Teri Hatcher
Teri Hatcher | |
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Born | Palo Alto, California, U.S. | December 8, 1964
Alma mater | American Conservatory Theater De Anza College |
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Years active | 1985–present |
Known for | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Tomorrow Never Dies Desperate Housewives The Love Boat |
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Children | 1 |
Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress and singer best known for her portrayals of
Early life
Hatcher was born on December 8, 1964, in
Hatcher took ballet lessons at the San Juan School of Dance in Los Altos and grew up in Sunnyvale, California.[1] At De Anza College she studied mathematics and engineering.[2]
In March 2006, she alleged that she was
Career
1984–1992: Early work
Hatcher studied acting at the
In 1987, she played the sensible, intelligent 18-year-old daughter of
After a short guest appearance in an episode of Murphy Brown in 1990, Hatcher's next TV series role, in 1991, was in the Norman Lear creation Sunday Dinner, a comedy. She co-starred as 30-year-old lawyer in a mostly physical relationship with a widowed businessman twice her age, played by Robert Loggia. The series had a brief run on CBS that summer but was not renewed. She also acted in the television crime movie Dead in the Water (1991) in which she plays Bryan Brown's lawyer's young, attractive temptress secretary, and in the low-budget erotic thriller The Cool Surface (not released until 1994), wherein she plays a young actress who has an ill-fated romance with an enigmatic, unsettled screenwriter. In late 1991 Hatcher was featured as Michael Bolton's love interest in the music video for Bolton's hit song "Missing You Now". In 1992, Hatcher tried out for the role of Jamie Buchman on Mad About You and made it to the final two choices, but lost the part to Helen Hunt.[8]
1993–1997: Breakthrough
Hatcher made a much-discussed guest appearance on a 1993 episode of Seinfeld, in which her character, Sidra, breaks up with Jerry because she believes Jerry sent his friend Elaine into a sauna to find out if Sidra's breasts are natural or enhanced by surgery. The episode concludes with Sidra saying to Jerry, "By the way, they're real, and they're spectacular" as she leaves his apartment. Hatcher returned to play Sidra in brief scenes in two subsequent episodes: "The Pilot", the fourth season finale, and "The Finale (Part 2)", the series finale.[citation needed]
Hatcher landed a starring role in the
Hatcher hosted
Hatcher also appeared in films such as Spy Kids (2001), and played a villain in two crime dramas, the ensemble 2 Days in the Valley (1996), a moderate box office success, and Heaven's Prisoners (1996), co-starring Alec Baldwin, which failed at the box office.
Hatcher appeared in a series of RadioShack television commercials alongside National Football League player Howie Long.
2004–2012: Commercial success with Desperate Housewives
She beat four other actresses for one of the lead roles on
Hatcher again made FHM's world's sexiest woman list in 2005 and 2006, placing at 63 and 81 those years, respectively.[11] The US version of FHM ranked her in its US's 100 Sexiest Woman list five times between its inaugural edition in 2000 and 2007, with peaks of number 7 in 2005 and number 10 in 2006.[13] and she was on the cover of the magazine's February 2005 edition.[15] Hatcher also re-entered the FHM Australia's Top 100 Sexiest Women list in 2005 and 2006 ranking 19 and 50 those years. She made similar lists in the German and Portuguese versions of FHM those years. Maxim Magazine placed her in its Top 100 listing of Sexiest Women of 2006 (a listing they began in 1999) at number 73.[16]
As of April 2006, Hatcher was one of the highest paid television actresses in the United States, reportedly earning $285,000 per episode of Desperate Housewives. That year she was one of the three nominees for Favorite Television Performer for the People's Choice Awards and was again nominated for a Golden Globe as Lead Actress in a television comedy program. In May 2006, she released her first book, Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life.[1] Hatcher performed
In 2010, Hatcher made a return to the Superman franchise, with a special guest role in the final season of Smallville as Ella Lane, the mother of Erica Durance's Lois Lane.[17][18] The episode continued a tradition of former Lois Lane actresses portraying the character's mother many years later. Noel Neill appeared as Lois' mother in the 1978 film Superman: The Movie, and Phyllis Coates made a similar appearance on Lois & Clark.[19]
A report in November 2010 suggested that Hatcher, along with co-star
In 2011, Men's Health magazine named Hatcher #38 on their "Hottest Women of All Time" list.[25]
2013–present: Post-Desperate Housewives work
Hatcher voiced Dottie in the films Planes (2013) and Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014). In 2016, Hatcher had a recurring role as Charlotte, a successful single mother who becomes Oscar's (Matthew Perry) love interest in the second season of the comedy series The Odd Couple. In 2017, Hatcher appeared as Queen Rhea of Daxam in a recurring role on The CW series Supergirl.
In 2018, Hatcher debuted a YouTube channel called Hatching Change. After 132 segments, it ceased updating in 2022. [26] Hatcher, an enthusiastic baker who took cooking lessons, won the Food Network celebrity episode of Chopped.[27] She also won The Great British Bake Off Stand Up to Cancer episode in 2018. Teri Hatcher narrated the Hidden Worlds: The Films of LAIKA exhibit at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle.
Personal life
Hatcher married Marcus Leithold, of Butler, Pennsylvania, on June 4, 1988; they divorced the following year.[7] On May 27, 1994, she married actor Jon Tenney; they had a daughter, Emerson, born in 1997. They divorced in March 2003.[7]
In 2007, Hatcher began writing a column for Glamour magazine.[28]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | The Big Picture | Gretchen | |
Tango & Cash | Katherine "Kiki" Tango | ||
1991 | Soapdish | Ariel Maloney | |
1992 | Straight Talk | Janice | |
1993 | Brainsmasher... A Love Story | Samantha Crain | Direct-to-video |
1994 | The Cool Surface | Dani Payson | |
1994 | All Tied Up | Linda Alissio | |
1996 | Dead Girl | Passer-By | |
Heaven's Prisoners | Claudette Rocque | ||
2 Days in the Valley | Becky Foxx | ||
1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Paris Carver
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1999 | Fever | Charlotte Parker | |
2001 | Spy Kids | Ms. Gradenko | |
2007 | Resurrecting the Champ | Andrea Flak | |
2009 | Coraline | Coraline's Mother / The Other Mother (The Beldam) | Voice role |
2013 | Planes | Dottie | Voice role |
2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Dottie | Voice role |
2016 | Sundown | Janice | |
2019 | Madness in the Method | Geena |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985–1986 | The Love Boat | Amy, Love Boat Mermaid | 19 episodes |
1986–1990 | MacGyver | Penny Parker | 6 episodes |
1986–1987 | Capitol | Angelica Stimac Clegg | 5 episodes |
1987 | Karen's Song | Laura Matthews | 13 episodes |
Night Court | Kitty Daniels | Season 5, Episode 7: "Who Was That Mashed Man?" | |
1988 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Lauri Stevens | Episode: "Baby on Board" |
Star Trek: The Next Generation | Lieutenant Bronwyn Gail Robinson | Episode: " The Outrageous Okona "
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1989 | L.A. Law | Tracy Shoe | Episode: "I'm in the Nude for Love" |
Quantum Leap | Donna Eleese | Episode: "Star-Crossed" | |
1990 | Murphy Brown | Madeline Stillwell | Episode: "Fax or Fiction" |
Tales from the Crypt | Stacy | Episode: "The Thing from the Grave" | |
1991 | The Brotherhood | Teresa Gennaro | Movie |
Sunday Dinner | T.T. Fagori | 6 episodes | |
Dead in the Water | Laura Stewart | Movie | |
The Exile | Marissa | Episode: "Eclipse" | |
1993–1997 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Lois Lane | Main role (87 episodes) |
1993–1998 | Seinfeld | Sidra Holland | 3 episodes |
1998 | Since You've Been Gone | Maria Goldstein | Movie |
Frasier | Marie | Episode: "First Do No Harm" | |
2000 | Running Mates | Shawna Morgan | Movie |
2001 | Say Uncle | Unknown | Movie |
2001 | Jane Doe | Jane Doe | Movie |
2003 | Momentum | Jordan Ripps | Movie |
2004–2012 | Desperate Housewives | Susan Mayer Delfino | Lead role (180 episodes) |
2004 | Two and a Half Men | Liz | Episode: "I Remember the Coatroom, I Just Don't Remember You" |
2010 | Smallville | Ella Lane | Episode: "Abandoned" |
2012 | Jane by Design | Kate Quimby | 4 episodes[29] |
2013–2014 | Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Beatrice LeBeak | 8 episodes; voice role |
2016–2017 | The Odd Couple | Charlotte | Recurring role (11 episodes) |
2017 | Supergirl | Rhea, Queen of Daxam | Recurring role (8 episodes) |
2021 | A Kiss Before Christmas | Joyce | Hallmark TV film |
2022 | Mid-Love Crisis | Mindy Quinn | TV film |
2023 | Fantasy Island | Dolly | Episode: "Paymer vs. Paymer" |
2023 | Christmas at the Chalet | Lex Riley | Hallmark film |
Awards and nominations
Honors
- 1996: Honored as the Female Discovery of the Year by the Golden Apple Awards.[citation needed]
- 2011: Nominated — Favorite Online Sensation by the People's Choice Awards.
Accolades
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Teri Hatcher". Inside the Actors Studio.
- ^ a b c "Notable Alumni, Teri Hatcher". California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office. Archived from the original on April 6, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
- ^ "Teri Hatcher". Inside the Actors Studio.
My mom is French, German, Syrian and my dad is Welsh, American Indian.
- ^ a b Bennetts, Leslie (April 2006). "Teri Hatcher's Desperate Hour". Vanity Fair. New York City: Condé Nast. Retrieved February 22, 2008.
- ^ "Hatcher reveals child abuse past". BBC News. March 8, 2006. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- Mercury News. Retrieved August 21, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e "Teri Hatcher- Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Archived from the original on September 4, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-7624-3007-9.
- People.
- ^ Johns, Elizabeth (May 2, 1997). "Teri Hatcher Pregnant". E!. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
- ^ a b "Loading..." Terihatcheronline.com.
- ^ "AmIAnnoying.com – Celebrity Sleuth's 25 Sexiest [1997]". Amiannoying.com.
- ^ a b "AmIAnnoying.com". Amiannoying.com.
- ^ "'Housewives,' 'Sellers' lead Emmy pack". CNN. August 30, 2005. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
- ^ "Teri Hatcher, FHM Magazine February 2005 Cover Photo – United States". FamousFix.com.
- ^ "Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women [2006]". Amiannoying.com.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (September 22, 2010). "'Smallville' Exclusive: Teri Hatcher to play Lois' mom!". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ Andrew Landis & Julia Swfit (writers); Kevin Fair (director) (November 12, 2010). "Abandoned". Smallville. Season 10. Episode 8. The CW.
- ^ Dan Levine (writer); Alan J. Levi (director) (May 8, 1994). "The House of Luthor". Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Season 1. Episode 21. ABC.
- ^ "Hatcher and Huffman leaving Desperate Housewives: report". The Spy Report. Media Spy. November 22, 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- ^ "Teri Hatcher Calls Reports Of 'Desperate Housewives' Exit 'Stupid, Off Base'". Access Hollywood. November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "'Desperate Housewives' Dirt Unearthed Before Series Finale". ABC News. May 11, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
- ^ "'Desperate Housewives' Cast Saddened By Teri Hatcher Feud". HuffPost. May 14, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
- ^ a b c "'Something went down' – Desperate Housewives feud revealed". NZ Herald. May 10, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
- Men's Health. US. December 10, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
- ^ Schreffler, Laura (February 5, 2018). "Why Teri Hatcher Is Driving Around L.A. In A Vintage Van". Haute Living. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ^ Holiday Chopped Celebrity episode Food Network
- ^ "Teri is new Glamour columnist". Metro. May 14, 2007. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ "Teri Hatcher to Make Directorial Debut and Guest Star on ABC Family's 'Jane By Design' – Ratings | TVbytheNumbers". Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
External links
- Teri Hatcher at IMDb
- Teri Hatcher at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Teri Hatcher at Rotten Tomatoes
- Teri Hatcher at People.com
- Teri Hatcher at AllMovie
- Teri Hatcher at Emmys.com
- Teri Hatcher at TV Guide
- Teri Hatcher on Twitter
- Appearances on C-SPAN