Teri Hatcher
Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8 1964 in Sunnyvale, California) is an American actress. She gained attention for her role as Lois Lane in the television series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman co-staring with Dean Cain. (In the mid-1990s, a publicity photo of Hatcher wearing Superman's cape became the most downloaded image on America Online.) Hatcher has achieved her greatest fame to date starring in the show Desperate Housewives.
Personal life
Hatcher's father is an electrical engineer and her mother a computer scientist (both of English descent). An only child, she attended Mango Junior High (now Sunnyvale Middle School), Fremont High School in Sunnyvale and De Anza College in Cupertino.
In March 2006, Hatcher revealed to Vanity Fair that she was sexually abused from age of 5 by her then uncle, Richard Hayes Stone (who was later divorced by Hatcher's mother's sister). Her parents, she said, were unaware of the abuse at the time. In 2002, she assisted Santa Clara County, California prosecutors in indicting Stone for a more recent molestation that led his female victim to commit suicide at the age of 14. Stone pleaded guilty to four counts of molestation and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.[1]
In 1988, Hatcher married Marcus Leithold, but they were divorced the following year. In 1994, she married actor Jon Tenney; they had a daughter, Emerson Rose, in November 1997, and divorced in March 2003. (She was reportedly forced to give Tenney half of her savings in the settlement).
In January 2006 it was reported that Hatcher was romantically involved with actor George Clooney, who subsequently dumped her. She was recently quoted as saying that being sexually molested at such a young age has impacted on her relationships with men, and that she hopes to have healthier relationships in the future. As of March 2006, she is dating American Idol celebrity host and LA DJ, Ryan Seacrest. [2]
Career
Hatcher began her performing career as a young girl taking ballet lessons at the San Juan Girls' Ballet Studio in downtown Los Altos, California; she later studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater. One of her early jobs (in 1984) was as a cheerleader with the San Francisco 49ers. During this time she also appeared as one of the mermaids on the show Love Boat in its final season.
While probably most noted for playing Lois Lane in the TV series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Hatcher has also appeared in such feature films as Spy Kids (2001), the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, Dead in the Water (1991), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), and Heaven's Prisoners (1996). Hatcher has also made guest appearances in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Seinfeld, and had a recurring role in MacGyver, playing his friend Penny Parker.
Hatcher has also appeared in a series of popular Radio Shack television commercials alongside NFL Hall of Famer Howie Long. The pair remain very close friends, and together have bought farm land on the outside of Los Angeles, with the intent of eventually raising endangered species. Hatcher said her plan to do so came about after reading an article featuring the world's top 25 endangered species.
Teri hosted Saturday Night Live in 1996.
In 1997, Hatcher was voted "Sexiest Woman in the World" by the readers of FHM.
She now stars as the single mother Susan Mayer on ABC's Desperate Housewives, a role for which she won the Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Golden Globe Award in January 2005. In 2005, Hatcher also won the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award in the same category. In July 2005, she was nominated for an Emmy Award as Best Actress in a Comedy Series for the same role, along with co-stars Marcia Cross and Felicity Huffman, who won the award.
Film and television roles
| Year | Film/program/series | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | The Love Boat | Amy, Loveboat Mermaid | television series; cast member from 1985 to 1986 |
| 1986 | MacGyver | Penny Parker | TV series; guest starring in seven episodes between 1986 and 1991 |
| 1986 | Capitol | Angelica Stimac Clegg | television series; cast member from 1986 to 1987 |
| 1987 | Karen's Song | Laura Matthews | television series |
| 1987 | Night Court | Kitty | TV series; guest starring in the episode "Who Was That Mashed Man?" |
| 1987 | Missing You Now | Girlfriend | Michael Bolton music video |
| 1988 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Lauri Stevens | TV series; guest starring in the episode "Baby on Board" |
| 1988 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Lt. Bronwyn Gail Robinson | TV series; guest starring in the episode "The Outrageous Okona" |
| 1989 | The Big Picture | Gretchen | |
| 1989 | L.A. Law | Tracy Shoe | TV series; guest starring in the episode "I'm in the Nude for Love" |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Donna Eleese | TV series; guest starring in the episode "Star-Crossed" |
| 1990 | Murphy Brown | Madeline Stillwell | TV series; guest starring in the episode "Fax or Fiction" |
| 1990 | Tales from the Crypt | Stacy | TV series; guest starring in the episode "The Thing from the Grave" |
| 1991 | Tango & Cash | Katherine 'Kiki' Tango | |
| 1991 | The Brotherhood | Teresa Gennaro | made-for-TV movie |
| 1991 | Soapdish | Ariel Maloney | |
| 1991 | Sunday Dinner | TT Fagori | television series |
| 1991 | Dead in the Water | Laura Stewart | made-for-TV movie |
| 1991 | The Exile | Marissa | TV series; guest starring in the episode "Eclipse" |
| 1992 | Straight Talk | Janice | |
| 1993 | All Tied Up | Linda Alissio | straight-to-video |
| 1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Lois Lane | television series (1993 – 1997) |
| 1993 | Brain Smasher... A Love Story | Samantha Crain | straight-to-video |
| 1993 | Seinfeld | Sidra | TV series; guest starring in three episodes between 1993 and 1998 |
| 1994 | The Cool Surface | Dani Payson | |
| 1996 | Dead Girl | Passer-by | |
| 1996 | Heaven's Prisoners | Claudette Rocque | |
| 1996 | 2 Days in the Valley | Becky Foxx | |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Paris Carver | |
| 1998 | Since You've Been Gone | Maria Goldstein | made-for-TV movie |
| 1998 | Frasier | Marie | TV series; guest starring in the episode "First Do No Harm" |
| 1999 | Fever | Charlotte Parker | |
| 2000 | Running Mates | Shawna Morgan | made-for-TV movie |
| 2001 | Say Uncle | made-for-TV movie | |
| 2001 | Spy Kids | Ms. Gradenko | |
| 2001 | Jane Doe | Jane Doe | made-for-TV movie |
| 2003 | A Touch of Fate | Megan Marguilas | |
| 2003 | Momentum | Jordan Ripps | Sci-Fi Channel made-for-TV movie |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Susan Mayer | television series (2004 – present) |
| 2004 | Two and a Half Men | Liz | TV series; guest starring in the episode "I Remember the Coatroom, I Just Don't Remember You." |