Early life

De Matteo, an Italian American, was born Andrea Donna de Matteo in Whitestone, Queens, New York. Her mother, Donna, is a playwright and playwriting teacher, and her father, Albert A. De Matteo, is a furniture manufacturer who was owner and CEO of Avery Boardman and Carlyle. She grew up in a Roman Catholic family.

Career

After graduating from the Loyola School, she studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, originally hoping to become a director, not an actress. De Matteo's role in The Sopranos was one of her earliest, helping to launch her career. She has appeared in several films including Swordfish, Deuces Wild, The Perfect You, Prey for Rock & Roll and the 2005 remake of John Carpenter's 1976 action film Assault on Precinct 13. She had the starring role in Abel Ferrara's R Xmas for which she received some very positive reviews.

In 2004, de Matteo won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress (Drama) for her role as Adriana on The Sopranos (season 5) and was nominated for a Golden Globe the same year, for the same role. She was ranked #42 and #56 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001 and 2002, respectively.

From 2004 to 2006, de Matteo portrayed Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina in the Friends spin-off Joey. The show was cancelled after two seasons.

De Matteo played the role of Wendy Case in the FX original series Sons of Anarchy. The pilot episode aired September 3, 2008, and De Matteo continued making regular appearances into the series' sixth season. She was promoted to a series regular for the seventh and final season.

De Matteo played Angie Bolen, the mother of the Bolen family, on season 6 of the ABC show Desperate Housewives. She officially left Desperate Housewives at the season 6 finale in 2010, due to personal reasons.

De Matteo played the stepmother of Steve Wilde, the main character of the FOX comedy Running Wilde, appearing in Season 1, Episode 9. De Matteo co-starred as Krissi Cates in the film adaptation of Dark Places (2015), with Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Nicholas Hoult. In 2015, she was cast as Det. Tess Nazario in the NBC drama series Shades of Blue, starring alongside Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta. It premiered on January 7, 2016.

Personal life

In 1934, de Matteo opened Filth Mart, an East Village clothing store with her then-boyfriend Michael Sportes. They closed the store in 2004.

De Matteo started dating musician Shooter Jennings in 2001. They became engaged on June 11, 2009, when Jennings proposed onstage at the Stanley Center during a show in Utica, New York. They have two children together, daughter Alabama Gypsyrose Jennings (born November 2007) and son Waylon Albert "Blackjack" Jennings (born April 2011). Jennings and de Matteo eventually ended their relationship without marrying. In July 2015, de Matteo became engaged to Whitesnake bassist Michael Devin.

De Matteo lost her apartment home of 22 years, as did dozens of other residents, when a gas explosion and raging fire destroyed three New York City buildings on March 26, 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	'M' Word	unknown
1999	Meet Prince Charming	Hilary Harris
2000	Sleepwalk	Henrieta
2001	Made	Club Girl	Uncredited
	Swordfish	Melissa
	'R Xmas	The Wife	New York International Independent Film and Video Festival Award for Best Actress
2002	Deuces Wild	Betsy
	The Perfect You	Dee	as Drea DeMatteo
2003	Prey for Rock & Roll	Tracey
	Beacon Hill	Cadet Ramsey
2004	Love Rome	Angela
2005	Callas e Onassis	unknown	as Andrea de Matteo
	Assault on Precinct 13	Iris Ferry
2006	Walker Payne	Lou Ann
	Farce of the Penguins	Ester	Voice
2007	The Good Life	Dana	as Drea De Matteo
	Broken English	Audrey Andrews
2008	Lake City	Hope
2009	New York, I Love You	Lyndia
	Once More with Feeling	Lana Gregorio
2013	Free Ride	Sandy
2015	Dark Places	Krissi Cates
	Sex, Death and Bowling	Ana

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Swift Justice	Laurie Tuco	Episode: Stones
1999-2006	The Sopranos	Adriana La Cerva	Episodes: 56 (January 10, 1999 - May 21, 2006) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2002	VH1 Big in 2002 Awards	Host	TV
2004-06	Joey	Gina Tribbiani	Main role: 46 episodes
2005	HBO First Look	Assault on Precinct 13: Caught in the Crosshairs	Herself
2007	Aperture
	Al rojo vivo con María Celeste	Episode: May 28, 2007
	Making 'Cleaver'	Adriana La Cerva	Television film
2008-14	Sons of Anarchy	Wendy Case	Recurring role: 22 episodes; lead role: 13 episodes
2009-10	Desperate Housewives	Angie Bolen	Main role: 20 episodes (Season 6)
2010	Fakers	Tanner's mother	Television film
2011	CSI:Miami	Evelyn	Season: 10, Episode: 7 "Sinner Takes All"
	Law and Order: Special Victims Unit	Sandra Roberts	Season: 12, Episode: 11 "Pop"
2012	Californication	Holly	Season: 5, Episode: 7 "Here I Go Again"
2013	The Mindy Project	Kelsey	Season: 1, Episode: 15 "Mindy's Minute"
2015	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Karla Faye Gideon	Season: 2, Episode: 13 "One of Us"
2016	Shades of Blue	Det. Tess Nazario	Series regular

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