Adriana La Cerva

Adriana La Cerva
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva
First appearance	"46 Long" (episode 1.02)
Last appearance	"Cold Stones" (episode 6.11)
Created by	David Chase
Portrayed by	Drea de Matteo
Information
Nickname(s)	Ade
Occupation	Manager of Club Crazy Horse
Family	Liz La Cerva (mother)
Spouse(s)	Christopher Moltisanti (fiancé)
Relatives	Richie Aprile (maternal uncle) Jackie Aprile, Sr. (maternal uncle) Jackie Aprile, Jr. (maternal cousin) Vito Spatafore (maternal cousin) Bryan Spatafore (maternal cousin)
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Adriana La Cerva is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos, portrayed by Drea de Matteo. She is the long-time girlfriend and, later, fiancée of Tony Soprano's protégé, Christopher Moltisanti. For her performance, De Matteo won the 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

Adriana is known as a mobster's dream girl, having grown up around wiseguys all her life by virtue of being the niece of Jackie and Richie Aprile. Growing up she saw and heard plenty, and wasn't at all repulsed by the Mafia lifestyle. Adriana is initially portrayed as shallow and materialistic, interested in the things that Christopher's money could buy: expensive cars, shoes, jewelry, drugs, designer clothing and furs. However, despite the couple growing closer, she becomes a frequent victim of domestic violence at the hands of Christopher, yet she remains devoted to him. She always seems to have Christopher's best interests (as well as hers) in mind. She is very ambitious and wants to have a business of her own; she is eventually set up as the manager of Christopher's Crazy Horse club in Long Branch, New Jersey, which becomes quite successful.

The FBI targets Adriana as a potential weakness in the family's organization. Upon the death of Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero, the FBI looks to Adriana as a close relation to a rising star in the crime family and sent Special Agent Deborah Ciccerone to befriend her. Ciccerone succeeds at befriending Adriana, but they have to abandon the mission earlier than planned after Christopher makes a pass at Ciccerone. Nonetheless, the FBI learns of Christopher's heroin addiction, which they knew would enrage Tony Soprano, and turns Adriana into an informant by threatening her with prison time for cocaine distribution at the nightclub she manages.