Drea de Matteo Drea de Matteo Andrea Donna de Matteo (; born January 19, 1972) is an American actress, known for her roles as Angie Bolen on ABC's "Desperate Housewives", Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom "Joey", Wendy Case on FX series "Sons of Anarchy", and Adriana La Cerva on the HBO drama series "The Sopranos", a role for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She played Det. Tess Nazario in NBC's "Shades of Blue". De Matteo, of Italian descent, was born in Whitestone, Queens, New York. Her mother, Donna, is a
College (The Sopranos) College (The Sopranos) "College" is the fifth episode of the first season of the HBO television drama series "The Sopranos", which originally aired on February 7, 1999. It was written by co-producer James Manos Jr. and series creator/executive producer David Chase and directed by Allen Coulter. The episode was rated as the best of the series by "TIME" magazine, and was ranked #2 on "TV Guide"s list of "Top 100 Episodes of All Time". "* = credit only" Tony takes Meadow on a trip to Maine to visit three colleges she is considering. Having looked at Bates College they then