Teri Hatcher

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Teri Hatcher (2010)
Hatcher at the 1995 Emmy Awards

Teresa "Teri" Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964 in Palo Alto , California ) is an American actress . Her best-known appearances were in the three television series MacGyver , Superman - The Adventures of Lois & Clark and Desperate Housewives as Susan Delfino and as the Bond girl in Tomorrow Never Dies .

Life

childhood and education

Hatcher was born in 1964 as the only child of Owen and Esther Hatcher in Palo Alto.

Hatcher attended Fremont High School. She later studied math and engineering at De Anza College in Cupertino , California. At the same time she studied acting under Annette Bening at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco . In 1984 she became a member of the San Francisco Gold Rush , the professional NFL cheerleading team of the American football team San Francisco 49ers . When she got the engagement for her first film role, she dropped out of her studies.

Beginning of the acting career

Hatcher made her acting debut in 1985 in the television series Love Boat as singing and dancing " Mermaid " Amy. This appearance then earned her other roles. In the MacGyver series, she had a recurring role as the naive, honest-hearted actress Penny Parker. This was followed by guest roles in other ranks, u. a. Starship Enterprise: The Next Century (1988), Harry's Miraculous Tribunal (1988), Back to the Past (1989), LA Law (1989), Tales from the Crypt (1990), and Murphy Brown (1990). She was meant to star in Crazy About You , but lost the role to Helen Hunt .

Her debut on the big screen she gave in 1988 in the Hollywood satire The Big Picture at the side of Kevin Bacon . 1989 played Hatcher in the action movie Tango & Cash Katherine, sister of Sylvester Stallone , and was next to Whoopi Goldberg , Sally Field and Robert Downey Jr. in the satire favorite enemies - A soap opera to be seen. For television she directed Norman Lear's series Always Sundays (1991) and the film The Perfect Murder (1991) and had guest appearances on the sitcoms Seinfeld (1993) and Frasier (1998).

Breakthrough as an actress

Teri Hatcher with actor Dean Cain

Her first notable success was in the series MacGyver, in which she played Penny Parker in six episodes from 1986 to 1990. In the television series Superman - The Adventures of Lois & Clark , she played the female lead with Lois Lane from 1993 to 1997 . In 1995, Hatcher played one of the bigger roles in Phil Joanou's thriller Mississippi Delta - In the Swamp of Vengeance . As partner of Alec Baldwin , she played Claudette, the Cajun woman of a gang boss played by Eric Roberts .

In 1997 she played the role of Paris, wife of opponent Elliot Carver, in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies . Hatcher later regretted playing the role of Paris Carver, saying, "It's a very artificial character and it's not particularly satisfying to play."

In 2001, she took on the lead role of single mother Jane Doe, whose son is kidnapped, in the action thriller Runaway Jane . In 2003 she played an FBI agent in Momentum .

From 2004 to 2012 she played one of the leading roles in the US television series Desperate Housewives . She was awarded the Golden Globe in January 2005 for portraying the single parent, clumsy, and relationship-stressed Susan Mayer .

In 2012, she starred as Kate Quimby on the ABC Family television series Jane by Design . She appeared in four episodes and directed one episode. Since 2016 she has played the role of Charlotte in the comedy series Odd Couple .

Private life

She married Marcus Leithold on June 4, 1988, and they divorced in 1989. From May 27, 1994 to March 5, 2003 she was married to the actor Jon Tenney , with whom she has a daughter (* 1997).

Hatcher made public in March 2006 that she had been sexually abused by an uncle when she was five years old and that she had suffered from guilt and suicidal thoughts all her life because of it . She initially kept silent about the incidents and only testified against her uncle in 2002, when another girl he had abused had killed herself at the age of 14.

Others

Hatcher is committed to charities, such as an initiative to protect children and campaigns against AIDS . The Aviva Center , a renowned rehab organization, presented her with the Spirit of Compassion Award in 1996 for her support.

As a stage actress, she celebrated success across America, especially because of her talent for dancing and singing, especially in the role of Sally Bowles in Cabaret .

On April 9, 2008 she sang the song Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood live on the American show Idol Gives Back .

As a singer, she appears with James Denton , who played her husband (Michael "Mike" Delfino) on the television series Desperate Housewives and who is a passionate guitarist, along with other celebrities in the charity rock group From TV . Here act u. a. Jesse Spencer (violin) and Hugh Laurie (vocals and keyboards) with.

Filmography

Movies

TV Shows

Publications

Awards

Web links

Commons : Teri Hatcher  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hatcher regrets Bond film . contactmusic.com, November 26, 2006.
  2. ↑ Teri Hatcher joins Jane by Design
  3. ↑ Biography In the IMDb
  4. ↑ BBC NEWS March 8, 2006: "Hatcher reveals child abuse past"
personal data
SURNAME Hatcher, Teri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hatcher, Teresa Lynn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Palo Alto , California , United States