New
York
(ANI):
'The
Sopranos'
star
Drea
de
Matteo
is
set
to
star
in
'desperate
housewives'
for
next
season,
it
has
emerged.
According
to
Entertainment
Weekly's
EW.com,
sources
have
revealed
that
the
37-year-old
actress
will
be
the
series'
regular
and
play
the
matriarch
of
a
new
Italian
family.
However,
casting
is
underway
for
her
landscape
designer
husband
and
their
tightly
wound
son,
reports
the
New
York
Daily
News.
Best
known
for
her
role
as
Adriana
on
'Sopranos',
de
Matteo
won
an
Emmy
for
her
work
on
that
show.