Drea de Matteo News and Gossip
Spinner.com - Found Aug. 27, 2008 Filed under: Celebrity Doppleganger Spinner.com : Queens-born actress Drea de Matteo's aggressively "Bada Bing" style rendered her a perfect fit
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Celebrity Baby Blog - Found Nov. 27, 2008 On the Road with Drea de Matteo, Rocker Dad and Baby Daughter Photos : Introducing Alabama Gypsyrose Jennings Drea de Matteo and...
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Los Angeles Times - Found Nov. 28, 2008 You know who also dresses really cool? Drea de Matteo. She's vampy but still pretty cutting-edge. You and Nikki do dress alike.
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Calendar Live - Found Nov. 28, 2008 Add to the mix a thieving girlfriend (Drea de Matteo), two vengeful drug dealers, one of them played by the rock star Dave Matthews, trying...
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Los Angeles Times - Found Nov. 28, 2008 Add to the mix a thieving girlfriend (Drea de Matteo), two vengeful drug dealers, one of them played by the rock star Dave Matthews, trying...
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Music Industry News Network - Found Nov. 28, 2008 ... starring Gena Rowlands, Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo and Griffin Dunne, the critically acclaimed 'Redacted' directed by Brian De Palma...
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CMJ - Found Nov. 27, 2008 ... kicking off in 2009. Dex is also in the new movie, Lake City, which stars Sissy Spacek, Keith Carradine, Rebecca Romjin and Drea de Matteo.
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Future Movies - Found Nov. 27, 2008 ... and Terence Winter, featuring characters who were ?whacked? including Vincent Pastore, Steve Buscemi, Drea de Matteo, David Proval and...
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Rotten Tomatoes - Found Nov. 26, 2008 LAKE CITY also features the talents of Rebecca Romijn, Dave Matthews, Keith Carradine, Colin Ford, and Drea De Matteo. [More]
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Drea de Matteo, January 2005 |
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January 19, 1972 (1972-01-19) (age 36)
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Andrea Donna de Matteo (born January 19, 1972) is an American Emmy-winning actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series The Sopranos and as Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey.1
Biography
Early life
De Matteo, an Italian American,2 was born 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 After graduating from the prestigious Loyola School, she studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, originally hoping to become a director, not an actress.
Career
De Matteo's role in The Sopranos was one of her earliest, helping to launch her career. She has also 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.
In 2004, de Matteo won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress (Drama) for her role as Adriana on The Sopranos. She was also 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.
Drea de Matteo is also playing the role of Wendy Case in an FX original series Sons of Anarchy. The pilot episode aired September 3, 2008.
Personal life
She lives in New York City, where she also formerly owned the now-closed Filth Mart, an East Village clothing store, with best friend and ex-boyfriend Michael Sportes. She is currently dating Shooter Jennings, son of country music legend Waylon Jennings. The couple had their first child together, a girl named Alabama Gypsy Rose, on November 28, 2007.6
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