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| "Let me just say that every cover of every magazine I've done has been airbrushed to death. No woman should walk around thinking that's what they should be. You shouldn't be beating yourself up."~ Teri Hatcher~ |
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Hatcher began her performing career as a young girl taking ballet lessons at the San Juan Girls' Ballet Studio in downtown Los Altos, California. She later studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater. One of her early jobs (in 1984) was as a cheerleader with the San Francisco 49ers. During this time she also appeared as one of the mermaids on the show Love Boat in its final season.  While probably most noted for playing Lois Lane in the TV series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Hatcher has also appeared in such feature films as Spy Kids (2001), the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, Dead in the Water (1991), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), and Heaven's Prisoners (1996). Hatcher has also made a guest appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation and had a recurring role in MacGyver, playing his friend Penny Parker. She also had a guest appearance in an episode of Seinfeld, in which her character, Sidra, broke up with Jerry because she found out Jerry was trying to have Elaine surreptitiously determine whether Sidra had breast implants. In one of the more memorable lines in the show, she declared, "Oh, and by the way: they're real, and they're spectacular." She also had a guest appearance in an episode of Seinfeld, in which her character, Sidra, broke up with Jerry because she found out Jerry was trying to have Elaine surreptitiously determine whether Sidra had breast implants. In one of the more memorable lines in the show, she declared, "Oh, and by the way: they're real, and they're spectacular." Hatcher has also appeared in a series of popular Radio Shack television commercials alongside NFL Hall of Famer Howie Long. The pair remain very close friends, and together have bought farm land on the outside of Los Angeles, with the intent of eventually raising endangered species. Hatcher said her plan to do so came about after reading an article featuring the world's top 25 endangered species.  Teri hosted Saturday Night Live in 1996. In 1997, Hatcher was voted "Sexiest Woman in the World" by the readers of FHM. She now stars as the single mother Susan Mayer on ABC's Desperate Housewives, a role for which she won the Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Golden Globe Award in January 2005. In 2005, Hatcher also won the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award in the same category. In July 2005, she was nominated for an Emmy Award as Best Actress in a Comedy Series for the same role, along with co-stars Marcia Cross and Felicity Huffman, who won the award. As of April 2006, Hatcher is one of the highest paid television actresses in the United States. She reportedly earns $380,000 per episode of Desperate Housewives. In May 2006 Teri released her first book, Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life, described as a personal, heartfelt, and light-hearted manifesto on life, love, and happiness. In conjunction with the book, Teri has also launched a line of apparel and merchandise. Furthermore she is prominently featured in an international campaign for Repeat Cashmere.
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| Teri Hatcher Information:
| | Full Name: Teri Lynn Hatcher | | Eye color: Brown | | Sign: Sagittarius | | Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) | | Nickname(s): Hatch | | Measurements: 34b-23-34 | | Notable feature(s): | Education: Teri attended Fremont High School. She graduated in 1982. While in highschool, she was caption of the Featherettes, the schools dance team. Her senior year she was voted "Most Likely to Become a Solid Gold Dancer
| | Favorite Movie: Tootsie | | Religious affiliations: | |
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| Teri as Author:
Teri released her first book, Burnt Toast: An Other Philosophies of Life in May of 2006 With this book, I truly hope to reach everyone that I don`t bump into on the street and share my story. - Teri Hatcher | | Political affiliation: Democratic | Personal interests/hobbies: Loves fishing. Has enjoyed it even before her teenage years. Teri collects salt and pepper shakers and received a very large pair of shakers as a gift from Ellen when she appeared on her show in June 2006.
Enjoys playing Golf. Dean Cain bought her a set of Ping golf clubs for her Birthday in Late 90`s.
| Charities/Causes:
| AmberWatch Foundation | Causes: | | AmericaShare | Abuse | | Band From TV Global Charity Trust | AIDS | | CARE | Cancer | | Charity Projects Entertainment Fund. | Children |
| Rape/Sexual Abuse | | Keeo Memory Alive | Conservation | | Make-A-Wish Foundation | Disaster Relief | | Nevada Cancer Institute | Education | | Save the Children | Enviroment | | Starligh Starbright Children`s Foundation | Family/Parent Support | | Tiger Woods Learning Center | Health | | Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance | Human Rights | | UNICEF | Miscellaneous | | V-Day | Missing Children |
| Poverty |
| Women |
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| On James Bond Movie Tomorrow Never Dies: "It`s such an artificial kind of character to be playing that you don`t get any special satisfaction from it." - Teri Hatcher |
| 1995 a picture of Teri wrapped in nothing but a Superman cape became the most downloaded image on America Online. It was reported to be downloaded on the Internet 20,000 times
Teri admitted on having a crush on her co-star Dean Cain (Superman) at the first auditions. (But they never dated)
I'll be forever grateful for Lois Lane, I have fond memories of that show and I made a lot of friends. I still get asked about it by fans now. There's even been talk of going back and doing some more – like TV movies - but I don't want to revisit her. I don't mind that people still think of me as Lois. I take it as a compliment. It just means I have to work harder to prove I can do much more than Lois, which I think I have- Teri Hatcher
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| Relationships Between 1985 and 1988, she had a relationship with her MacGyver co-star Richard Dean Anderson.
Teri married Marcus Leithold on June 4, 1988; they divorced the following year.
May 27, 1994, she married Actor Jon Tenney; they had a daughter, Emerson Rose, in November 10 1997, and divorced in March 2003.
She has also been dating Stephen Kay, who play Reginald, the Quartermaine`s butler, on General Hospital. Since then she and Stephen have broken up. |
| Hatch with her Daughter Emerson Rose |
| Teri has a piercing in her belly button Teri is very insecure about her body. In fact she refuses to wear a In bikini.
Teri suffered a fashion disaster right before she was set to appear at the 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards. She spilled champagne all over her gown after the limousine in which she traveling took a sharp turn
In, February of 2008, at the 12th annual Keep Memory Alive's 'Power of Love' gala at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Convention Center, Teri brought in 50,000 to raise money for those with Alzheimer's disease. The winning bidder got to have a dinner date with Teri.
Teri beat Monica Bellucci for the role of Paris Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies
Teri's Desperate Housewives co-star, Nicolette Sheridan, taught her how to horseback ride
Teri was the bridesmaid at her best friends wedding to Kevin Lyon. Teri also dated Kevin for 4 years before leaving to make a name for herself in Hollywood.
Was a San Franciso 49ers Cheerleader.
Teri studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She and actor Steven Schub were fellow classmates and Annette Bening was their teacher.
Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2005.
Received the "World Actress Award" at the 2005 Women`s World Awards in Leipzig, Germany. |
| Hatch: (about turning 40) I feel more comfortable with myself now. I don't know if I feel sexier. I feel more whole.
Hatch: I'm a woman who carries around all these layers of fear and vulnerability
Hatch: I feel like I'm too old to just have sex. I mean, I want to have sex, but with somebody who really loves me.
Hatch: (Talking about her life before "Desperate Housewives") I couldn't have been a bigger has-been. Two years ago I was crying on my kitchen floor thinking I'll never be able to pay my mortgage.
Hatch: I'd like to change my butt. It hangs a little too long. God forbid what it will look like when I'm older. It will probably be dragging along on the ground behind me.
Hatch: I'm a firm believer in putting your money where your mouth is.
Hatch: All I know is that I'm on that show every week and I'm, like, a big deal on the Internet. What more could I want?
Hatch: I am all about health... and to me, size is not what defines your health.
Hatch: I love clothes that when you put them on, you feel like you. I don't care whether anyone else likes them.
Hatch: I can't stand going to the gym. It freaks me out with all the germs.
Hatch: I haven't tried to kill myself, but I've certainly thought about it, and then I feel guilty about thinking about it, because what's so terrible about my life?
Hatch: I have no hang-ups about nudity, if there is an integral, honest reason for the nudity, I'll do it. But I'm not so free about nudity that I want to run around in the buff all the time, especially on film.
Hatch: I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I made. Desperate Housewives is perfect for me. I get to go back to work and still be able to take my daughter to school and pick her up.
Hatch (on her Desperate Housewives' character, Susan): We are similar in some ways, but I think where we most relate is that I can be incredibly well intended, try very hard to get something right, and it just goes wrong. You know? I'm unlucky that way and I think she's very unlucky
Hatch(Denying using Botox): I don't use Botox or Restylane and I've never had any surgery. A male friend in the fashion industry once asked me, 'Why is make-up any different to getting Botox?' I said I didn't think it was a fair comparison, make-up is removable, it's not permanent. But changing the natural chemical state of who you are? I'm not sure.
Hatch: I like to hike and work out at the gym, but I get bored easily. That’s when I started doing the stripping classes. It’s very much about empowerment and women of all sizes do it.
(about her molestation) James Lipton: Will it ever be gone from your life? Teri Hatcher: I don't think so... I don't think so. I think that whoever ends up in my life — my girlfriends, a man who I might be intimate with — I think they'll have to want to embrace it as part of me. I think it's better to embrace your experiences as a part of you, than try to compartmentalize them, and pretend that they don't exist... But it doesn't dominate me.
Hatch: I never thought I’d be over 40 and have no-one to go for dinner with, nor someone who loves me and who I trust, but here I am. Sad but true.
Hatch (About her adoption plan): Emerson and I have talked about it, she wants it to be a girl, and I think she’d be a great big sister.
Hatch: My advice, be healthy, reach your own goals and don't be afraid to impersonate a SNL star.. | |