Drea de Matteo

Drea de Matteo is an American actress, known for her roles as Angie Bolen on ABCs Desperate Housewives, Joey Tribbianis sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey, Wendy Case on FX series Sons of Anarchy, and 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 starred as Wendy Case in the FX series Sons of Anarchy. She currently stars as Det. Tess Nazario in NBCs Shades of Blue.

De Matteo, an Italian American, was born Andrea Donna de Matteo in Whitestone, Queens, New York. Her mother, Donna, is a playwright and playwriting teacher, and her father, Albert A. De Matteo, is a furniture manufacturer who was owner and CEO of Avery Boardman and Carlyle. She grew up in a Roman Catholic family.

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