Drea De Matteo - Fact Sheet

Profession: Actress

Already a wild party girl, she took her SATs while under the influence and although she botched her way through the math section, she managed a combined score of 800. She was accepted to NYU's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts, where she was hoping to become a film director. While there, she studied Spanish with Brett Ratner, the man who would go on to direct the Rush Hour movies as well as Red Dragon. As aspiring filmmakers are encouraged to do, Drea enrolled in acting classes and she eventually got noticed for her skills as an actress. Following the independent film 'M' Word in 1996, and some theater work, she auditioned for a small part in a new HBO series called The Sopranos. Because her appearance was somewhat WASPish and she didn't fit the bimbo role she was going for, she was given the one-time part of a restaurant hostess. The producers liked her acting intensity and called her back, offering her the part of Christopher's girlfriend and writing the part in permanently. They also enjoyed the fact that Drea had told them she came from a working class neighborhood. Having grown up on the Upper East Side and gone to all-girl Catholic schools, the little white lie secured her career. 

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Drea De Matteo Photo Galleries	# of Pictures
Candid	1
Glamour	3
Glamour	1
Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	24
Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	78
Screen Capture	16
Screen Capture	2