Tea Leoni AKA Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni Born: 25-Feb-1966 Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States Executive summary: Nora Wilde on The Naked Truth Before becoming an actress, Tea Leoni taught English in Japan, and got her first acting work in a Japanese soap opera. After returning to America, she was "discovered" in a nationwide talent search for a Fox version of Charlie's Angels in 1988. When the network changed its mind, the pilot was never filmed. She is best known for playing Nora Wilde on the sitcom The Naked Truth, a show created and produced by her then-boyfriend, Chris Thompson. She played a hooker in Wyatt Earp, and helped Will Smith and Martin Lawrence find the killers in Bad Boys. In Spanglish, she played Adam Sandler's dissatisfied wife.
Leoni's grandmother, Helenka Adamowska, was a Broadway actress, and appeared in silent films of the 1920s. Father: Anthony Pantaleoni (attorney) Mother: Emily Pantaleoni (dietician) Brother: Thomas Pantaleoni ("Tom", owns an antique store) Boyfriend: Colin Irving (son of novelist John Irving, dated in high school) Boyfriend: Chris Thompson (producer, The Naked Truth, b. 1952, dated 1995-96) Husband: Neil Joseph Tardio (director of TV commercials, m. 1992, div. Oct-1995) Husband: David Duchovny (actor, m. 6-May-1997, div. 2014, one daughter, one son) Daughter: Madelaine West Duchovny (b. 24-Apr-1999) Son: Kyd Miller Duchovny (b. 15-Jun-2002)
High School: Putney School, Putney, VT (1984) University: Sarah Lawrence College (dropped out)
Asteroid Namesake 8299 Téaleoni Risk Factors: Vegetarian, Smoking
TELEVISION Madam Secretary Elizabeth McCord (2014-) Flying Blind Alicia (1992-93) The Naked Truth Nora Wilde (1995-98)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Tower Heist (2-Nov-2011) · Special Agent Claire Denham The Smell of Success (20-Jan-2009) Ghost Town (5-Sep-2008) You Kill Me (9-Feb-2007) · Laurel Fun with Dick and Jane (21-Dec-2005) Spanglish (17-Dec-2004) · Deborah Clasky House of D (7-May-2004) · Mrs. Warshaw People I Know (11-Oct-2002) · Jilli Hopper Hollywood Ending (3-May-2002) Jurassic Park III (16-Jul-2001) · Amanda Kirby The Family Man (12-Dec-2000) Deep Impact (7-May-1998) · Jenny Lerner Flirting with Disaster (22-Mar-1996) · Tina Bad Boys (7-Apr-1995) · Julie Mott Wyatt Earp (24-Jun-1994) The Counterfeit Contessa (4-Apr-1994) A League of Their Own (1-Jul-1992) Switch (10-May-1991) · Dream Girl
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