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Carmela Soprano née DeAngelis is the wife of fictional mafia boss Tony Soprano on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos, played by Edie Falco.
Carmela tries to maintain the Soprano household while Tony is out working. At times, she seems like the typical wife of the mob boss: supportive and friendly, even strong at times, never asking about the details of her husband's work. However, the years of having a husband missing at all hours, coupled with his constant infidelity have put a serious strain on their relationship. Carmela is also an observant Roman Catholic and has difficulty rationalizing both her husband's profession and her subsequent separation.
During the fourth season, Carmela had a mutual romantic infatuation with Furio Giunta, one of Tony's men. Carmela had reached a low point with Tony's constant string of affairs and the two had a romantically-tense but "arms-length" relationship. The two both confided to separate friends that they were falling for each other but Furio, fearing for his life for loving the boss's wife, sold his house and moved back to Italy.
By the end of the fourth season, Tony and Carmela separated after she learned of his latest indiscretion, although Tony was continuing to provide for her and the kids. Carmela even began dating AJ's guidance counselor and pursuing divorce with Tony, but was drawn back to her husband by financial concerns and difficulties in rearing AJ. At the end of the fifth season, Carmela agrees to get back together with Tony after he agrees to purchase a $750,000 investment property in Carmela's name. Despite some initial awkwardness, the two seem to be reunited.
Carmela's willingness to look the other way on Tony's numerous infidelities over the years and her acceptance of the fruits of Tony's labor without regard to how they were earned, combined with her decision to get back together with Tony in exchange for his purchasing the investment property, have fed the perception that Carmela is primarily motivated by greed.
Carmela has a good, but distant relationship with her daughter, Meadow, who is now off at college, but she struggles with raising their son, A.J., who is a rebellious and uncontrollable teenager. Carmela also fights with Tony about A.J. because she feels Tony spoils his son to make up for Tony's not being around while they were separated.