Drea de Matteo

Drea de Matteo: Biography in Details

Who is Drea de Matteo?

Drea de Matteo is an American actress and she is best known for her roles as Angie Bolen on ‘Desperate Housewives’, as Gina on the NBC sitcom ‘Joey’, and as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO dramas series ‘The Sopranos’.

What is the birth name of Drea de Matteo?

Drea de Matteo was born on January 19, 1972, in Queens, New York, USA. Her birth name is Andrea Donna de Matteo and she is currently 51 years old. Her father’s name is Albert and her mother’s name is Donna de Matteo. Drea’s father is a furniture manufacturer who was the owner and CEO of Avery Boardman and Carlyle, and her mother is a playwright and playwriting teacher who has been on faculty at HB Studio. She grew up in a Roman Catholic family. She is the youngest of three children and she is the only daughter of her parents.

Drea spent her childhood in Queens, and her family moved to the Upper East Side in Manhattan. She originally wanted to become a director, not an actress. Drea holds American citizenship and her ethnicity is Italian.

Drea de Matteo: Education, School/College University

Drea de Matteo graduated from the Loyola School and studied at New York University’s Tisch School of Arts. Also, she studied acting at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.

Drea de Matteo: Professional Life and Career

Drea de Matteo began her acting career from the role in ‘The Sopranos’ and she appeared in several films like ‘Swordfish’, ‘The Perfect You’, ‘Assault on Precinct 13’, ‘R Xmas’, etc.

Drea de Matteo has portrayed the role of Gina in the ‘Friends’ spinoff ‘Joey’ but the show was canceled after two seasons. Then, she appeared as Wendy Case in the series ‘Sons of Anarchy’ and later promoted to series regular for the seventh and final season.

In addition, Drea de Matteo appeared as Angie Bolen on season 6 of the ABC show ‘Desperate Housewives’ and she officially left the show at the season 6 finale in 2010 due to personal reasons.

Then, Drea de Matteo appeared as Krissi Cates in ‘Dark Places’ and as Ana in ‘Sex, Death and Blowing’ in 2015, as Jo Marino in ‘Don’t Sleep’ in 2017, and she is currently portraying the role of Barbara Morgan in ‘A Million Little Things’ since 2019.

Drea de Matteo: Awards, Nominations

Drea de Matteo has won Primetime Emmy in the category Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ‘The Sopranos’ in 2004, won Gold Derby TV Award in the category Drama Supporting Actress for ‘The Sopranos’ in 2004, won OFTA Television Award in the category Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ‘The Sopranos’ in 2005, and nominated for several times in her career.

How much is the net worth of Drea de Matteo?

Drea de Matteo has an estimated net worth of around $15 million as of 2023, and she has earned that sum of money from her professional career. She has earned that massive amount from her successful acting career and as a model and television performer.

She lost her apartment when a gas explosion and raging fire destroyed three East Village, Manhattan buildings on March 26, 2015.

Drea de Matteo: Rumors and Controversy/Scandal

There was a rumor regarding he engagement with rocker Michael Devlin and the rumor has ended as they announced their engagement publicly.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Drea de Matteo has a height of 5 ft. 6 inches and weighs 62 kg. Drea de Matteo has dark brown eyes and light brown hair. Her body measurement is 37-25-36 inches. Drea’s shoe size/feet size is 8(US) and her dress size is 8(US). Her bra size/Cup size is 34C.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.

Drea de Matteo has around 306k followers on Instagram, about 116k followers on Twitter, and around 627.5k followers on Facebook.

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