Known As: Teri Hatcher
Birth Name: Teri Lynn Hatcher
Date of Birth: December 8, 1964
Birth Place: Sunnyvale, California, USA
Height: 5' 6''
Nationality: American
Education: De Anza College; American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco CA
Claim to fame: as Lois Lane Kent in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993)
Occupation: Actress

Teri Lynn Hatcher was born on December 8th, 1964 in Sunnyvale, California as the only child of a physicist father and a computer programmer mother. Born and raised in the San Francisco area, Ms. Hatcher began studying acting at the American Conservatory Theatre while pursuing an undergraduate degree in mathematics and engineering. Although she was planning to transfer to California Polytechnic Institute, she attended an open casting call -- as a favor to a friend who needed moral support -- for the Aaron Spelling production "The Love Boat", got a part in it, and ended up in Hollywood. During the 1985/86 season she played Amy, one of "The Mermaids", the Pacific Princess' very own dancing & singing group. She was even featured in an actual plot-line at one time! :-) After this screen debut Teri had several small guest roles in various TV series before making her motion-picture debut as a sexy, self-absorbed starlet in Christopher Guest's Hollywood satire, "The Big Picture," earning immediate acclaim as an accomplished and commanding performer with a gift for comedy.

She followed that success with a dramatic role as the sister of Sylvester Stallone's character in the film, "Tango and Cash," then returned to comedy with Sally Field and Kevin Kline in "Soapdish," and appeared opposite Dolly Parton and James Woods in "Straight Talk." She recently co-starred with Alec Baldwin, Eric Roberts, Mary Stuart Masterson and Kelly Lynch in the thriller, "Heaven's Prisoners." Teri's latest project was the James Bond movie "Tomorrow Never Dies" in which she played Paris Carver, the wife of 007's adversary, a role played by Jonathan Pryce She starred on Norman Lear's semiautobiographical television series, "Sunday Dinner," and has guest starred on such series as "Seinfeld," "Murphy Brown" and "L.A.Law.". An incourigible animal lover, Ms. Hatcher finds it impossible to resist adopting strays of all sorts. Her current menagerie includes two dogs, three cats, a cockatiel and a tortoise. Other favorite activities include skiing, golf, hiking and gardening.

After a failed marriage in 1988? to Mark Leithold that lasted only 10 months, Ms. Hatcher married actor Jon Tenney in May, 1994 with whom she currently resides somewhere north of Los Angeles. Teri and Jon's first child, daughter Rose Emerson, was born on November 10, 1997.