My Babes List (#62)
#62 Tea LeoniTéa Leoni (born Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni on February 25, 1966 in New York City) is an American television and film actress. Her father was half Italian and half Polish, while her Southern-bred mother was of English descent.
A graduate of Brearley School and Sarah Lawrence College, Leoni went on to star in a number of TV series and movies, starting as "Lisa DiNapoli" on Santa Barbara in 1989. She starred in 1995's smash box-office hit Bad Boys, along with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Her most commercially successful movie was Deep Impact, in which her character, "Jenny Lerner," breaks the story of a comet that is going to hit Earth. She also starred in Woody Allen's modest movie Hollywood Ending, which also starred Allen himself and Mark Rydell. In 2004, she starred in Spanglish with Adam Sandler, Cloris Leachman, and Paz Vega (a Spanish actress with whom she spoke Italian off-set).
In 1993, she landed the starring role in Fox's Flying Blind, a short-lived sitcom.
In 1995, Leoni landed the lead role in the the television sitcom The Naked Truth, playing Nora Wilde, a tabloid news journalist. The show was a minor hit and lasted until 1998.
She married actor David Duchovny on May 6, 1997. On April 24, 1999, she gave birth to a daughter, Madelaine West Duchovny. Her second child, a son, Kyd Miller Duchovny, was born June 15, 2002.
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Jane Harper | |
| 2004 | Spanglish | Deborah Clasky | |
| 2004 | House of D | Mrs. Warshaw | |
| 2002 | People I Know | Jili Hopper | |
| 2002 | Hollywood Ending | Ellie | |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | Amanda Kirby | |
| 2000 | The Family Man | Kate Reynolds | |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | Jenny Lerner | |
| 1996 | Flirting with Disaster | Tina Cable | |
| 1995 | Bad Boys | Julie Mott | |
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp | Sally | |
| 1994 | Counterfeit Contessa (TV) | Gina Leonarda Nardino | |
| 1992 | A League of Their Own | Racine (1st base) | |
| 1991 | Switch | Connie (dream girl) |
Trivia
- An asteroid, 8299 Téaleoni, has been named after her.
- While on The Tonight Show starring Jay Leno, Leoni admitted that she had incorrectly filled out her 2000 general election absentee ballot. She had intended to vote for Al Gore, but instead accidentally voted for someone named "Howard" (most likely right wing Howard Phillips, of the Constitution Party).
External links
- Téa Leoni at the Internet Movie Database
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