Angie Bolen
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Angela De Luca is a fictional character
played by Drea de Matteo
on the ABC (American Broadcasting Company
) 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. The character is noted for her gritty and blunt demeanor, which contrasts from the other leading characters. Cherry described Angie as a "loving but tough Italian woman."
She and her family—husband Nick Bolen (Jeffrey Nordling
) and son Danny Bolen (Beau Mirchoff
)—are the center of the series' yearly mystery, which also involves Angie's ex-lover, eco-terrorist Patrick Logan (John Barrowman
). Although critics initially embraced the character as a diverse addition to the cast, they grew frustrated with the slow pace of her storyline as the season went on, with many comparing Angie to Betty Applewhite (Alfre Woodard
), a character whose lagging storyline was the focus of the series' second season mystery.
character (Nicollette Sheridan
) as a main housewife but would instead be the focus of the season's mystery.
Drea de Matteo, known for her role on The Sopranos
, an HBO television series about the Italian-American Mafia, was immediately offered the role following its conception. De Matteo did not know the character's name or storyline when she accepted the role. De Matteo acknowledged that the character was similar to her previous television roles; although she was initially hesitant on playing "the brassy Italian chick" again out of fear of being typecast
, she explained, "now that I am old and don't really care, and remember how much fun I had playing that character." The character's name was reported as Angie Vitale following the news of de Matteo's casting.
In November 2009, rumors that de Matteo was being released from her contract due to budgetary concerns were shot down by Cherry, who insisted that the actor would appear in 20 of the season's 23 episodes. However, de Matteo did depart from the series in May 2010 after one season. Cherry explained, "Part of the deal when we hired Drea was she was only interested in doing one season. She has a baby and is eager to get back to her life in New York."
) expresses her aversion to Angie's blunt demeanor and tactlessness.
with her mother, Rose De Luca (Suzanne Costallos). At age eighteen, Angela dropped out of college, where she was enrolled as an engineering major, and joined a band of eco-terrorists, led by Patrick Logan (John Barrowman
), with whom she became romantically involved. Patrick asked her to build a bomb that would be used for the environmental cause they both supported. On November 10, 1991, the eco-terrorist group bombed a building that was supposedly empty; however, they unintentionally killed a man named Shawn. Angela sustained a large scar on her back as a result of the explosion. Consumed with guilt over having killed an innocent man and pregnant with Patrick's child, Angela agreed to run away with a private investigator (Jeffrey Nordling
). They began raising Patrick's son as their own and moved several times, living under various aliases, in an attempt to evade both Patrick and the FBI.
, the fugitive couple, now under the aliases of Angie and Nick Bolen, buys a house on Wisteria Lane
in Fairview, Eagle State
, with their nineteen-year-old son, Danny (Beau Mirchoff
). While Angie hesitantly befriends the other women on the street, Danny takes a liking to Julie Mayer (Andrea Bowen
), a neighbor who eventually rejects his attempts to form a romantic relationship. When Julie falls into a coma after being strangled, Danny is the primary suspect of the crime, thus creating tension between Angie and Julie's mother, Susan Mayer
(Teri Hatcher
). However, Danny is cleared of all charges when his alibi is validated. Meanwhile, neighbor Katherine Mayfair
(Dana Delany
) befriends Angie while experiencing a nervous breakdown as a result of Mike Delfino
(James Denton
) marrying Susan rather than her. When Katherine begins to question Angie's past, Angie tells Susan that Katherine may have strangled Julie as an act of revenge.
Angie takes a job at the catering company of her neighbor, Bree Hodge
(Marcia Cross
), and a friendship develops. Later, Angie learns that Nick had an affair with Julie prior to her attack, but she forgives him because of what she has put him through. When Julie rejects him once more, Danny attempts suicide by swallowing a large amount of pills. Angie and Nick admit him to the hospital, where he awakens with temporary memory loss and tells Nurse Mona Clark (Maria Cominis), that his name is Tyler. Mona assumes that the family is in the witness relocation program, but Danny fully reveals his family's secret. Mona demands $67,000 from the Bolens in return for keeping their secret but is killed by a small plane that takes an emergency landing on Wisteria Lane soon after.
Danny begins to date Ana Solis (Maiara Walsh
), the fun-loving niece of Gabrielle
(Eva Longoria Parker
) and Carlos Solis
(Ricardo Antonio Chavira
). Gabrielle and Carlos overhear Angie and Nick fighting about their secret, which prompts them to send Ana to a modeling academy in New York for her safety. Danny follows Ana without his parents' knowledge. Angie and Gabrielle travel to New York to bring Danny home and Angie confesses her past to Gabrielle in confidence. Patrick tracks Angie back to Fairview, where he hits Nick with his car. While Nick in the hospital, Patrick moves into the Bolen home and takes Angie and Danny as his hostages and forces Angie to build him a second bomb. He plants the bomb inside the house and activates it with a detonator from down the street; however, the bomb in the house was a decoy and Angie had planted the actual bomb in the detonator. Patrick dies in the explosion and Angie and Nick, still on the run from the FBI, relocate to Atlanta, Georgia
while Danny moves to New York to be closer to his grandmother and Ana.
of Entertainment Weekly
said "it's great to see Drea de Matteo back on screen" and praised her character for being "very real and very gritty." In her review of the season premiere, Isabelle Carreau of TV Squad called the character promising. TV Guide
Mickey O'Connor noted that the chemistry between Angie and the other characters was "a little off," but predicted it would improve throughout the season. Four episodes into the season, Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly declared that Angie's storyline was suffering from the lack of interaction between the character and the other leading women, similar to the Betty Applewhite (Alfre Woodard
) storyline of season two. By the middle of the season, Gael Fashingbauer Cooper of MSNBC
complained that the Angie storyline was lagging, opining that the revelation that Angie is a eco-terrorist "sounds like a plot summary dreamed up by The Onion wanting to spoof the ultimate suburban show." Stransky declared that he was "tired of even wondering what's up with the Bolens," as their "who-cares-anyway mystery" storyline continued to move too slowly. However, his interest in the storyline was renewed when John Barrowman
joined the appeared as Patrick Logan, stating that the storyline had "finally gotten hotter and, subsequently, better." Stransky praised the "sweet vendiction" of the conclusion to Angie's storyline in the season finale. Cooper also enjoyed the conclusion of Angie's storyline, scoring her plot in the season finale with a 'B.' She wrote that de Matteo "brought some needed fire and Italian backbone to a very bland street" and was disappointed that the character was written off the series. However, Robert Bianco
of USA Today
dismissed the finale's devotion to resolving the Bolen family storyline, stating that the audience ad other characters were not invested enough in the Bolens to care about their life-threatening predicament or departure. Following the announcement of de Matteo's departure, Entertainment Weekly
writer Michael Ausiello
reported that fans had not "warmed to" the Angie character.
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played by Drea de Matteo
Drea de Matteo
Drea de Matteo is an American television actress, perhaps best known for her roles Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey, as Angie Bolen on ABC's Desperate Housewives, and as Adriana La Cerva on the acclaimed HBO TV series The Sopranos, a role for which she won the Primetime Emmy...
on the ABC (American Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
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) television series Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
. The character was created by television producer
Television producer
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and screenwriter
Screenwriter
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Marc Cherry
Marc Cherry
Marc Cherry is an American writer and producer, best known for creating the show Desperate Housewives.-Early life and career:...
and appeared throughout the series' sixth season
Desperate Housewives (season 6)
The sixth season of Desperate Housewives, a television series created by Marc Cherry, began airing on September 27, 2009 and concluded on May 16, 2010.The season consisted of 23 episodes. The deceased Mary Alice Young continues to narrate the events in the lives of her friends and Wisteria Lane...
from September 27, 2009 to May 16, 2010. The character is noted for her gritty and blunt demeanor, which contrasts from the other leading characters. Cherry described Angie as a "loving but tough Italian woman."
She and her family—husband Nick Bolen (Jeffrey Nordling
Jeffrey Nordling
Jeffrey Richard Nordling is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jake Manning in Once and Again, Larry Moss in 24, and Nick Bolen in Desperate Housewives; and in the following films: And the Band Played On, Flight 93, Pirates of Silicon Valley, and the film D3: The Mighty Ducks.-Early...
) and son Danny Bolen (Beau Mirchoff
Beau Mirchoff
William Beau Mirchoff is an American actor, best known for starring as Danny Bolen on the sixth season of ABC's Desperate Housewives . He also appeared in films such as Scary Movie 4 and The Grudge 3...
)—are the center of the series' yearly mystery, which also involves Angie's ex-lover, eco-terrorist Patrick Logan (John Barrowman
John Barrowman
John Scot Barrowman is a Scottish-American singer, actor, dancer, musical theatre performer and media personality. Born in Glasgow yet growing up in Illinois after his family emigrated to the United States when he was eight years old, Barrowman was encouraged to further his love for music and...
). Although critics initially embraced the character as a diverse addition to the cast, they grew frustrated with the slow pace of her storyline as the season went on, with many comparing Angie to Betty Applewhite (Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard
Alfre Ette Woodard is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Awards, 17 times for Emmy Awards , and has also won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.She is known for her role in films such as Cross Creek, Miss...
), a character whose lagging storyline was the focus of the series' second season mystery.
Development and departure
While developing new characters for the sixth season of Desperate Housewives, series creator Marc Cherry and his writing staff strove to create a housewife who would be different from the other female characters on the series. Cherry stated: "I wanted someone who didn't seem suburban, who has a tough, blue-collar exterior." The staff 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 BrittEdie Britt
Edie Britt Williams is a fictional character created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry for the ABC television series Desperate Housewives...
character (Nicollette Sheridan
Nicollette Sheridan
Nicollette Sheridan is an English film and television actress. She is best known for her roles as Edie Britt on Desperate Housewives and as Paige Matheson on Knots Landing.-Early life:...
) as a main housewife but would instead be the focus of the season's mystery.
Drea de Matteo, known for her role on The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
, an HBO television series about the Italian-American Mafia, was immediately offered the role following its conception. De Matteo did not know the character's name or storyline when she accepted the role. De Matteo acknowledged that the character was similar to her previous television roles; although she was initially hesitant on playing "the brassy Italian chick" again out of fear of being typecast
Typecasting (acting)
In TV, film, and theatre, typecasting is the process by which a particular actor becomes strongly identified with a specific character; one or more particular roles; or, characters having the same traits or coming from the same social or ethnic groups...
, she explained, "now that I am old and don't really care, and remember how much fun I had playing that character." The character's name was reported as Angie Vitale following the news of de Matteo's casting.
In November 2009, rumors that de Matteo was being released from her contract due to budgetary concerns were shot down by Cherry, who insisted that the actor would appear in 20 of the season's 23 episodes. However, de Matteo did depart from the series in May 2010 after one season. Cherry explained, "Part of the deal when we hired Drea was she was only interested in doing one season. She has a baby and is eager to get back to her life in New York."
Personality and characteristics
Actor Drea de Matteo described the character as "brassy" and a "liberal New Yorker," which she said contrasts with the more conservative nature of the other characters. She commented that Angie "is less of a housewife than the rest of them. She's a real broad." However, de Matteo also noted that Angie is "not just the brassy smart-talker" and has a vulnerable side. Cherry boosted Angie as being "a smart woman who will do what she has to to protect her family." He also described her as "brilliant" and "shielded," referencing her storyline in which she is largely detached from the other women on the street. She has also been described as "icy." Within the series, Bree Hodge (Marcia CrossMarcia Cross
Marcia Anne Cross is an American actress. She is known for her television roles as Bree Van de Kamp on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, and as Dr...
) expresses her aversion to Angie's blunt demeanor and tactlessness.
Overview
Angela De Luca lived in New York CityNew York City
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with her mother, Rose De Luca (Suzanne Costallos). At age eighteen, Angela dropped out of college, where she was enrolled as an engineering major, and joined a band of eco-terrorists, led by Patrick Logan (John Barrowman
John Barrowman
John Scot Barrowman is a Scottish-American singer, actor, dancer, musical theatre performer and media personality. Born in Glasgow yet growing up in Illinois after his family emigrated to the United States when he was eight years old, Barrowman was encouraged to further his love for music and...
), with whom she became romantically involved. Patrick asked her to build a bomb that would be used for the environmental cause they both supported. On November 10, 1991, the eco-terrorist group bombed a building that was supposedly empty; however, they unintentionally killed a man named Shawn. Angela sustained a large scar on her back as a result of the explosion. Consumed with guilt over having killed an innocent man and pregnant with Patrick's child, Angela agreed to run away with a private investigator (Jeffrey Nordling
Jeffrey Nordling
Jeffrey Richard Nordling is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jake Manning in Once and Again, Larry Moss in 24, and Nick Bolen in Desperate Housewives; and in the following films: And the Band Played On, Flight 93, Pirates of Silicon Valley, and the film D3: The Mighty Ducks.-Early...
). They began raising Patrick's son as their own and moved several times, living under various aliases, in an attempt to evade both Patrick and the FBI.
Season Six
In the sixth season premiereNice is Different Than Good
"Nice Is Different Than Good" is the sixth season premiere episode of the American comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, and the 112th overall episode of the series. It originally aired in the United States on September 27, 2009, on ABC...
, the fugitive couple, now under the aliases of Angie and Nick Bolen, buys a house on Wisteria Lane
Wisteria Lane
Wisteria Lane is the fictional name of a street which the characters of the American drama television series Desperate Housewives live. Desperate Housewives storylines primarily centre around the residents of the street. Wisteria Lane is located inside Universal Studios Hollywood, and is actually...
in Fairview, Eagle State
Fairview (Desperate Housewives)
Fairview is the fictional setting for the American television comedy-drama series, Desperate Housewives.-Location:The state in which Fairview resides is ambiguous, however more than likely it is suburban Mississippi...
, with their nineteen-year-old son, Danny (Beau Mirchoff
Beau Mirchoff
William Beau Mirchoff is an American actor, best known for starring as Danny Bolen on the sixth season of ABC's Desperate Housewives . He also appeared in films such as Scary Movie 4 and The Grudge 3...
). While Angie hesitantly befriends the other women on the street, Danny takes a liking to Julie Mayer (Andrea Bowen
Andrea Bowen
Andrea Lauren Bowen is an American actress who is best known for playing Julie Mayer on Desperate Housewives . She has won two SAG Awards.-Biography:...
), a neighbor who eventually rejects his attempts to form a romantic relationship. When Julie falls into a coma after being strangled, Danny is the primary suspect of the crime, thus creating tension between Angie and Julie's mother, Susan Mayer
Susan Mayer
Susan Delfino is a fictional character played by Teri Hatcher on the American Broadcasting Company television series Desperate Housewives. The character was created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry and first appeared in the pilot episode of the series on October 3, 2004...
(Teri Hatcher
Teri Hatcher
Teri Lynn Hatcher is an American actress, writer, and presenter. She is known for her television roles as Susan Mayer on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, and Lois Lane on the ABC comedy-drama series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman...
). However, Danny is cleared of all charges when his alibi is validated. Meanwhile, neighbor Katherine Mayfair
Katherine Mayfair
Katherine Mayfair is a fictional character created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry for the ABC television series Desperate Housewives...
(Dana Delany
Dana Delany
Dana Welles Delany is an American film, stage, and television actress, producer, host and health activist.After various roles in the early career, Delany garnered her first leading role in 1987 in the short-lived NBC sitcom Sweet Surrender and achieved wider fame in 1988–1991 as Colleen McMurphy...
) befriends Angie while experiencing a nervous breakdown as a result of Mike Delfino
Mike Delfino
Michael "Mike" Delfino is the name of a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is played by actor James Denton.- Season 1 :...
(James Denton
James Denton
James "Jamie" Thomas Denton, Jr. is an American film and television actor, best known for playing Mike Delfino in the television series Desperate Housewives.-Early life:...
) marrying Susan rather than her. When Katherine begins to question Angie's past, Angie tells Susan that Katherine may have strangled Julie as an act of revenge.
Angie takes a job at the catering company of her neighbor, Bree Hodge
Bree Van De Kamp
Bree Van de Kamp is a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, played by Marcia Cross. Actress Marcia Cross was nominated from 2005 to 2007 for a Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy...
(Marcia Cross
Marcia Cross
Marcia Anne Cross is an American actress. She is known for her television roles as Bree Van de Kamp on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, and as Dr...
), and a friendship develops. Later, Angie learns that Nick had an affair with Julie prior to her attack, but she forgives him because of what she has put him through. When Julie rejects him once more, Danny attempts suicide by swallowing a large amount of pills. Angie and Nick admit him to the hospital, where he awakens with temporary memory loss and tells Nurse Mona Clark (Maria Cominis), that his name is Tyler. Mona assumes that the family is in the witness relocation program, but Danny fully reveals his family's secret. Mona demands $67,000 from the Bolens in return for keeping their secret but is killed by a small plane that takes an emergency landing on Wisteria Lane soon after.
Danny begins to date Ana Solis (Maiara Walsh
Maiara Walsh
Maiara Walsh is a Brazilian American actress and singer known for playing Ana Solis on the sixth season of the hit ABC show, Desperate Housewives, and as Meena Paroom on the Disney Channel sitcom Cory in the House...
), the fun-loving niece of Gabrielle
Gabrielle Solis
Gabrielle Solís is one of four main characters on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. She is portrayed by Eva Longoria...
(Eva Longoria Parker
Eva Longoria
Eva Jacqueline Longoria is an American actress, best known for portraying Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives...
) and Carlos Solis
Carlos Solis
Carlos Solis is a fictional character on the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. The character is played by actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira.-Early life:Carlos was born in Guadalajara, Mexico to Juanita and Diego Solis...
(Ricardo Antonio Chavira
Ricardo Antonio Chavira
Ricardo Antonio Chavira is an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Carlos Solis on Desperate Housewives.-Early life:...
). Gabrielle and Carlos overhear Angie and Nick fighting about their secret, which prompts them to send Ana to a modeling academy in New York for her safety. Danny follows Ana without his parents' knowledge. Angie and Gabrielle travel to New York to bring Danny home and Angie confesses her past to Gabrielle in confidence. Patrick tracks Angie back to Fairview, where he hits Nick with his car. While Nick in the hospital, Patrick moves into the Bolen home and takes Angie and Danny as his hostages and forces Angie to build him a second bomb. He plants the bomb inside the house and activates it with a detonator from down the street; however, the bomb in the house was a decoy and Angie had planted the actual bomb in the detonator. Patrick dies in the explosion and Angie and Nick, still on the run from the FBI, relocate to Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
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while Danny moves to New York to be closer to his grandmother and Ana.
Reception
Both Drea de Matteo's performance and the Angie character received positive reviews upon the season premiere. Tanner StranskyTanner Stransky
Tanner Stransky is a journalist and television critic for Entertainment Weekly. In 2005, he moved to New York City and took a job as an editorial assistant at Direct TV. He later received an offer from the New York Post to write about weddings and relationships...
of Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
said "it's great to see Drea de Matteo back on screen" and praised her character for being "very real and very gritty." In her review of the season premiere, Isabelle Carreau of TV Squad called the character promising. TV Guide
TV Guide
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Mickey O'Connor noted that the chemistry between Angie and the other characters was "a little off," but predicted it would improve throughout the season. Four episodes into the season, Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly declared that Angie's storyline was suffering from the lack of interaction between the character and the other leading women, similar to the Betty Applewhite (Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard
Alfre Ette Woodard is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Awards, 17 times for Emmy Awards , and has also won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.She is known for her role in films such as Cross Creek, Miss...
) storyline of season two. By the middle of the season, Gael Fashingbauer Cooper of MSNBC
MSNBC
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complained that the Angie storyline was lagging, opining that the revelation that Angie is a eco-terrorist "sounds like a plot summary dreamed up by The Onion wanting to spoof the ultimate suburban show." Stransky declared that he was "tired of even wondering what's up with the Bolens," as their "who-cares-anyway mystery" storyline continued to move too slowly. However, his interest in the storyline was renewed when John Barrowman
John Barrowman
John Scot Barrowman is a Scottish-American singer, actor, dancer, musical theatre performer and media personality. Born in Glasgow yet growing up in Illinois after his family emigrated to the United States when he was eight years old, Barrowman was encouraged to further his love for music and...
joined the appeared as Patrick Logan, stating that the storyline had "finally gotten hotter and, subsequently, better." Stransky praised the "sweet vendiction" of the conclusion to Angie's storyline in the season finale. Cooper also enjoyed the conclusion of Angie's storyline, scoring her plot in the season finale with a 'B.' She wrote that de Matteo "brought some needed fire and Italian backbone to a very bland street" and was disappointed that the character was written off the series. However, Robert Bianco
Robert Bianco
Robert Bianco is an American television critic. He currently works for USA Today and has an online column. He began his career as a restaurant critic in Pittsburgh and eventually became a television critic at the Pittsburgh Press.-References:...
of USA Today
USA Today
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dismissed the finale's devotion to resolving the Bolen family storyline, stating that the audience ad other characters were not invested enough in the Bolens to care about their life-threatening predicament or departure. Following the announcement of de Matteo's departure, Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
writer Michael Ausiello
Michael Ausiello
Michael Ausiello is an American television industry journalist and actor. He was a Senior Writer at TV Guide and its companion website, TVGuide.com. On May 28, 2008, Ausiello left TV Guide for Entertainment Weekly and posted his first blog for Entertainment Weekly on July 2, 2008...
reported that fans had not "warmed to" the Angie character.