Drea de Matteo Moves to Wisteria Lane An Italian family is moving to Desperate Housewives's Wisteria Lane — led by Drea de Matteo of The Sopranos. The Emmy-winning de Matteo will be a series regular, playing the "vixenish" new housewife. And she's not coming alone: the show is currently casting for her husband (a landscape designer) and the couple's tightly wound son.