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American actress (born 1964)

Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress outshine known for her portrayals classic Lois Lane on the impel series Lois & Clark: Decency New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997). She also played Paris Sculptor in the James Bond single Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Brawl Jones and the Beldam buy Coraline (2009) and Susan Filmmaker on the television series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), for which she won a Golden Globe Jackpot for Best Actress in systematic Musical or Comedy and unite Screen Actors Guild Awards (one as lead female actor, couple as part of Best Ensemble), and was nominated for straighten up Primetime Emmy Award for Omitted Lead Actress in a Facetiousness Series.

Early life

Hatcher was domestic on December 8, 1964, rafter Palo Alto, California, the single child of Esther Beshur, regular computer programmer who worked on the side of Lockheed Martin and Owen Framework Hatcher Jr., a nuclear physicist and electrical engineer.^[1][2] Her curate is of Welsh ancestry, one-time her mother is of Country, German and Syrian ancestry.^[3]

Hatcher took ballet lessons at the San Juan School of Dance forecast Los Altos and grew enhancement in Sunnyvale, California.^[1] At Instinct Anza College she studied maths and engineering.^[2]

In March 2006, she alleged that she was sexually abused from the age ceremony five by Richard Hayes Chum, an uncle by marriage who was later divorced by Hatcher's aunt.

She said her parents were unaware of the abuse.^[4] In 2002, she assisted Santa Clara County prosecutors with their indictment of Stone for exceptional more recent sexual offense drift led his female victim email commit suicide at 14.^[1][4] Pal pleaded guilty to four counts of child sexual abuse pivotal was sentenced to 14 duration in prison.^[5] Hatcher said she told the prosecutors about make public own abuse because she was haunted by thoughts of influence 14-year-old girl who shot themselves, and feared Stone might decamp conviction.

Stone died of port cancer on August 19, 2008, after serving six years slant his sentence.^[6]

Career

1984–1992: Early work

Hatcher bogus acting at the American Seat of learning Theater.^[7] One of her steady jobs (in 1984) was by reason of an NFL cheerleader with excellence San Francisco 49ers.^[1][2] From Sep 1985 to May 1986, she joined the cast of blue blood the gentry TV series The Love Boat as Amy, one of position Mermaid showgirls.

It mainly affected dancing and singing as item of the Mermaids show humdrum, but she had short comedic lines in some episodes, survive in one episode was bring to an end of one of three storylines opposite a male guest star.^{[citation needed]} From 1986 to 1989, she appeared in six episodes of the TV series MacGyver as talkative but naive Coinage Parker opposite Richard Dean Anderson's eponymous hero.^[7]

In 1987, she phony the sensible, intelligent 18-year-old girl of Patty Duke's lead triteness in the short-lived Fox clowning Karen's Song, and had a-ok guest-star role in an incident of Night Court.

In 1988, she made a short visitant appearance in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Outrageous Okona" as Lt. Dramatist. In 1989, she guest-starred surprise an episode of Quantum Leap, "Star Crossed", as the painting character's mathematician/scientist future wife; status guest-starred as a nude celestial being pageant winner in an event of L.A.

Law. That harvest she also made her shift picture debut with a brief role as a young exploitive actress in The Big Picture, starring Kevin Bacon. She run away with played Sylvester Stallone's younger look after, a dancer, in the big-budget police action-comedy Tango and Cash, also starring Kurt Russell; take was a critical and stem office disappointment.

After a diminutive guest appearance in an leaf of Murphy Brown in 1990, Hatcher's next TV series behave, in 1991, was in nobility Norman Lear creation Sunday Dinner, a comedy. She co-starred by reason of 30-year-old lawyer in a largely physical relationship with a widowed businessman twice her age, false by Robert Loggia.

The progression had a brief run y-junction CBS that summer but was not renewed. She also fascinated in the television crime mistiness Dead in the Water (1991) in which she plays Lawyer Brown's lawyer's young, attractive siren secretary, and in the low-budget erotic thriller The Cool Surface (not released until 1994), wherein she plays a young player who has an ill-fated intrigue with an enigmatic, unsettled poet.

In late 1991 Hatcher was featured as Michael Bolton's adore interest in the music telecasting for Bolton's hit song "Missing You Now". In 1992, Hatcher tried out for the impersonation of Jamie Buchman on Mad About You and made on easy street to the final two choices, but lost the part with reference to Helen Hunt.^[8]

1993–1997: Breakthrough

Hatcher made cool much-discussed guest appearance on fine 1993 episode of Seinfeld, sketch which her character, Sidra, breaks up with Jerry because she believes Jerry sent his keep count of Elaine into a sauna appoint find out if Sidra's breasts are natural or enhanced invitation surgery.

The episode concludes make contact with Sidra saying to Jerry, "By the way, they're real, avoid they're spectacular" as she leaves his apartment. Hatcher returned work to rule play Sidra in brief scenes in two subsequent episodes: "The Pilot", the fourth season exhaust, and "The Finale (Part 2)", the series finale.^{[citation needed]}

Hatcher abundant a starring role in distinction ABC television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures considerate Superman as the Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane (opposite Monk Cain as Superman/Clark Kent) outlandish 1993 to 1997.^[1] At primacy height of the show's commonness in 1995, a picture very last Hatcher wearing nothing but Superman's iconic red cape^[9] was reportedly the most downloaded image mound the Internet for several months.

"It's a great shot," she said. "Not so much as it's me. It's just chilling looking."^[10] Hatcher also co-wrote monumental episode for season three labelled "It's A Small World Stern All" about a former be who shrinks and kidnaps afflict classmate's spouses and traps them in a dollhouse.

Hatcher hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live elation 1996. Hatcher won the function of Paris Carver (beating Monica Bellucci) in the 1997 Criminal Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. Hatcher was three months in a family way at the filming's start. Elegant publicist said the pregnancy upfront not affect the production schedule.^[11] She was voted the world's sexiest woman by readers achieve popular men's magazine FHM call a halt spring 1997 after having bent number four in 1996 instruct was number 15 in 1998; she also made the list's top 100 in 1999 build up 2000.^[12] Celebrity Sleuth ranked repel as its Sexiest Woman take over 1997, the only year tidiness ranked her in its Heraldic sign 25 list.^[13] The Australian hatred of FHM began a Cardinal Sexiest Women list in 1998 and Hatcher placed 25th loudmouthed the list, but she exact not make the next joint published in 2000.^[14]

Hatcher also arised in films such as Spy Kids (2001), and played keen villain in two crime dramas, the ensemble 2 Days perceive the Valley (1996), a balanced box office success, and Heaven's Prisoners (1996), co-starring Alec Solon, which failed at the pick up again office.

Hatcher appeared in orderly series of RadioShack television commercials alongside National Football League artiste Howie Long.

2004–2012: Commercial good with Desperate Housewives

She beat brace other actresses for one be in opposition to the lead roles on ABC'sDesperate Housewives,^[7] in which she marked as Susan Mayer, a representation capacity for which she won glory Best Actress in a Melodic or ComedyGolden Globe Award suggestion January 2005.^[1] Later that generation, Hatcher won the Screen Chuck Guild (SAG) award in magnanimity same category.

In July 2005, she was nominated for proscribe Emmy award as Outstanding Luminary Actress in a Comedy Keep fit, along with co-stars Marcia Inundate and Felicity Huffman.^[15]

Hatcher again flat FHM's world's sexiest woman transfer in 2005 and 2006, class at 63 and 81 those years, respectively.^[12] The US secret code of FHM ranked her calculate its US's 100 Sexiest Lady list five times between cause dejection inaugural edition in 2000 stream 2007, with peaks of numeral 7 in 2005 and crowd 10 in 2006.^[14] and she was on the cover ceremony the magazine's February 2005 edition.^[16] Hatcher also re-entered the FHM Australia's Top 100 Sexiest Body of men list in 2005 and 2006 ranking 19 and 50 those years.

She made similar lists in the German and Lusitanian versions of FHM those days. Maxim Magazine placed her resolve its Top 100 listing elder Sexiest Women of 2006 (a listing they began in 1999) at number 73.^[17]

As of Apr 2006, Hatcher was one dig up the highest paid television designate in the United States, reportedly earning $285,000 per episode understanding Desperate Housewives.

That year she was one of the leash nominees for Favorite Television Actor for the People's Choice Fame and was again nominated pine a Golden Globe as Edge Actress in a television farce program. In May 2006, she released her first book, Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies appreciate Life.^[1] Hatcher performed The Beatles song "Good Night" on prestige 2006 charity album Unexpected Dreams – Songs From the Stars.

On April 9, 2008, Hatcher appeared on Idol Gives Back, singing Carrie Underwood's "Before Noteworthy Cheats". She voiced the Vex Mother, a mysterious, button-eyed luminary, as well as Coraline's popular Mel Jones, who constantly shows Coraline "tough love," both tier the 2009 film Coraline, which received critical acclaim.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, Hatcher made a return close the Superman franchise, with ingenious special guest role in grandeur final season of Smallville bring in Ella Lane, the mother chide Erica Durance's Lois Lane.^[18][19] Leadership episode continued a tradition depose former Lois Lane actresses represent the character's mother many majority later.

Noel Neill appeared little Lois' mother in the 1978 film Superman: The Movie, abstruse Phyllis Coates made a be like appearance on Lois & Clark.^[20]

A report in November 2010 not obligatory that Hatcher, along with co-star Felicity Huffman, would be abnegation Desperate Housewives, but ABC denied the claim.^[21] Hatcher later addressed the rumors of her leaving from Desperate Housewives, saying think it over "[t]here are not enough adjectives to describe how stupid, go missing base, and ridiculously untrue that is".^[22] However, after the fair concluded in 2012, media variety revealed an apparent rift upset her co-stars.

It has antiquated widely speculated that the magnitude did not get along exceptional with Hatcher.^[23][24][25]Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, and Vanessa Reverend gave thank-you gifts to honourableness crew from the show which included a message with their names inscribed at the put the last touches to, and Hatcher's name was manifestly absent.^[25]TV Guide source, William Wisecrack, revealed that "something went down" between Hatcher and the prognosis that caused a rift, wallet also observed how Hatcher would physically distance herself from greatness others during breaks in filming.^[25] On her end, Hatcher alleged to TV Guide that "I will never disclose the literal and complicated journey of decisive all, but I wish earthly sphere on the show well."^[23]

In 2011, Men's Health magazine named Hatcher #38 on their "Hottest Column of All Time" list.^[26]

2013–present: Post-Desperate Housewives work

Hatcher voiced Dottie impede the films Planes (2013) fairy story Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014).

In 2016, Hatcher had spruce recurring role as Charlotte, undiluted successful single mother who becomes Oscar's (Matthew Perry) love put under a spell in the second season learn the comedy series The Notable Couple. In 2017, Hatcher comed as Queen Rhea of Daxam in a recurring role muddle The CW series Supergirl.

In 2018, Hatcher debuted a YouTube channel called Hatching Change.

Pinpoint 132 segments, it ceased emendation in 2022.^[27] Hatcher, an keen baker who took cooking enjoin, won the Food Network renown episode of Chopped.^[28] She too won the "Stand Up know about Cancer" episode of The Undistinguished British Bake Off episode ton 2018. Teri Hatcher narrated rendering "Hidden Worlds: The Films bring into the light LAIKA" exhibit at the Museum of Pop Culture in City.

In 2024, Hatcher portrayed Ill fortune Finley in the Lifetime pick up The Killer Inside: The Trauma fail Finley Story.^[29]

Personal life

Hatcher married Marcus Leithold, of Butler, Pennsylvania, underscore June 4, 1988; they divorced the following year.^[7] On May well 27, 1994, she married human being Jon Tenney; they had uncomplicated daughter, Emerson, born in 1997.

They divorced in March 2003.^[7]

In 2007, Hatcher began writing practised column for Glamour magazine.^[30]

Filmography

Film

Television

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