Drea de Matteo

• Name — Drea de Matteo • Birth Name — Andrea Donna de Matteo • Born — 19 January 1972 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Education — New York University (BFA) • Known for — The Sopranos • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1995–present • Children — 2 • Awards — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (The Sopranos, 2004)

Andrea Donna de Matteo was born on January 19, 1972, in Queens, New York and raised in Malba, Queens. Her mother, Donna, is a playwright and playwriting teacher who has been on faculty at HB Studio, and her father, Albert, was a furniture manufacturer who was owner and CEO of Avery Boardman and Carlyle. She is of Italian descent, and grew up in a Catholic family. After graduating from the Loyola School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, De Matteo earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film production from the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University in Greenwich Village, intending to become a film director. She additionally studied acting at the HB Studio.

De Matteo's role in The Sopranos helped 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 positive reviews. 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. From 2004 to 2006, De Matteo portrayed Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on Joey. De Matteo played the role of Wendy Case in the series Sons of Anarchy. The pilot episode aired September 3, 2008, and De Matteo continued making regular appearances into the series' sixth season. She was promoted to a series regular for the seventh and final season. • Illustration — De Matteo in 2005 De Matteo played Angie Bolen, the mother of the Bolen family, on season 6 of the show Desperate Housewives. She left Desperate Housewives at the season 6 finale in 2010, for personal reasons. In 2012, she guest-starred in 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). In 2015, she was cast as Det. Tess Nazario in the NBC drama series Shades of Blue. De Matteo and Chris Kushner began hosting a rewatch podcast of The Sopranos on March 13, 2020, called Made Women; in July, the podcast was retooled and renamed Gangster Goddess Broad-Cast. In September 2022, De Matteo announced she would open an account on OnlyFans. It went live in August 2023. She claimed her refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine put her out of work and led her to join the website.

• Illustration — Matteo at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con for Sons of Anarchy at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California In 1997, De Matteo opened Filth Mart, a clothing store with her boyfriend Michael Sportes. They closed the store in 2004. De Matteo started dating musician Shooter Jennings in 2001. They became engaged on June 11, 2009, when Jennings proposed onstage at the Stanley Theater during a show in Utica, New York. They have two children together. Jennings and De Matteo eventually ended their relationship without marrying. De Matteo lost her apartment of 22 years when a gas explosion and fire destroyed three buildings in Manhattan on March 26, 2015. In July 2024, De Matteo revealed on a podcast that her 13-year-old son edited one picture of her in a superhero suit for her content posted on the platform OnlyFans. De Matteo co-endorsed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1996 — Swift Justice — Laurie Tuco — Episode: "Stones" • 1999–2006 — The Sopranos — Adriana La Cerva — Recurring Cast: Season 1 & 6, Main Cast: Season 2–5 • 2002 — VH1 Big in 2002 Awards — Herself/Host — Main Host • 2003 — The Greatest — Herself — Episode: "100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years" • 2004 — Rocked with Gina Gershon — Herself — Episode: "Episode #1.2" • 2004–2006 — Joey — Gina Tribbiani — Main Cast • 2005 — HBO First Look — Herself — Episode: "Assault on Precinct 13: Caught in the Crosshairs" • 2007 — Aperture — Herself — Episode: "Drea de Matteo/Laurie Simmons" • 2008–2014 — Sons of Anarchy — Wendy Case — Recurring Cast: Season 1 & 4–6; Main Cast: Season 7 • 2009–2010 — Desperate Housewives — Angie Bolen — Main Cast: Season 6 • 2010 — 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" • 2016–2018 — Shades of Blue — Det. Tess Nazario — Main Cast • 2017 — Bizarre Transmissions from the Bermuda Triangle — Herself — Episode: "Space Cake: Part 2" • 2019 — A Million Little Things — Barbara Morgan — Recurring Cast: Season 1–2 • 2021 — Match Game — Herself/Celebrity Panelist — Episode: "Episode #5.11" • Paradise City — Maya — Main Cast • 2023 — Mayans M.C. — Wendy Case — Episode: "I Must Go in Now for the Fog Is Rising" • 2024 — Power Book II: Ghost — Melissa — Episode: "Higher Calling" • Gutfeld! — Herself/Panelist — Episode: "Episode #4.29" • Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos — Herself — Episode: "Part 1 & 2"

• Year — Song Title — Artist • 2012 — "The Deed and the Dollar" — Shooter Jennings

• Year — Title • 2018 — "Wasted Talent"

Drea de Matteo is recorded as having studied at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, William Esper Studio and Loyola School. Formation and teaching. Matteo studied at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, William Esper Studio, Loyola School and HB Studio.