Angie Bolen
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Drea de Matteo as Angie Bolen
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| Desperate Housewives character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Drea de Matteo | ||||||||
| Duration | 2009–10 | ||||||||
| First appearance | "Nice is Different Than Good" 6x01, September 27, 2009 |
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| Last appearance | "I Guess This is Goodbye" 6x23, May 16, 2010 |
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| Created by | Marc Cherry | ||||||||
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| Other names |
Angela de Luca (maiden name) Angie Bolen (legal name) |
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| Occupation |
Former Environmental Activist Housewife Caterer |
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| Residence |
New York City - before season 6 4352 Wisteria Lane in Fairview, Eagle State - season 6 only Atlanta - after season 6 |
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| Parents | Rose de Luca (mother) |
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| Spouse | Nick Bolen (husband) |
| Children | Danny Bolen (son; via Patrick) |
| Other relatives | Grandma Bombelli (maternal grandmother) |
Angela de Luca, known in the series by the alias Angie Bolen, is a fictional character played by Drea de Matteo on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character was created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry and appeared throughout the series' sixth season from September 27, 2009 to May 16, 2010. Cherry describes Angie as a "loving but tough Italian woman." Her gritty and blunt demeanor contrasts from the domesticated leading characters.
Angie's storylines mostly deal with her family—husband Nick Bolen (Jeffrey Nordling) and son Danny Bolen (Beau Mirchoff)—and their attempts to escape their mysterious past, which is explored throughout the season. Although critics initially welcomed the character as a diverse addition to the cast, they grew frustrated with the slow pace of her storyline as the season progressed. Critics compared Angie to Betty Applewhite (Alfre Woodard), a character whose lagging storyline was slow in developing during the series' second season.
While developing new characters for the sixth season of Desperate Housewives, showrunner Marc Cherry and his writing staff aimed to create a housewife who would be different from the other female characters on the series. Cherry stated that he "wanted someone who didn't seem suburban, who has a tough, blue-collar exterior." The staff ultimately decided upon an Italian New Yorker. Cherry stated that part of his inspiration for the character came from his childhood neighbors. He explained, "When I was growing up in Huntington, Calif., two Italian families from the Bronx moved in across the street. We were so WASPy, so middle American. They had their own ethnic identity. It was an interesting juxtaposition." Cherry insisted that Angie was not replacing the deceased Edie Britt character (Nicollette Sheridan) as a main housewife but would instead be the focus of the season's mystery.
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