Drea de Matteo

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de Matteo in 2010, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Andrea Donna de Matteo

Place of Birth: Whitestone, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: January 19, 1972

Ethnicity: Italian

Drea de Matteo is an American actress. She has also been credited as Drea De Matteo, Drea DeMatteo, and Andrea de Matteo.

She is the daughter of Donna, a playwright and teacher, and Albert de Matteo, a furniture manufacturer, who owned, and was CEO of, Avery Boardman and Carlyle. Drea has two children with her former partner, musician and record producer Shooter Jennings. Shooter is the son of country singer, songwriter, and musician Waylon Jennings.

Drea’s paternal grandparents likely were Albert de Matteo and Maria.

Drea’s maternal grandfather was named Giuseppe/Joseph Bendinelli. Giuseppe was born in New York.

Drea’s maternal grandmother was named Raffaella/Raffaela “Rae”/”Ray” Minalo. Raffaella was born in New York.

Sources: Drea’s maternal grandparents, Giuseppe/Joseph Bendinelli and Raffaella/Raffaela “Rae”/”Ray” Minalo, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Drea’s maternal grandmother, Raffaella/Raffaela “Rae”/”Ray” (Minalo) Bendinelli – http://query.nytimes.com

6 Responses

  1. andrew says:

    her maternal grandparents were Giuseppe Bendinelli and Raffaella Milano

  2. Greyface says:

    Italian women are the sexiest, german girls are the cutest, english girls overall most beautiful

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