Drea de Matteo Joins Desperate Housewives

The ladies on Wisteria Lane may have rid themselves of one vixen, but former Sopranos star Drea de Matteo is moving into the neighborhood and is sure to make life a lot more interesting as Desperate Housewives heads into season six this fall.

A source close to EW confirmed that De Matteo has signed on to be a series regular and will play an Italian housewife with a landscape designer husband and "tightly wound son." With Edie Britt gone from the canvas, the series was in dire need of a housewife who would add conflict and intrigue each week and I think they may have picked the perfect actress to fill those very large stilettos.

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