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
Adriana Cataño Nickelodeon LatinAmerica's "Grachi," seasons one and two. This series was #1 in Mexico and 27 other countries. Grachi won "favorite show" at the Kids Choice Awards twice. She played Cristina Esquivel in the series. Adriana was also the anchor on VME Network's new show titled "Pase VIP." The show will air on Monday July 18 at 7:30 PM. "Pase VIP" is a 30-minute entertainment news show which is right up her alley. Adriana has acted in numerous television programs. She has co-starred in Latin soap operas, such as "Grachi" (Nickelodeon LatinoAmerica), "Belinda", "Secreto de Amor", "Morelia", "MariElena", "Amor Latino" and