating in a series of unsuccessful projects since 2002. She was one time reported attending a series of political functions such as the screening of Street Smart. We can either conclude Linda is trying to redefine her career, or perhaps she is getting poised to rise from the ashes like the proverbial phoenix.