Drea de Matteo

Drea de Matteo earned her Emmy the hard way: Adriana La Cerva on The Sopranos is one of television's most heartbreaking characters, a woman whose loyalty becomes her doom, and de Matteo played every step of that descent with raw, unguarded honesty. What interests me is how thoroughly Queens lives in her work, in the voice, the toughness, and the vulnerability underneath. She never sanded off the edges that made her distinctive, and she has since pushed into directing rather than coasting on one iconic role. I respect performers who treat a career-defining part as a beginning instead of a destination, and she is exactly that type.

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Name (English)

Drea de Matteo

Name (Japanese)

ドレア・ド・マッテオ

Reading

どれあ・ど・まってお

Born

January 19, 1972 (age 54)

Origin

Queens, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / film director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

University

New York University Tisch School of the Arts

Awards & achievements

• 2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drea%20de%20Matteo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232965

Tags

• New York
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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