[From news story] By the time she landed the role of Dr. Melfi, whose treatment of mob boss Tony Soprano forms the show’s psychological and moral backbone, Lorraine Bracco was grappling with deep depression. Shortly after that, she sought professional counseling and was prescribed antidepressants.
Actually, it took portraying Melfi.. for [...]

Asked by interviewer Whoopi Goldberg [Interview mag., July 2006] if she was a “relatively happy person,” comedian Amy Sedaris said, “I am. I only say that because other people have said that of me. I’m drawn to depression. It’s what inspires me. But I’m pretty content and good natured myself.”
[photo at left from her film [...]