Rosalie Aprile

Rosalie "Ro" Aprile, played by Sharon Angela, is a fictional character on the HBO television series, The Sopranos. Rosalie is the widow of Jackie_Aprile,_Sr, and the mother of Kelli and the late Jackie, Jr. She is good friends with mob wives Carmela Soprano and Gabriella Dante, to whom she offers characteristically frank advice. Rosalie was always frank with her friends that she knew her husband, Jackie, had affairs, but seemed to have made her p... more

Rosalie "Ro" Aprile, played by Sharon Angela, is a fictional character on the HBO television series, The Sopranos. Rosalie is the widow of Jackie_Aprile,_Sr, and the mother of Kelli and the late Jackie, Jr. She is good friends with mob wives Carmela Soprano and Gabriella Dante, to whom she offers characteristically frank advice. Rosalie was always frank with her friends that she knew her husband, Jackie, had affairs, but seemed to have made her peace with his infidelity. During her marriage to Jackie, Ro had an affair with a man named Steve from her gym, which remained a source of guilt. Two years after Jackie Sr.'s death, she started a relationship with Ralph Cifaretto. Ralph had been a friend of Jackie's growing up and later a soldier in Jackie's crew before he moved to Miami. Their relationship became romantic after Ralph returned from Miami, following the deaths of both Jackie Sr. and Rosalie's brother-in-law Richie Aprile. Ralph encouraged Jackie Jr. as he became more and more... less