Adriana La Cerva
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| Adriana La Cerva | |
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| First appearance | The Sopranos (episode 1.01) |
| Last appearance | Long Term Parking (episode 5.12) Members Only Cold Stones (dream sequences) |
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| Gender | Female |
| Age | 32 (now deceased) |
| Occupation | Club owner of The Crazy Horse; FBI informant |
| Family | Liz La Cerva (mother) |
| Spouse | Christopher Moltisanti (fiancee) |
| Relatives | Richie Aprile (uncle) |
| Portrayed by | Drea de Matteo |
| Created by | David Chase |
Adriana La Cerva, played by Drea de Matteo, was the loving long-time girlfriend and, later, fiancé of Tony Soprano's right-hand man, Christopher Moltisanti, on the fictional HBO TV series, The Sopranos.
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[edit] Character history
Known as a mobsters dream girl, even have grown up around wiseguys all her life being the niece of Jackie and Richie Aprile. Growing up she saw and heard plenty, and isn't at all repulsed by the LCN lifestyle. Adriana was initially portrayed as shallow and materialistic, interested in the things that Christopher's money could buy: expensive cars, jewelry, designer clothing and furs. However, as the couple became closer, she always seemed to have Christopher's best interests (as well as hers) in mind. She was very ambitious and wanted to have a business of her own. She was eventually set up as the manager of Christopher's Crazy Horse club in Long Branch, New Jersey, which became quite successful.
[edit] The mole
The FBI had been targeting Adriana as a potential weakness in the family's organization. Upon the death of Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero, the FBI looked to Adriana as a close relation to a rising star in the crime family and sent Special Agent Deborah Ciccerone to befriend her. The tactic backfired, but the FBI were able to learn of Christopher's heroin problem, which they knew would enrage Tony Soprano.
Adriana, loyal to Christopher and his family, avoided giving up any serious information on the family and did her best to avoid the Soprano family house in order to have nothing to give back to the Feds. Her deception caught up with her after the FBI learned of her involvement in a murder and threatened to press charges of being an accessory to murder against her unless she offered full cooperation. She chose to reveal the truth to Christopher, hoping they could run away together and start new lives. Christopher's loyalty to his crime family turned out to be greater than his love for her as he revealed Adriana's status as an informant to Tony Soprano. Tony had Silvio Dante, under the pretense that he was taking her to Christopher, execute her.
[edit] Post-Mortem
Some Sopranos fans have argued that Adriana might not have been killed. The primary reasoning for this was that her death was not seen, which was unique in the course of the series; the camera panned upward, away from Silvio and the crawling Adriana, before two gunshots are heard. De Matteo was also under contract to appear in the sixth season. However, in her audio commentary on the fifth season DVD, de Matteo confirmed that Adriana is indeed deceased, and the show's frequent use of dream imagery instead provided for her return; she appeared in a dream of Carmela's in the sixth season premiere.
During the sixth season premiere on March 12, 2006, Carmela also asks Tony about Adriana (he quickly changes the subject). In the Season 6 episode "The Ride", Carmela runs into Adriana's mother, Liz La Cerva, who tells Carmela that she believes Christopher killed Adriana, and the FBI came to her with questions about her. They also suspect that Christopher killed her. When Carmela tells Tony about their conversation, he explains that there was no body, and reminds her that if the FBI really thought Christopher had killed her, they would have hauled him in.
While in Paris, Carmela had a dream that she saw Adriana in a park, but a gendarme tells her that Adriana is dead. Carmela is intent on finding her, especially after Liz La Cerva lands in the hospital following an attempted suicide. However, after Tony and Silvio pull some strings, Carmela is able to continue construction on her spec house. Obviously Tony wanted this so that Carmela wouldn't be focused on Adriana.
Although she is apparently deceased, Carmela's interest in her whereabouts (not to mention her dreams about her), and the fact that Adriana was close with many on the show, may reveal to further pull her storyline along. Although initially contractually obligated to appear in at least 2 more episodes in the sixth season, Adriana did not appear in any other episodes. She may appear in the final eight episodes of the series.
[edit] Trivia
- La Cerva is Italian for "the deer".
- Drea De Matteo was initially cast as a restaurant hostess in the show's pilot but impressed series creator David Chase so much he wrote the role of Christopher's girlfriend for her in the second episode.
- Adriana was the niece of Jackie and Richie Aprile.
[edit] See also
Tony • Dr. Melfi • Carmela • Christopher • Uncle Junior • Meadow • A.J. • Jackie Jr.• Janice • Silvio • Paulie Walnuts • Bobby "Bacala"
Johnny Sack • Vito • Adriana • Furio • Tony B. • Ralph • Big Pussy • Livia • Artie • Phil • Hesh
DiMeo Crime Family • Lupertazzi Crime Family • Bada Bing • Satriale's Pork Store • FBI
Episode List • Death List
