Birth Name: Andrea Donna de Matteo
Birth Date: January 19, 1973
Birth Place: Queens, New York, New York, USA
Occupation: Actress
Claim to Fame: TV Series "The Sopranos"
Height: 5'6''
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Birth Date: January 19, 1973
Birth Place: Queens, New York, New York, USA
Occupation: Actress
Claim to Fame: TV Series "The Sopranos"
Height: 5'6''
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Drea de Matteo
Drea de Matteo Links: Drea de Matteo at Babe Invasion Top Celebrity Pages: Drea De Matteo TeraBabes: Drea de Matteo Drea de Matteo Quotes: “As far as research goes I grew up in a neighborhood that was very Mafia-ridden. I grew up in Queens, so I grew up with these girls. And I probably looked and dressed a lot like them when I was younger. Spoke like them, took a lot of speech classes to not speak like them. And now I have to speak like that. So I grew up in it. I know, I know the world, I know the girls, I know the life.” –on her character on the Sopranos |
-Grauduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
-Her first name, Drea is pronounced "Dray".
-Has an AC/DC tattoo
-Her character on "Sopranos, The" (1999) was originally written for only one episode.
-Has her mother's, father's and grandmother's names tattooed onto her body.
-Owns Filth Mart - a clothing store in Manhattan.
-Drea's father was a furniture manufacturer and her mother was a playwright. She was raised in Queens primarily by her grandmother and a Nicaraguan nanny. She now takes care of her nanny, who had a heart transplant.
-At NYU, she originally intended to study to be a director, but got attention for her acting.
Filmography:
Lake City (2007) .... Hope
The Good Life (2007) .... Dana
Broken English (2007) .... Audrey Andrews
"Joey" .... Gina Tribbiani (2004-2006)
"The Sopranos" .... Adriana La Cerva (1999-2006)
Walker Payne (2006)
Farce of the Penguins (2006) (voice) .... Ester
Callas e Onassis (2005) (TV)
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) .... Iris Ferry
Love Rome (2004) .... Angela
Prey for Rock & Roll (2003) .... Tracy
Beacon Hill (2003) .... Cadet Ramsey
Deuces Wild (2002) .... Betsy
The Perfect You (2002) .... Dee
Made (2001) (uncredited) .... Club Girl
Swordfish (2001) .... Melissa
'R Xmas (2001) .... The Wife
Sleepwalk (2001) .... Henrieta
Meet Prince Charming (1999) .... Hilary Harris
"Swift Justice" .... Laurie Tuco (1 episode, 1996)
'M' Word (1996)
