Teri Hatcher
Teri Hatcher (Role): Susan Mayer
Birthday : December-8-1964
Birthplace : Sunnyvale, California USA
Birth Name : Teri Lynn Hatcher
Recent Role : Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives
Gender : Female
Teri Hatcher, an American actress, took birth in Palo Alto, California. She was born to Esther, a computer programmer working with Lockheed martin and Owen W. Hatcher, a nuclear physicist and electrical engineer. Owen W. Hatcher was of Welsh and Choctaw Native American descent. Her mother is of half Lebanese and half French/German descent. She was the only one child of her family and was brought up in Sunnyvale, California. Teri attended Mango Junior High, Fremont High School in Sunnyvale and De Anza College in Cupertino.
In 2006, Teri revealed that during her childhood, she was sexually abused by her uncle. She studied acting at the American Conservatory Theatre. In 1984, she served as a cheerleader with the San Francisco 49ers. During that time period, she made an appearance on the show ‘The Love Boat’ in its final season.
In 1993, Teri Hatcher made a starring appearance on ‘Lois and Clark’ opposite Dean Cain. From 1993 to 1997, she was seen as Daily Planet Reporter Lois Lane on ‘Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman’. She got the role of Paris Carver, in the 1997 James Bond movie ‘Tomorrow never Dies’, kicking out Monica Bellucci. Her next appearances were on ‘Spy Kids’, ‘Dead in the Water’, ‘2 Days in the Valley’, and ‘The Cool Surface’.
In 1996, Teri made an appearance on ‘Heaven’s Prisoners’, co starring with Alec Baldwin. The lady has also made a guest appearance on ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ and also has a recurring appearance as Penny Parker on ‘MacGyver’. She was next seen on an episode of ‘Seinfeld’ as Sidra. She also appeared in a series of Radio Shack TV commercials alongside NFL player Howie Long. She next hosted NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 1996.
On ABC’s ‘Desperate Housewives’, she got the role of Susan Mayer and her brilliant performance earned her ‘Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Golden Globe Award’ in 2005. In the same year, she got Screen Actors Guild Award in the same category. In July 2005, Teri received a nomination for an Emmy Award as Best Actress in a Comedy Series.
She’s one of the highest paid actresses in US, earning $285,000 per episode of ‘Desperate Housewives’. She has also released her book ‘Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life’ in May, 2006. Teri Hatcher also made an appearance on ‘The Paul O’Grady Show’ in June 2007. She appeared on ‘Idol Gives Back’, singing Carrie Underwood’s ‘Before He Cheats’ on April 9, 2008.
She has had a relationship with her MacGyver co-star Richard Dean Anderson from 1985 to 1988. On June 4, 1988, she married Marcus Leithold and they divorced in 1989. She next married Jon Tenney, an actor on May 27, 1994 and has a daughter named Emerson Rose with him. They got divorced in March, 2003. The lady is also rumored to have relation with Stephen Kay. In 2006, she dated the radio host Ryan Seacrest. As of now, she’s single, spending most of time with her daughter.
Among her other acting credits are ‘The Love Boat’, ‘Capitol’, ‘Karen’s Song’, ‘Night Court’, ‘Missing You Now’, ‘The Big Picture’, ‘LA Law’, ‘Quantum Leap’, ‘Tango & Cash’, ‘Tales from the Crypt’, ‘The Brotherhood’, ‘ Soapdish’, Sunday Dinner’, ‘The Exile’, ‘Straight Talk’, ‘All Tied Up’, ‘The Cool Surface’, ‘Dead Girl’, Frasier’, ‘Fever’, ‘Running Mates’, ‘Say Uncle’, ‘Spy Kids’, ‘Jane Doe’, ‘A Touch of Fate’, ‘Two and a half Men’, ‘American Idol’ and ‘Coraline’ etc.
Role on ‘Desperate Housewives’
Teri Hatcher portrayed Susan Mayer on ‘Desperate Housewives‘. Professionally, she’s a children’s book illustrator.
