Her first major role was in Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" and she followed this with a part in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever."

她首先在马丁·斯柯席斯的《好家伙》中演了重要角色，随后又演了斯派克·李的《丛林热》。

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It's like walking into a scene from Goodfellas - the crowd seated at candlelit tables, suited-up waiting staff distributing Old Fashioneds, the band on stage playing whipsmart swing and jazz.

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"A lot of the people in 'Goodfellas' are not on the upper levels, so they're not tragic, " Scorsese said.

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Pete Daly, of distributors Pathe, says Essex Boys is a film noir, with elements of Goodfellas, but in this case instead of the gangsters moving out from New York City to suburban New Jersey, the villains have relocated from the East End to its Essex hinterland.

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