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
The Sopranos diverse and interesting heritages than the American public generally realizes." Humanities professor Camille Paglia, herself an Italian American, has spoken negatively about "The Sopranos", arguing that its depiction of Italian Americans was inaccurate, inauthentic, and dated. Chase has defended his show, saying that it is not meant to stereotype all Italian Americans, only to depict a small criminal subculture. A video game based on the series titled "The Sopranos: Road to Respect" was released for the PlayStation 2 by THQ in November 2006. In March 2018, New Line Cinema announced that they had purchased a film detailing the background story