Teri Hatcher was born on December 8,
1964 just outside of San Francisco, in Sunnyvale, California to
Esther and Owen Hatcher.
Even as a young girl, she always loved
dancing and entertainment. In Fremont High School (in Sunnyvale,
California), she was the captain of her school dance team, the
Featherettes (they were like cheerleaders, without the costumes).
After graduating H.S. in 1982, she
attended the De Anza College (in Cupertino, California) pursuing a
degree in mathematics and engineering. She also began to study
acting at the American Conservatory Theater at the same time.
In 1984, she became a member of the San
Francisco 49ers cheerleading squad (called the Gold Rush).
In early 1985, a friend was nervous
about going to an open audition, so she went along for support. By
the end of the day, she landed her first role on television as Amy,
the Love Mermaid on the popular television series, The Love Boat.
She also had a reoccurring role on the television series MacGyver
and appeared on seven episodes between 1986 and 1987.
In June, 1988, she began a short
marriage with Marcus Leithold. However, they divorced the following
year.
The role as a singing mermaid lasted
for two years. Afterwards, she appeared in a few television shows
and on the big screen. Her movie debut (although not a very large
part) came in 1989 as Gretchen in The Big Picture.
Her first big break came in 1993 when
she was given the role of Lois Lane on the TV series Lois and
Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. This venue gave her
exposure to a wide audience. As the internet became popular in the
mid 1990’s, so did a picture of her clad in nothing but Superman’s
cape and reportedly was the most downloaded picture at one time.
In May 1994, Teri married for the
second time to actor Jon Tenny. [Note: They were married at FAO
Schwartz toy store in NYC.] They had a daughter, Emerson Rose in
November 1997. They were divorced in March 2003.
In 1996, she took her acting on the
road portraying Sally Bowless in a production of the play Cabaret.
After being awarded the 1996 Golden
Globe Award for Female Discovery of the Year, Teri’s next big break
came in 1997, when she was thrust into stardom as a sex symbol as a
“Bond Girl” in Tomorrow Never Dies. She was nominated for the
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for this role.
During the late 1990s
and early 2000’s, she did miscellaneous movies and television
shows. Then in 2004, she received a really big break by getting the
role of Susan Mayer on the hit television series Desperate
Housewives. She has won many awards for this role including the 2005
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a
Television Series - Musical or Comedy, 2005 Screen Actor’s Guild
Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
(shared with cast), and the 005 Screen Actor’s Guild Award for
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series. She
was also nominated for the 2005 Golden Satellite Award for Best
Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical. By 2006 she was one of the
highest paid actresses in the United States.
In 2006, she revealed
in an interview with Vanity Fair that she had been sexually
abused as a child by an uncle. She helped to get him convicted after
he abused a 14 year old that wound up committing suicide.
Her first book,
Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life, was released in
2006.
She appeared on "Idol
Gives Back" in April 2008 and sand
Carrie
Underwood's "Before He Cheats."
[Fast fact: Teri's
daughter, Emerson Hatcher, is a big fan of
Justin Beiber.
The famous mom pulled some strings and was able to get her daughter
to meet the Canadian heartthrob in June 2010.]
Hobbies & Interests:
Her family, animals, and golf, triathalon (finished Malibu
Triathalon in 2h 6 mins in September 2009).
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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