'DESPERATE' KIN WILL BE NIECE TOUCH

ADD another potential troublemaker to the Wisteria Lane crew.

Maiara Walsh, who ruffled a few feathers on "Desperate Housewives" late last season, has been made a full-time cast member.

She joins former "Sopranos" star Drea de Matteo, who became "Desperate" last week, as the second big name to join the ABC comedy.

Walsh, 21, will reprise her role as Ana Solis, Carlos' (Ricardo Chavira) comely niece who arrived at her uncle's house at the end of last season -- immediately butting heads with Gaby (Eva Longoria Parker).

Walsh, who's half-Brazilian, is a veteran of Disney Channel's "Cory in the House," where she played Meena, one of Cory's (Kyle Massey) best friends.

As The Post previously reported, de Matteo, who played the doomed Adriana on "The Sopranos," has inked a deal to join "Housewives" as a series regular, playing the matriarch of the newest family to move to Wisteria Lane.

She replaces Nicolette Sheridan, whose character, Edie, was killed off last season via electrocution.

"Housewives" returns for its sixth season Sept. 27.
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