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Drea de Matteo
Drea de Matteo, January 2005
Born	Andrea Donna de Matteo January 19, 1972 (1972-01-19) (age 38) Queens, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present
Spouse(s)	Shooter Jennings (engaged; 1 child)

Drea de Matteo (born January 19, 1972) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series The Sopranos, Wendy Case on the FX drama Sons of Anarchy, and as Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey. She currently portrays Angie Bolen on the ABC show Desperate Housewives.¹

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

Personal life

De Matteo, an Italian American,² was born Andrea Donna de Matteo in Queens, New York, the daughter of Donna, a playwright and playwriting teacher, and Albert De Matteo, a furniture manufacturer.³⁴ She grew up in a Catholic family.⁵ She lives in New York City, where she owned Filth Mart, an East Village clothing store, with best friend and ex-boyfriend Michael Sportes.^{citation needed} She is engaged to Shooter Jennings, the son of late country legend Waylon Jennings. The couple had their first child together, a girl named Alabama Gypsy Rose, on November 28, 2007. Jennings proposed onstage at the Stanley Center during a show in Utica, New York, on June 11, 2009, and confirmed the news on Twitter. "Asked Drea to marry me on stage tonight. I'm a lucky man," he Tweeted, "I'll never forget Utica, NY."

Career

After graduating from the Loyola School, she studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, originally hoping to become a director, not an actress. 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 2005 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.⁶

In 2004, de Matteo won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress (Drama) for her role as Adriana on The Sopranos. She was nominated for a Golden Globe that same year for the same role. She was ranked #42 and #56 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001 and 2002, respectively.

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.

De Matteo is playing the role of Wendy Case in FX original series Sons of Anarchy. The pilot episode aired September 3, 2008.

De Matteo is playing the mother of the Bolen family, Angie Bolen, on season 6 of the ABC show Desperate Housewives.⁷⁸⁹¹⁰

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009-present	Desperate Housewives	Angie Bolen	Season 6
2009	New York, I Love You	Lyndia
2009	Once More with Feeling	Lana Gregorio
2008	Sons of Anarchy	Wendy Case	Episodes: 5 (September 3-November 19, 2008)
2008	Lake City	Hope
2007	The Good Life	Dana	as Drea De Matteo
2007	Broken English	Audrey Andrews
2007	Aperture	Herself
2007	The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007	Al rojo vivo con María Celeste		Episode: May 28, 2007
2007	Making 'Cleaver'	Adriana La Cerva	TV
2006	Walker Payne	unknown
2006	Farce of the Penguins	Ester	Voice
2005	Callas e Onassis	unknown	as Andrea de Matteo
2005	Assault on Precinct 13	Iris Ferry
2005	The CMT Music Awards	Herself
2005	The Tony Danza Show		Episode: February 10, 2005
2005	The View		Episode: February 23, 2005
2005	Last Call with Carson Daly		Episode: March 21, 2005
2005	Live with Regis and Kathie Lee		Episode: January 27, 2005
2005	Jimmy Kimmel Live!		Episode: January 19, 2005
2005	The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards		TV;Nominee: Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series, Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie
2005	HBO First Look		Assault on Precinct 13: Caught in the Crosshairs
2005	The 31st Annual People's Choice Awards		Winner
2004-2006	Joey	Gina Tribbiani	Episodes:46 (September 9, 2004 – March 7, 2006)
2004	Love Rome	Angela
2004	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Herself	Episode: October 24, 2004
2004	Hollywood Trash & Tinsel
2004	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		Episode: September 21, 2004
2004	The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards		V;Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
2004	Rocked with Gina Gershon		Episode: April 14, 2004
2003	Prey for Rock & Roll	Tracey
2003	Beacon Hill	Cadet Ramsey
2002	Deuces Wild	Betsy
2002	The Perfect You	Dee	as Drea DeMatteo
2002	VH1 Big in 2002 Awards	Host	TV
2001	Made	Club Girl	uncredited
2001	Swordfish	Melissa
2001	'R Xmas	The Wife
2000	Sleepwalk	Henrieta
1999-2006	The Sopranos	Adriana La Cerva	Episode: 56 (January 10, 1999 – May 21, 2006)
1999	Meet Prince Charming	Hilary Harris
1996	Swift Justice	Laurie Tuco	Episode: Stones
1996	'M' Word	unknown

References

External links

• Drea de Matteo at the Internet Movie Database

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