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Andrea Donna de Matteo is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO television drama The Sopranos (1999–2006), for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2004. Other notable roles include Gina Tribbiani on Joey (2004–2006), Wendy Case on Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014), Angie Bolen on Desperate Housewives (2009–2010), and Detective Tess Nazario on Shades of Blue (2016–2018).

Drea de Matteo
De Matteo in 2015
Born	Andrea Donna de Matteo New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	New York University (BFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present
Children	2
Awards	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (The Sopranos, 2004)

Early life

De Matteo was born in Whitestone, Queens, New York City. Her mother, Donna, is a playwright and playwriting teacher who has been on faculty at HB Studio,[1] and her father, Albert, was a furniture manufacturer who was owner and CEO of Avery Boardman and Carlyle.[2] She is of Italian descent,[3][4] and grew up in a Catholic family.[4][5]

After graduating from the Loyola School, de Matteo earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film production from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, intending to become a film director. She additionally studied acting at the HB Studio.[6][7]

Career

De Matteo's role in The Sopranos was one of her earliest, helping to launch her career. She has appeared in several films including Swordfish, Deuces Wild, The Perfect You, Prey for Rock & Roll and the 2005 remake of John Carpenter's 1976 action film Assault on Precinct 13. She had the starring role in Abel Ferrara's R Xmas for which she received some very positive reviews.[8]

In 2004, de Matteo won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress (Drama) for her role as Adriana on The Sopranos (season 5) and was nominated for a Golden Globe the same year, for the same role.[9]

From 2004 to 2006, de Matteo portrayed Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina in the Friends spin-off Joey. The show was cancelled after two seasons.[10]

De Matteo played the role of Wendy Case in the FX original series Sons of Anarchy. The pilot episode aired September 3, 2008, and De Matteo continued making regular appearances into the series' sixth season.[11] She was promoted to a series regular for the seventh and final season.[12]

De Matteo played Angie Bolen, the mother of the Bolen family, on season 6 of the ABC show Desperate Housewives.[13][14][15][16] She left Desperate Housewives at the season 6 finale in 2010, due to personal reasons.[17]

In 2012, she guest starred in Showtime's Californication.

De Matteo played the stepmother of Steve Wilde, the main character of the FOX comedy Running Wilde, appearing in season 1, episode 9. De Matteo co-starred as Krissi Cates in the film adaptation of Dark Places (2015), with Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Nicholas Hoult.[18] In 2015, she was cast as Det. Tess Nazario in the NBC drama series Shades of Blue, starring alongside Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta.

De Matteo and Chris Kushner began hosting a rewatch podcast of The Sopranos on March 13, 2020, called Made Women;[19] in July, the podcast was retooled and renamed Gangster Goddess Broad-Cast.[20]

Personal life

In 1997, de Matteo opened Filth Mart, an East Village clothing store with her then-boyfriend Michael Sportes.[21] They closed the store in 2004.[22]

De Matteo started dating musician Shooter Jennings in 2001.[23] They became engaged on June 11, 2009, when Jennings proposed onstage at the Stanley Theater during a show in Utica, New York.[24] They have two children together, daughter Alabama Gypsyrose Jennings[23] and son Waylon Albert "Blackjack" Jennings.[25] Jennings and de Matteo eventually ended their relationship without marrying.[26] In July 2015, de Matteo became engaged to Whitesnake bass guitarist Michael Devin.[27]

De Matteo lost her apartment home of 22 years, as did dozens of other residents, when a gas explosion and raging fire destroyed three East Village, Manhattan buildings on March 26, 2015.[28]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	'M' Word	—
1999	Meet Prince Charming	Hilary Harris
2000	Sleepwalk	Henrieta
2001	Made	Club Girl	Uncredited
	Swordfish	Melissa
	'R Xmas	The Wife	New York International Independent Film and Video Festival Award for Best Actress
2002	Deuces Wild	Betsy
	The Perfect You	Dee	as Drea DeMatteo
2003	Prey for Rock & Roll	Tracey
	Beacon Hill	Cadet Ramsey
2004	Love Rome	Angela
2005	Callas e Onassis	unknown	as Andrea de Matteo
	Assault on Precinct 13	Iris Ferry
2006	Walker Payne	Lou Ann
	Farce of the Penguins	Ester	Voice
2007	The Good Life	Dana	as Drea De Matteo
	Broken English	Audrey Andrews
2008	Lake City	Hope
2009	New York, I Love You	Lydia
	Once More with Feeling	Lana Gregorio
2013	Free Ride	Sandy
	Whisper Of Fear	Diane Harkin
2015	Dark Places	Krissi Cates
	Sex, Death and Bowling	Ana
2017	Don't Sleep	Jo Marino
2022	One Way	Vic

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Swift Justice	Laurie Tuco	Episode: "Stones"
1999–2006	The Sopranos	Adriana La Cerva	Recurring role (seasons 1, 6) Main cast (season 2–5) 56 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2004) Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2004) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1999) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2004) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (2004) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2000-2004)
2002	VH1 Big in 2002 Awards	Host	TV special
2004–2006	Joey	Gina Tribbiani	Main role: 46 episodes
2005	HBO First Look	Herself	Episode: "Assault on Precinct 13: Caught in the Crosshairs"
2007	Aperture		Episode: "Drea de Matteo/Laurie Simmons"
	Al rojo vivo con María Celeste		Episode: May 28, 2007
	Making 'Cleaver'	Adriana La Cerva	Television film
2008; 2011–2014	Sons of Anarchy	Wendy Case	Recurring role (seasons 1, 4–6) Main cast (season 7) 35 episodes
2009–2010[29]	Desperate Housewives	Angie Bolen	Main cast (season 6) 20 episodes
2010	Fakers	Tanner's mother	Television film
	Running Wilde	Didi	Episode: "One Step Forward"
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sandra Roberts	Episode: "Pop"
	CSI: Miami	Evelyn	Episode: "Sinner Takes All"
2012	Californication	Holly	Episode: "Here I Go Again"
2013	The Mindy Project	Kelsey	Episode: "Mindy's Minute"
2015	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Karla Faye Gideon	Episode: "One of Us"
	The Making of the Mob: New York	Herself
2016–2018	Shades of Blue	Det. Tess Nazario	Main cast
2019	A Million Little Things	Barbara Morgan	8 episodes
2021–present	Paradise City	Maya	Main cast; TV spinoff of American Satan

References

External links

• Drea de Matteo at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Drea de Matteo

Andrea „Drea“ Donna de Matteo (* 19. Januar 1972 in Queens, New York City) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Emmy-Preisträgerin.

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- [en] Drea de Matteo

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[es] Drea de Matteo

Andrea Donna de Matteo (Queens, Nueva York; 19 de enero de 1972)[2] es una actriz estadounidense, ganadora del Emmy, conocida principalmente por su papel de Adriana La Cerva en la serie de televisión de la HBO, Los Soprano, por el de Gina Tribbiani, hermana de Joey Tribbiani, en la comedia de la NBC, Joey y más recientemente por su papel en Desperate Housewives en el que interpreta a la misteriosa Angie Bolen.

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[ru] Де Маттео, Дреа

Андреа Донна «Дреа» де Маттео (англ. Andrea Donna «Drea» de Matteo; род. 19 января 1972 (1972-01-19), Нью-Йорк, США) — американская актриса, известная благодаря своим телевизионным ролям Адрианы Ла Серва в «Клане Сопрано», Венди Кейс в «Сынах анархии», Джины Триббиани в «Джоуи» и Энджи Болен в «Отчаянных домохозяйках».

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