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| birth_place = Palo Alto, California, U.S.| death_date = | death_place = Actressauthordirector}}| years_active = 1985–present| alma_mater = American Conservatory TheaterDe Anza College| known_for = (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman)'Tomorrow Never Dies'Desperate HousewivesThe Love Boat

• {{marriage|Marcus Leithold|1988|1989|reason=divorced{edih}
• {{marriage|Jon Tenney|1994|2003|reason=divorced}}

}}| children = 1}}Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress and singer best known for her portrayals of Lois Lane on the television series (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) (1993–1997), Paris Carver in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Mel Jones and the Beldam in Coraline (2009), and Susan Mayer on the television series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for (List of Golden Globe Awards: Television, Best Actress, Comedy/Musical|Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy) and three Screen Actors Guild Awards (one as lead female actor, two as part of Best Ensemble), and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Early life

Hatcher was born on December 8, 1964, in Palo Alto, California, the only child of Esther (née Beshur), a computer programmer who worked for Lockheed Martin, and Owen Walker Hatcher, Jr., a nuclear physicist and electrical engineer.EPISODE, Teri Hatcher, Inside the Actors Studio, Inside the Actors Studio, WEB,weblink Notable Alumni, Teri Hatcher, California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, 2022-10-03,weblink April 6, 2020, Her father is of Welsh and Choctaw Indian descent, while her mother is of French, German and Syrian ancestry.EPISODE, Teri Hatcher, Inside the Actors Studio, Inside the Actors Studio, My mom is French, German, Syrian and my dad is Welsh, American Indian., Hatcher took ballet lessons at the San Juan School of Dance in Los Altos and grew up in Sunnyvale, California. At De Anza College she studied mathematics and engineering.In March 2006, she alleged that she was sexually abused from the age of five by Richard Hayes Stone, an uncle by marriage who was later divorced by Hatcher's aunt. She said her parents were unaware of the abuse.JOURNAL, Leslie, Bennetts,weblink Teri Hatcher's Desperate Hour, Vanity Fair (magazine), Vanity Fair, Condé Nast, New York City, April 2006, February 22, 2008, In 2002, she assisted Santa Clara County prosecutors with their indictment of Stone for a more recent sexual offense that led his female victim to commit suicide at 14. Stone pleaded guilty to four counts of child sexual abuse and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.NEWS,weblink BBC News, Hatcher reveals child abuse past, March 8, 2006, May 25, 2010, Hatcher said she told the prosecutors about her own abuse because she was haunted by thoughts of the 14-year-old girl who shot herself, and feared Stone might escape conviction. Stone died of colon cancer on August 19, 2008, after serving six years of his sentence.NEWS, Sean, Webby, Child molester who Teri Hatcher helped put in prison dies of colon cancer,weblink Mercury News, August 21, 2008, August 21, 2008,

Career

1984–1992: Early work

(File: Teri Hatcher cropped.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Hatcher at the 1995 Emmy Awards)Hatcher studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater. One of her early jobs (in 1984) was as an NFL cheerleader with the San Francisco 49ers. From September 1985 to May 1986 she joined the cast of the TV series The Love Boat as Amy, one of the Mermaid showgirls. It mainly involved dancing and singing as part of the Mermaids show routine, but she had short comedic lines in some episodes, and in one episode was part of one of three storylines opposite a male guest star.{{Citation needed |date=February 2023}} From 1986 to 1989, she appeared in six episodes of the TV series MacGyver as talkative but naive Penny Parker opposite Richard Dean Anderson's eponymous hero.In 1987, she played the sensible, intelligent 18-year-old daughter of Patty Duke's lead character in the short-lived Fox comedy Karen's Song, and had a guest-star role in an episode of Night Court. In 1988, she made a short guest appearance in the (Star Trek: The Next Generation) episode The Outrageous Okona as Lt. Robinson. In 1989, she guest-starred in an episode of Quantum Leap, "Star Crossed", as the main character's mathematician/scientist future wife; and guest-starred as a nude beauty pageant winner in an episode of L.A. Law. That year she also made her motion picture debut with a minor role as a young opportunistic actress in The Big Picture, starring Kevin Bacon. She then played Sylvester Stallone's younger sister, a dancer, in the big-budget police action-comedy Tango and Cash, also starring Kurt Russell; it was a critical and box office disappointment.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.BOOK, TV Guide Book of Lists, 2007, Running Press, 978-0-7624-3007-9, 252,weblink

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 |date=February 2023}} File:Teri Hatcher Dean Cain.jpg|thumb|Hatcher with Dean Cain at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards45th Primetime Emmy AwardsHatcher landed a starring role in the ABC television series (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) as the Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane (opposite Dean Cain as Superman/Clark Kent) from 1993 to 1997. At the height of the show's popularity in 1995, a picture of Hatcher wrapped in a Superman cape was reportedly the most downloaded image on the Internet for several months. "It's a great shot," she said. "Not so much because it's me. It's just cool looking."JOURNAL,weblink Teri Hatcher biography, People Magazine, People, Hatcher also co-wrote an episode for season three called "It's A Small World After All" about a former classmate who shrinks and kidnaps her classmate's spouses and traps them in a dollhouse.Hatcher hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live in 1996. Hatcher won the role of Paris Carver (beating Monica Bellucci) in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. Hatcher was three months pregnant at the filming's start, by her husband, Jon Tenney. A publicist said the pregnancy did not affect the production schedule.NEWS, Elizabeth, Johns, Teri Hatcher Pregnant,weblink E!, May 2, 1997, January 5, 2007, dead, September 30, 2007,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070930203008weblink">weblink She was voted the world's sexiest woman by readers of popular men's magazine FHM in spring 1997 after having been number four in 1996 and was number 15 in 1998; she also made the list's top 100 in 1999 and 2000.WEB,weblink Loading..., Terihatcheronline.com, Celebrity Sleuth ranked her as its Sexiest Woman for 1997, the only year it ranked her in its Top 25 list.WEB,weblink AmIAnnoying.com – Celebrity Sleuth's 25 Sexiest [1997], Amiannoying.com, The Australian version of FHM began a 100 Sexiest Women list in 1998 and Hatcher placed 25th on the list, but she did not make the next list published in 2000.WEB,weblink AmIAnnoying.com, Amiannoying.com, 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

File:Teri Hatcher 2008 Emmy Awards.JPG|thumb|Hatcher at uprightShe beat four other actresses for one of the lead roles on ABC's Desperate Housewives,{{r|Bio}} in which she starred as Susan Mayer, a role for which she won the (List of Golden Globe Awards: Television, Best Actress, Comedy/Musical|Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy) Golden Globe Award in January 2005.{{r|actors}} Later that year, Hatcher won the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award in the same category. In July 2005, she was nominated for an Emmy award as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, along with co-stars Marcia Cross and Felicity Huffman.NEWS,weblink 'Housewives,' 'Sellers' lead Emmy pack, August 30, 2005, CNN, February 24, 2008, File:Desperate Housewives at 2008 GLAAD Awards.jpg|thumb|left|Dana Delany, Hatcher, Brenda Strong and Andrea Bowen of Desperate Housewives at the 2009 GLAAD Media AwardGLAAD Media AwardHatcher again made FHM's world's sexiest woman list in 2005 and 2006, placing at 63 and 81 those years, respectively.{{r|auto2}} 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.{{r|auto1}} and she was on the cover of the magazine's February 2005 edition.WEB,weblink Teri Hatcher, FHM Magazine February 2005 Cover Photo – United States, FamousFix.com, 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.WEB,weblink Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women [2006], Amiannoying.com, 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.{{r|actors}}Hatcher performed The Beatles song "Good Night" on the 2006 charity album Unexpected Dreams – Songs From the Stars.On April 9, 2008, Hatcher appeared on Idol Gives Back, singing Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats". She voiced the Other Mother, a mysterious, button-eyed figure, as well as Coraline's mother Mel Jones, who constantly shows Coraline "tough love," both in the 2009 film Coraline, which received critical acclaim.{{cn|date=May 2023}}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.MAGAZINE,weblink 'Smallville' Exclusive: Teri Hatcher to play Lois' mom!, September 22, 2010, Entertainment Weekly, Ausiello, Michael, EPISODE, Abandoned, Smallville, Smallvillenetwork=The CWseason=10Noel Neill appeared as Lois' mother in the 1978 film (Superman (1978 film)>Superman: The Movie), and Phyllis Coates made a similar appearance on Lois & Clark.THE HOUSE OF LUTHOR>SERIES=LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMANCREDITS=DAN LEVINE (WRITER); ALAN J. LEVI (DIRECTOR)AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY>ABCSEASON=1, 21, File:Teri Hatcher 2009 whitebg.jpg|thumb|upright|Hatcher at Desperate HousewivesDesperate HousewivesA report in November 2010 suggested that Hatcher, along with co-star Felicity Huffman, would be quitting Desperate Housewives, but ABC denied the claim.NEWS, Hatcher and Huffman leaving Desperate Housewives: report, The Spy Report, Media Spy, November 22, 2010,weblink November 22, 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131203045217weblink">weblink December 3, 2013, mdy-all, Hatcher later addressed the rumors of her departure from Desperate Housewives, saying that "[t]here are not enough adjectives to describe how stupid, off base, and ridiculously untrue this is".NEWS, Teri Hatcher Calls Reports Of 'Desperate Housewives' Exit 'Stupid, Off Base',weblink December 4, 2021, Access Hollywood, November 22, 2010, However, after the show concluded in 2012, media sources revealed an apparent rift with her co-stars. It has been widely speculated that the cast did not get along well with Hatcher.WEB,weblink 'Desperate Housewives' Dirt Unearthed Before Series Finale, ABC News, May 11, 2012, June 17, 2013, NEWS,weblink 'Desperate Housewives' Cast Saddened By Teri Hatcher Feud, HuffPost, May 14, 2012, June 17, 2013, NEWS,weblink 'Something went down' – Desperate Housewives feud revealed, NZ Herald, May 10, 2012, June 17, 2013, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, and Vanessa Williams gave thank-you gifts to the crew from the show which included a message with their names inscribed at the end, and Hatcher's name was distinctly absent.{{r|nzherald.co.nz}} TV Guide source, William Keck, revealed that "something went down" between Hatcher and the cast that caused a rift, and also observed how Hatcher would physically distance herself from the others during breaks in filming.{{r|nzherald.co.nz}} On her end, Hatcher said to TV Guide that "I will never disclose the true and complicated journey of us all, but I wish everyone on the show well."{{r|abcnews.go.com}}In 2011, Men's Health magazine named Hatcher #38 on their "Hottest Women of All Time" list.NEWS,weblink 100 Hottest Women of All-Time, December 10, 2011, Men's Health (magazine), Men's Health, US, December 10, 2011,

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. NEWS, Schreffler, Laura, Why Teri Hatcher Is Driving Around L.A. In A Vintage Van,weblink June 24, 2018, Haute Living, February 5, 2018, Hatcher, an enthusiastic baker who took cooking lessons, won the Food Network celebrity episode of Chopped.Holiday Chopped Celebrity episode Food Network 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

File:Teri Hatcher 2010.jpg|thumb|upright|Hatcher, with daughter Emerson, at the World of ColorWorld of ColorHatcher married Marcus Leithold, of Butler, Pennsylvania, on June 4, 1988; they divorced the following year.WEB, Teri Hatcher- Biography,weblink Yahoo! Movies, August 7, 2013,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130904033208weblink">weblink September 4, 2013, On May 27, 1994, she married actor Jon Tenney; they had a daughter, Emerson, born in 1997. They divorced in March 2003. In 2007, Hatcher began writing a column for Glamour magazine.WEB, Teri is new Glamour columnist,weblink Metro, May 14, 2007, August 7, 2013,

Filmography

Film{|class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col"|Year!scope="col"|Title!scope="col"|Role!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes 1989| Gretchen|Tango & Cash| Katherine "Kiki" Tango|| 1991Soapdish| Ariel Maloney|| 1992Straight Talk| Janice|| 1993Brainsmasher... A Love Story| Samantha Crain| Direct-to-video 1994| Dani Payson|1994| All Tied Up|Linda Alissio| 1996Dead Girl| Passer-By|Heaven's Prisoners| Claudette Rocque|2 Days in the Valley| Becky Foxx|| 1997Tomorrow Never Dies| Paris Carver|| 1999Fever| Charlotte Parker|| 2001Spy Kids| Ms. Gradenko|| 2007Resurrecting the Champ| Andrea Flak|| 2009Coraline| Coraline's Mother / The Other Mother (The Beldam)| Voice role| 2013Planes| Dottie| Voice role| 2014(Planes: Fire & Rescue)| Dottie| Voice role| 2016 Sundown | Janice| | 2019 Madness in the Method| Geena|">

Television{|class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col"|Year!scope="col"|Title!scope="col"|Role!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes| 1985–1986| Amy, Love Boat Mermaid| 19 episodes| 1986–1990MacGyver| Penny Parker| 6 episodes| 1986–1987Capitol| Angelica Stimac Clegg| 5 episodes 1987Karen's Song| Laura Matthews| 13 episodesNight Court| Kitty Daniels| Season 5, Episode 7: "Who Was That Mashed Man?" 1988CBS Summer Playhouse| Lauri Stevens| Episode: "Baby on Board"(Star Trek: The Next Generation)| Lieutenant Bronwyn Gail RobinsonThe Outrageous Okona (TNG episode)>The Outrageous Okona" 1989L.A. Law| Tracy Shoe| Episode: "I'm in the Nude for Love"Quantum Leap| Donna Eleese| Episode: "Star-Crossed" 1990Murphy Brown| Madeline Stillwell| Episode: "Fax or Fiction"Tales from the Crypt| Stacy| Episode: "The Thing from the Grave" 1991The Brotherhood| Teresa GennaroTelevision film>MovieSunday Dinner| T.T. Fagori| 6 episodesDead in the Water| Laura Stewart| Movie| Marissa| Episode: "Eclipse"| 1993–1997(Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman)| Lois Lane| Main role (87 episodes)| 1993–1998Seinfeld| Sidra Holland| 3 episodes 1998Since You've Been Gone| Maria Goldstein| MovieFrasier| Marie| Episode: "First Do No Harm"| 2000Running Mates| Shawna Morgan| Movie| 2001Say Uncle| Unknown | Movie| 2001Jane Doe| Jane Doe| Movie| 2003Momentum| Jordan Ripps| Movie| 2004–2012Desperate HousewivesSusan Mayer>Susan Mayer Delfino| Lead role (180 episodes)| 2004Two and a Half Men| Liz| Episode: "I Remember the Coatroom, I Just Don't Remember You"| 2010Smallville| Ella Lane| Episode: "Abandoned"| 2012Jane by Design| Kate QuimbyURL-STATUS=DEADTITLE=TERI HATCHER TO MAKE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT AND GUEST STAR ON ABC FAMILY'S 'JANE BY DESIGN' – RATINGS | TVBYTHENUMBERSACCESS-DATE=APRIL 30, 2012, | 2013–2014Jake and the Never Land Pirates| Beatrice LeBeak| 8 episodes; voice role| 2016–2017The Odd Couple| Charlotte| Recurring role (11 episodes) | 2017Supergirl| 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| 2023Fantasy Island (2021 TV series)>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 |date=February 2023}}
• 2011: Nominated — Favorite Online Sensation by the People's Choice Awards.

Accolades {| class"wikitable"

!Association!Year!Category!Title!ResultThe Great British Bake Off>The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C|2018The Great British Bake Off>Star Baker||{{Won}}Gold Derby Awards|2005|Comedy Lead Actress|Desperate Housewives|{{Nominated}}|2005|Ensemble of the Year|Desperate Housewives|{{Nominated}}Golden Globe Awards|2005Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy>Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical|Desperate Housewives|{{Won}}|2006Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy>Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical|Desperate Housewives|{{Nominated}}|Golden Raspberry Awards|1997Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress>Worst Supporting Actress|Heaven's Prisoners2 Days in the Valley|{{Nominated}}|Online Film & Television Association Awards|2005|Best Actress in a Comedy Series|Desperate Housewives|{{Nominated}}E! People's Choice Awards>People's Choice Awards|2006E! People's Choice Awards>Favorite Female Television Star|Desperate Housewives|{{Nominated}}|Primetime Emmy Awards|2005Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series>Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series|Desperate Housewives|{{Nominated}}|Prism Awards|2008Prism Award>Performance in a Comedy Series|Desperate Housewives|{{Nominated}}|Satellite Awards|2005Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy>Best Actress in a Series – Comedy or Musical|Desperate Housewives|{{Nominated}}|Saturn Awards|1998Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress>Best Supporting Actress|Tomorrow Never Dies|{{Nominated}}Screen Actors Guild Awards|2005|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series|Desperate Housewives|{{Won}}|2005Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series>Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Desperate Housewives|{{Won}}|2006Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series>Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Desperate Housewives|{{Won}}|2007Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series>Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Desperate Housewives|{{Nominated}}|2008Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series>Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Desperate Housewives|{{Nominated}}|2009Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series>Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Desperate Housewives|{{Nominated}}Teen Choice Awards|2006Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress Comedy>Choice TV Actress – Comedy|Desperate Housewives|{{Nominated}}|2017Teen Choice Award for Choice TV – Villain>Choice TV – VillainSupergirl (TV series)>Supergirl|{{Nominated}}TCA Awards>Television Critics Association Awards|2005TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy>Individual Achievement in Comedy|Desperate Housewives|{{Nominated}}|Viewers for Quality Television Awards|1994Viewers for Quality Television>Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series|(Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman)|{{Nominated}}

References

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