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Edie Falco as 'Nurse Jackie'

Jackie Peyton (Falco) is an ER nurse in a New York hospital who has back problems, and snorts OxyContin and other stuff for relief. She remains competent on the job - and seems to suggest her addiction has saved her from the unemployment line. Jackie's a dichotomy: cynical and profane but also loving and idealistic. A grade school nun told her that the people with "the greatest capacity for good...

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