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  Drea de Matteo - Unmistakables.com
De Matteo's father is a furniture manufacturer and her mother, Donna, is a playwright and teaches playwriting at HB Studio in New York.
De Matteo had the right sultry beauty to portray Adriana, but her acting skills greatly fleshed out the character, making her as rich and complex a character as a slightly ditzy gangster's girlfriend can be in the first place - humorous, even charming in a way and, ultimately, tragic.
Although De Matteo's role on the HBO series ended in 2004, in that same year she got a leading role in "Joey" (2004), a spin-off of the long-running NBC sitcom "Friends" (1994).
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 Drea de Matteo: Hair Secrets
Drea de Matteo (Andrea Donna de Matteo) won an Emmy, a Golden Globe nomination and the hearts and loyalty of fans around the world with her portrayal of Mafia babe Adriana le Cerva on HBO's The Sopranos.
Drea (pronounced "Dray") is a Capricorn born January 19, 1972 in Queens, New York.
Drea generally prefers to wear one side of her strands pulled back behind one ear with the other side nestled into her cheekbones.
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 Actor in a moll skin - TvRadio - www.theage.com.au
But de Matteo's portrayal was so rich that she made the character into a pillar of the show, an electric presence whose brazen sexuality, unapologetic bad taste and craven materialism are somehow anchored in tenderness, humour and pathos.
As de Matteo describes it, she spent most of her youth as a self-denigrating loner while her parents - her father, Albert, owns a successful furniture company, and her mother, Donna, is a playwright and a playwriting teacher - were absorbed in their careers.
Although de Matteo has done several independent films, she says that directors do not seem eager to envision her in non-ethnic roles; one sent her agent a note before an audition cautioning de Matteo, as if she were really Adriana, to go easy on the makeup.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/04/28/1083103542363.html   (1292 words)

  
 Drea de Matteo   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Though de Matteo's role on The Sopranos was originally intended to be little more than a one-time appearance, her undeniable screen presence soon found her returning to the role of Jersey girl-turned-Mafioso moll Adriana La Cerva in the popular HBO crime drama.
When de Matteo was around ten years old, Rum Tum Tugger whisked her on-stage during a performance of Webber's enduring stage musical {+Cats; the jarring experience proved alternately petrifying and compelling for de Matteo, and the intoxicating glow of the spotlight immediately cast its spell on the young showbiz hopeful.
With a mother who worked as a screenwriter, young de Matteo was no stranger to the business, and though she would become something of a wild child during her teens, she never lost sight of her starstruck dreams.
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 Features: Drea de Matteo
I am sitting with de Matteo in the back of the vintage rock-and-roll clothing store she owns with her boyfriend in the heart of New York's East Village.
The daughter of a furniture manufacturer ("Big Al, we call him") and a playwright ("a real artiste, but with the talent to back it up"), de Matteo was raised in Queens, NY, mostly by her grandmother and a Nicaraguan nanny, who recently had a heart transplant and now lives with de Matteo and her boyfriend.
De Matteo did two lines in the original pilot for "The Sopranos." Then they called her back in for the role of Adriana, which was supposed to last just one episode.
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 AfterEllen.com - News Brief: Drea de Matteo Comes Out as Bisexual   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Drea de Matteo, the former Sopranos actress now starring on the NBC sitcom Joey, has come out as bisexual in a new interview with UK newspaper Britain Sport Daily, revealing that she occasionally hooks up with her female friends.
De Matteo is currently in a relationship with actor Tim Giblin, and revealed in the interview that she also hopes to start a family soon, but doesn't plan on getting married.
De Matteo won an Emmy last year for her role on The Sopranos; besides Joey, she can currently be seen in the movie Assault on Precinct 13.
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 Drea de Matteo, Drea de Matteo pics, Drea de Matteo nude, Drea de Matteo lesbian
Drea de Matteo is a rock n' roll Italian princess that has managed to take one role and turn it into a rolling boulder of success.
Ever since her first appearance on the hit TV show "The Sopranos," Drea stepped on to the red carpet and refuses to get off, though she has confessed she doesn't fare well with the Hollywood splendor, and instead parties like the average male with beer, chips and rock music.
Drea is the real deal when it comes to New York bad girls, donning a gallery of tattoos on her body, including her parents' names on each arm, and swearing up a storm every chance she gets.
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 Heavenly Celebrities: Drea de Matteo
Popular Sopranos actress Drea de Matteo's unique blend of Italian-American sensuality and unpretentious rock and roll-girl chic has found her ascending the ranks to become one of Hollywood's hottest stars.
When de Matteo was around ten years old, Rum Tum Tugger whisked her on-stage during a performance of Webber's enduring stage musical Cats; the jarring experience proved alternately petrifying and compelling for de Matteo, and the intoxicating glow of the spotlight immediately cast its spell on the young showbiz hopeful.
An association with actress Jenny McCarthy (whom de Matteo had previously acted alongside in 2001's The Perfect You) next led to an appearance opposite the former MTV girl and Playboy Playmate in the 2003 romantic comedy Dirty Love.
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 Drea de Matteo: she was wired, wigged-out, and finally whacked by "the family" on the HBO superhit The ...
Drea de Matteo: she was wired, wigged-out, and finally whacked by "the family" on the HBO superhit The Sopranos.
Whether in a sitcom or an action flick, de Matteo enlivens every role she plays thanks to her greatest attribute: gritty soul--the down and dirtier, the better.
DREA DE MATTEO: I'm at a gas station in Oklahoma City.
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 Drea de Matteo
Andrea Donna De Matteo was born in Queens-NY, NY.
Drea was raised by her grandmother and nanny.
In the beginning of Soprano's, Drea had small parts, but towards the end series' she blew up and showed everyone what she was made of.
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 Drea de Matteo Helps Raise Funds for Great Dane Rescue
Drea de Matteo, former star of "The Sopranos," has been helping the non-profit Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League (MAGDRL) via events and interviews.
De Matteo is an animal lover who has several pets, and also shares her home with a Great Dane.
Drea will be starring opposite Matt Le Blanc in "Joey," a new sitcom which premieres Thursday, Sept 9th at 8 pm on NBC, and will be seen in Focus Features' "Assault on Precinct 13" with Ethan Hawke, Maria Bello and Laurence Fishburne.
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 AskMen.com - Drea de Matteo
Not only is Drea de Matteo babelicious, but when someone spent their teenage years riding in stolen cars and smoking angel dust (okay, accidentally), they'll pretty much do anything.
Andrea Donna de Matteo was born on January 19th, 1973 in Queens, New York.
She has always been known as Drea (pronounced "Dray"), and the only time her parents would use her full name was when she misbehaved.
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 USA WEEKEND Magazine
On "The Sopranos," on "Joey" and in her new film, Drea de Matteo plays tough, but don't let that typecasting fool you.
Being written out of the series at the height of her success suddenly left de Matteo's dance card free.
De Matteo, who'll turn 32 Wednesday, is more than the sum of her parts -- a middle-class kid from New York.
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 EPisodeWorld "Drea de Matteo"
After a screen debut in an obscure independent and a small part in a small movie, Meet Prince Charming (1999), de Matteo auditioned for a one-episode part in the HBO series "The Sopranos" (1999).
Although De Matteo's role on the HBO series ended in 2004, in that same year she got a leading role in "Joey" (2004), a spin-off of the long-running NBC sitcom "Friends" (1994).
Although De Matteo describes herself as shy, she also says she was and remains a wild, multi-tattooed party-girl who peppers her conversation with strong language and prefers jeans to dressing up.
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 Drea de Matteo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Andrea Donna "Drea" de Matteo (born January 19, 1972) is an Emmy-winning Italian-American actress, most famous for her roles as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series The Sopranos and as Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey.
In 2004, de Matteo won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress (Drama) for her role as ill-fated Adriana on The Sopranos.
She was also nominated for a Golden Globe that same year for the same role.
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 Drea de Matteo
A native of Queen's, New York, Drea (pronounced Dray) de Matteo is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Her father was a furniture manufacturer and her mother was a playwright, but Drea was primarily raised by her grandmother and a nanny.
Although her original intention was to be a director, while at NYU Drea found herself drawn to acting.
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 HBO: Drea De Matteo as Adriana La Cerva: The Sopranos
Drea De Matteo is a series regular on HBO's critically acclaimed show, The Sopranos.
During her downtime Drea always goes back to HB Studios where her mother has taught playwriting for over 25 years.
She and her mother, Donna De Matteo, are always developing and looking for new writers and projects as well as working on their own material for the stage of the HB Playwrights Foundation-Drea's "home base."
www.hbo.com /sopranos/cast/actor/drea_dematteo.shtml   (309 words)

  
 MAGDRL-NJ - Drea de Matteo
You may know her as Gina Tribbiani on "Joey" or Adriana La Cerva on HBO's "The Sopranos" but Drea de Matteo has other interests also.
Drea helped us out on March 14th for the "Highballs for Hooch" event where we raised money to help one of our dogs in need.
DREA de Matteo: She's Adriana on "The Sopranos," and headed for "Joey"
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Still a bona fide rock and roll chick, Drea (pronounced "Dray") has her leather clothes custom-made by girlfriend AGAFA, who also creates clothes for Steven Tyler and Joan Jett.
She lives in an East Village walk-up with her two Great Danes, Cyril and Lucille, and two cats, Treble and Bass -- a testament to her love of rock and roll.
Before Adrianna, Drea did a couple of indie films -- Meet Prince Charming is the only one out on videotape.
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 Drea de Matteo Biography (Actor) — Infoplease.com
Born and raised in New York, de Matteo attended film school before going into acting.
De Matteo has also appeared in feature films, including Swordfish (2001, with Hugh Jackman), Deuces Wild (2002) and Assault on Precinct 13 (2005, starring Ja Rule and Laurence Fishburne).
Extra credit: De Matteo is the co-owner of Filth Mart, a clothing store in Manhattan she opened in 1999.
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 Drea de Matteo News
Actress Drea de Matteo, of television shows "The Sopranos" and "Joey," was at the Bottle & Cork on Thursday night, attending the concert of her boyfriend, musician Shooter Jennings.
BRING THE 'PAYNE' Patrick and De Matteo play sparring exes in ''Walker'' The peak moment of my depression might have been when the DJ started scratching his turntable to Phil Collins' ''Easy Lover'' on...
If Drea DE MATTEO seems like the prototypical big-haired, street-smart wisegirl, blame the roles she plays: the doomed Adriana on HBO's "The Sopranos;" Matt LeBlanc's hairdresser sister, Gina, on NBC's "Joey;"...
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Andrea Donna de Matteo (born January 19, 1972) is an Emmy-winning Italian American actress, most famous for her roles as...
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 YourMVP.net
Andrea Donna de Matteo, aka "Drea" to her friends and family, is the resident hottie on the hit show.
Drea (pronounced DRAY) started out at the prestigious New York University Film School and wanted to be a director.
After graduation Drea landed a few small gigs in small movies but it wasn't until being cast as Adrianna, the girlfriend of up-and-coming mobster Christopher in "The Sopranos."
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 Celebopedia - Drea De Matteo
Having won over fans from her sensational performances on The Sopronos, Drea De Matteo is primed for greater stardom as Gina Tribbiani on the Friends spinoff, Joey.
Blonde and beautiful, the provocative actress is sure to bring the charm that she brought to Adriana La Cerva with her new part.
Drea's character on The Sopranos was orignally written for only one episode.
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 Drea de Matteo | Joey | news : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
After years of living with a wiseguy, Drea de Matteo is moving in with a not-too-bright guy.
As a guilt-ridden FBI informant whose being pumped for dirt on fiancé Christopher and the rest of his crime family, Adriana is a prime candidate for a whacking.
According to the Reporter, however, De Matteo will be back for the sixth and final season of HBO's ''Sopranos,'' which goes into production later this year, and which won't conflict with her ''Joey'' duties.
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