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Teri Hatcher: Snapshot

Name: Teri Hatcher
Date of Birth: December 08, 1964
Birth Place: Sunnyvale, Calif.

When Teri Hatcher won a 2005 Golden Globe for her role as Susan Mayer in the runaway success Desperate Housewives, she thanked ABC for giving her a chance "when I couldn't have been a bigger has-been." That refreshing self-awareness made her a hit (again) with Hollywood.

Hatcher's career began when she accompanied a friend to an audition to lend moral support – and won the part of a singing, dancing mermaid on Love Boat in 1985. But it was her turn as sexy, spirited Lois Lane in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman that made her a small screen star.

Since returning to the public eye, Hatcher has published a memoir (Burnt Toast) and is frequently photographed with her daughter Emerson, whose father is Hatcher's former husband Jon Tenney.

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Teri Hatcher: Five Fun Facts

She is on one of television's biggest shows, but that doesn't mean Teri Hatcher isn't frugal: "I don't spend my money on sports cars or new million-dollar houses," she tells PEOPLE in 2005. "I drive my cars for 10 years until they have 100,000 miles on them."
Supermom Teri Hatcher has been known to make cakes and lollipop ornaments for daughter Emerson's classes.
Teri Hatcher has admitted to a few Botox and collagen injections when she was a "mom in the real world" feeling "old, tired and ugly," she told USA Today in 2006. But she says she hasn't done anything to her face during her Housewives reign. "I want to see who I am naturally," said Hatcher.
The only child of a physicist and a computer-programmer, Teri Hatcher once dreamed of becoming a math teacher.
Nothing like her klutzy Desperate Housewives counterpart Susan, Teri Hatcher is a former professional dancer.

Teri Hatcher: Biography

1985: September
Career Afloat
After going on an audition as moral support for a friend, Hatcher lands her first TV gig as a singing, dancing mermaid on The Love Boat.
1986: February
The Big Mac
Hatcher appears occasional on MacGyver as ditzy Penny Parker – a gig that will last four years. In 1988, Hatcher goes on to marry personal trainer Marcus Leithold. The pair split within a year.
1991: May 31
Soap Star
Soapdish, a well-reviewed comedy in which Hatcher plays a small role along side Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Elisabeth Shue and Whoopi Goldberg, hits theatres. Though she's had bit parts in Tango & Cash and The Big Picture, this is Hatcher's first role in a major film.