Teri Hatcher

Teri Hatcher

Date of Birth
December 8, 1964, Palo Alto, California, USA

Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Biography
Teri Hatcher is an American actress, writer, presenter, and former NFL cheerleader. She is known for her television roles, portraying Lois Lane on the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997), and as Susan Mayer on the television series Desperate Housewives (2004-2012), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Teri Lynn Hatcher was born in Palo Alto, California, the only child of Esther (Beshur), a computer programmer, and Owen Walker Hatcher, Jr., a nuclear physicist and electrical engineer. She has Syrian (from her immigrant maternal grandfather), Irish, English, and Czech ancestry. Teri grew up in Sunnyvale, California, and spent her childhood dancing, and fishing with her father. While at Fremont High School, she was captain of the Featherettes, a dance team that had the look of regular cheerleaders, with the exception of the large headdresses they wore. She was voted "Most Likely to Become a Solid Gold (1980) Dancer" by her graduating class in 1982. Hatcher studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco while taking a degree course in mathematics and engineering at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. She became a member of the 1984 Gold Rush, the name of the professional cheer leading squad of the American football San Francisco 49ers.

Hatcher went to Hollywood to lend moral support to a friend during a open casting call. She, however, auditioned and won the role of the singing and dancing mermaid for the television series The Love Boat (1977). She went on to play "Penny Parker," a ditsy but sweet-hearted struggling actress on MacGyver (1985). When that show ended, she auditioned for and won the role of smart and savvy "Lois Lane" on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993), saying that she didn't want to be stuck with the pretty airhead image she had acquired as "Penny Parker."

She married actor Jon Tenney in May 1994. She gave birth to daughter Emerson Tenney on November 10, 1997. Later, she signed to play "Sally Bowles" in a road tour of Cabaret. The tour debuted in Los Angeles on March 2, 1999. Her final show was on September 4, 1999. She stayed out of the industry for a little bit before nabbing a role on the darkly comedic soap opera Desperate Housewives (2004), which could have been a huge mistake. The show turned out to be a mega-hit, which skyrocketed Hatcher to the A-list. Her portrayal of a divorced mother, "Susan Mayer," was consistently named as America's favorite "Desperate Housewife." Hatcher won both a Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and the SAG Award for Female Actor in a Comedy Series before the show's first season was even over.

**DarkDefender85** · 8th January 2009, 12:37

Very nice! Thanks alot!

CB · 20th January 2009, 15:05

WASHINGTON - JANUARY 19: Actress Teri Hatcher attends the Post Pre-Inaugural Ball hosted by The Huffington Post and MySpace at The Newseum on January 19, 2009 in Washington, DC.

**jacksboots** · 20th January 2009, 17:02

How is something post pre?

**DarkDefender85** · 20th January 2009, 19:33

Thank for these!

CB · 26th January 2009, 14:18

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 25: Actress Teri Hatcher arrives at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.

CB · 29th January 2009, 16:33

Teri Hatcher visits The Chinese Theatre
Hollywood, CA USA
2009-01-28

**DarkDefender85** · 29th January 2009, 22:29

Thanks alot for these!

CB · 22nd February 2009, 16:09

SANTA MONICA, CA - FEBRUARY 21: Actress Teri Hatcher arrives at the 24th Annual Film Independent's Spirit Awards held at Santa Monica Beach on February 21, 2009 in Santa Monica, California.

**jimaroon** · 22nd February 2009, 16:32

**DarkDefender85** · 22nd February 2009, 20:59

Great shots of Teri!

**jimaroon** · 24th February 2009, 12:26

Teri Hatcher arrives at the "Night To Make A Difference" Oscar viewing party held at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills on February 22:

CB · 1st March 2009, 15:20

LAS VEGAS - FEBRUARY 28: Actress Teri Hatcher arrives at the Bellagio for the 13th annual Power of Love gala to benefit the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health February 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada

**DarkDefender85** · 2nd March 2009, 21:03

Thanks alot for these!

CB · 29th March 2009, 15:23

March 27, 2009 Beverly Hills, Ca.
Teri Hatcher
Starlight Children's Foundation's Annual "A Stellar Night" Gala held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel

CB · 3rd April 2009, 18:20

HOLLYWOOD - APRIL 02: Actress Terri Hatcher attends the "Hannah Montana The Movie" Premiere at the El Capitan Theatre, 2 April, 2009 in Hollywood, California

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