Drea de Matteo Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Drea de Matteo (/dreɪ də məˈteɪoʊ/; born January 19, 1972) is an American television actress, known for her roles as Angie Bolen on ABC's Desperate Housewives, Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey, and as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series The Sopranos, a role for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Most recently de Matteo has starred as Wendy Case in the FX series Sons of Anarchy.
Full Name
Drea de Matteo
Net Worth
$15 million
Date Of Birth
January 19, 1972
Place Of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Height
1.68 m
Occupation
Actress
Profession
Actor
Education
Loyola School, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Nationality
American
Children
Waylon Albert Jennings, Alabama Gypsy Rose Jennings
Parents
Albert de Matteo, Donna de Matteo
Nicknames
Drea De Matteo, Drea de Matteo, De Matteo, Drea
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Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Movies
Assault on Precinct 13, Prey for Rock & Roll, Dark Places, Swordfish, Deuces Wild, New York, I Love You, 'R Xmas, Broken English, Walker Payne, Sex, Death and Bowling, Free Ride, Farce of the Penguins, Once More with Feeling, The Good Life, Meet Prince Charming, Crazy Little Thing, Fakers, Cleaver, ...
TV Shows
Sons of Anarchy, Desperate Housewives, Running Wilde, The Sopranos, Joey, Swift Justice, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Star Sign
Capricorn
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[on 'The Sopranos'] The reason I thought Big Pussy was the perfect choice when they killed him off is he didn't understand why he was getting killed off. I kept saying to him, 'Man, it's because you're a great actor and you can handle the material and people are going to feel for you because you're going to know how to play it out. And you're kind of vulnerable'. There was a vulnerability to this big Mafia guy. People cared about him. You would probably care less if it was someone as cool as Silvio. And Steve Schirripa - there was a vulnerability to his character too. They had a soft, creamy center, those big boys. But really, everybody was waiting to get the ax. It was a race to read the script.
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Fact
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Her name is from the Greek name Andreas, which was derived from andreios "manly, masculine", a derivative of aner "man".
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Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 39, a son Waylon Albert Jennings on April 7, 2011. Child's father is her now ex-fiancé, Shooter Jennings.
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 35, a daughter Alabama Gypsy Rose Jennings on November 28, 2007. Child's father is her boyfriend (now ex-fiancé), Shooter Jennings.
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Was in a relationship with Shooter Jennings from 2001 to 2013 and they also were engaged since 2009. They have 2 children together.
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Close friends with John Barrowman.
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She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
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Paulo Costanzo, who plays her son on Joey (2004), is only five years younger than she is.
Ranked #33 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002)
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At NYU, she originally intended to study to be a director, but got attention for her acting.
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Drea's father was a furniture manufacturer and her mother was a playwright. She was raised in Queens primarily by her grandmother and a Nicaraguan nanny. She now takes care of her nanny, who had a heart transplant.
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Has closed her clothing store Filth Mart in Manhattan and is opening one in Los Angeles
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Has her mother's, father's and grandmother's names tattooed onto her body.
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Her character on The Sopranos (1999) was originally written for only one episode.
