Effervescent and charmingly manic, this gorgeous brunette was a professional cheerleader before becoming a "mermaid" on the last season of
The Love Boat. Over the next few years, she played a host of femme fatales before reinventing Superman's girlfriend for the neurotic '90s on
Lois & Clark. Although she subsequently starred in a number of features, Hatcher was unable to maintain her career momentum (or her marriage to actor Jon Tenney), and soon she only appeared on the tube in reruns and RadioShack ads (with NFL star Howie Long). But the supposed has-been became a star and sex symbol once again (at 40 no less) on
Desperate Housewives in 2004.
Teri Hatcher Fast Facts:
- Father is a nuclear physicist and mother is a computer programmer.
- Was the captain of the cheerleading/dance team in high school.
- Was a member of the Gold Rush, the cheerleading squad for the San Francisco 49ers, in 1984.
- Appeared in a series of popular RadioShack commercials with the NFL's Howie Long beginning in 1999.
- Won a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in 2004 (Desperate Housewives), and shared in the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series with the rest of the cast.
- Teri Hatcher Relationships:
- Owen Hatcher - Father
- Richard Dean Anderson - Ex-significant Other
- Stephen Kay - Ex-significant Other
- Emerson Rose Tenney - Daughter
- Esther Hatcher - Mother
- Jon Tenney - Ex-husband
- Marcus Leithold - Ex-husband
- Teri Hatcher Awards:
- 2005 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Winner
- 2006 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
- 2005 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
- College:
- Attended De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
