Clorinda Fiorentino, known by her stage name Linda Fiorentino (born March 9, 1958 or 1960), is an American actress. She became known for her leading role in the 1985 coming-of-age drama film Vision Quest; then, in the same year she earned wide recognition for her role in the action film Gotcha! (1985); later on, she appeared in After Hours (1985), Queens Logic (1991) and Jade (1995).
In 1997, Fiorentino's career took an upturn due to her role in the science-fiction action comedy film Men in Black; afterwards she appeared in the films Dogma (1999), Where the Money Is (2000), and Liberty Stands Still (2002). For her performance in the 1994 film The Last Seduction, she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, the London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actress of the Year, and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
One of eight children in a Catholic Italian-American family, Fiorentino was born March 9, 1958, or March 9, 1960, to mother Clarinda or Clorinda in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She grew up in South Philadelphia and later the Turnersville section of Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. She began performing in play at Rosemont College in suburban Philadelphia before graduating in 1980. She has studied photography since 1987 at the International Center of Photography in New York City.