54 isn’t the usual age for a first ever nude scene, but apparently it’s perfect timing for Drea de Matteo. The actress was primarily known for her role on The Sopranos, Adriana La Cerva, but her career has certainly taken a turn that no one could have predicted in the early 2000s when she was the darling of HBO. At 54 years old, she only just did her first ever fully nude shoot, but it wasn’t for a studio… it was for her OnlyFans. To all of that, all I can say is this: hell, yeah. Get it, Drea!
If you only vaguely remember her for her time on The Sopranos, this is your lightning fast refresher. De Matteo’s star rose by playing the role of Adriana La Cerva, the doomed but very fashinable girlfriend of Christopher Moltisanti. Her role led to her being one of the most recognizable women in early-2000s prestige television. Her character is still one of the most iconic figures from the award winning show, but it’s worth noting that even with the show’s overt adult themes, De Matteo never actually did a single nude scene during her TV career. She went 25 years in television without stripping down, but OnlyFans enters the chat, and “I’d never even taken off my clothes for television, but I actually went for it,” is what De Matteo said about it.
People join OnlyFans for a host of different reasons, but Drea De Matteo has been very forthcoming about the fact that she joined purely for financial survival. After a pandemic-era work slowdown and the 2023 actors’ strike, De Matteo was desperate for money. She was facing foreclosure on her home, and started the account as a last-ditch effort to fix her finances, and keep her home. She was scared to make the move, saying “I was like ‘holy s—t. I just blacklisted myself!’” However, the gamble paid off real quick. Like, immediately quick. She made $75,000 within her first 75 minutes of launching her content, which allowed her to fully pay off the lien on her home. It turns out that Hollywood risidual checks are nowhere near as reliable as nostalgic fans with a positive credit card balance.
De Matteo was initially worried about how her having an OnlyFans would affect her kids, but they were all about it! Encouraged her, even ran the brainstorming sessions to help plan her content. Says De Matteo, “The kids were the ones who were like, ‘Do this. Show your feet. Do selfies!’” Most people don’t even have a fraction of that kind of support in their lives, and De Matteo literally gave birth to her cheer squad. Talk about a different approach to parenting!
At age 54, De Matteo had never done a nude scene, but she can’t say that anymore! She may have felt like she was doing what she referred to as “Granny Sports Illustrated,” but she figured out pretty quickly that prancing around in your panties and high heels is pretty damn fun! 54 may be a little old for a first nude scene, but for OnlyFans, it’s not really that unusual. The platform is adults-only, and some of those adults have been adults for a mighty minute.
There are mature creators thriving across multiple niches on OnlyFans, including no shortage of GILF OnlyFans creators. Yes, it’s exactly what you think it is, and the grannies of OnlyFans can get it! It’s a very real, and very profitable category on OnlyFans. Many GILF creators are operating pages that cater to a paid fanbase of thousands, because the internet loves a confident older woman. De Matteo choosing to join the club at 54? That’s right on schedule.
De Matteo may have been anxious about starting an OnlyFans, but has taken to it like a duck to water. Her OnlyFans has already saved her home, and now its allowing her to support her family, as well as other personal projects, and even her own podcast. Hollywood might have slowed down for her, but the internet clearly hasn’t. If she made $75k in just 75 minutes, imagine what she can do now that she’s had time to get her second chapter properly warmed up?
