Adriana La Cerva Adriana La Cerva Adriana La Cerva is a fictional character on the HBO TV series "The Sopranos", portrayed by Drea de Matteo. She is the long-time girlfriend and, later, fiancée of Tony Soprano's protégé, Christopher Moltisanti. For her performance, De Matteo won the 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Adriana is the niece of Jackie and Richie Aprile. Growing up she sees and hears plenty, and isn't at all repulsed by the Mafia lifestyle. Adriana is initially portrayed as shallow and materialistic, interested in the things that Christopher's money could buy: expensive cars, shoes, jewelry,
The Sopranos on the shape of the American television industry. It has been characterized by critics as one of the most influential artistic works of the 2000s and has been cited as helping to turn serial television into a legitimate art form on the same level as feature films, literature, and theater. "Time Magazine" editor James Poniewozik wrote in 2007, "This mafia saga showed just how complex and involving TV storytelling could be, inspiring an explosion of ambitious dramas on cable and off." Maureen Ryan of PopMatters described "The Sopranos" as the most influential television drama ever. "No one-hour drama series has