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Téa Leoni
Age: 43
Height: 5' 8"
Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Born: Feb. 25th, 1966
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BIOGRAPHY: Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni was born in New York, February 25, 1966. Her father, Anthony Pantaleoni, was a corporate lawyer and her mother, Emily Patterson, was a dietitian and nutritionist. She attended but did not complete studies at Sarah Lawrence College. She started out in acting as Lisa DiNapoli in "Santa Barbara" (1984) in 1989 and followed up with small roles in Switch (1991) and A League of Their Own (1992).
In 1992 she starred in the short-lived sitcom "Flying Blind" (1992). In 1994 she appeared in Wyatt Earp (1994) opposite Kevin Costner and The Counterfeit Contessa (1994) (TV) opposite D.W. Moffett. In 1995 she starred opposite Will Smith (I) and Martin Lawrence (I) in the popular film Bad Boys (1995). She also had a guest appearance on "Frasier" (1993) that same year.
She appeared in many successful films after that, such as Flirting with Disaster (1996), Deep Impact (1998), The Family Man (2000), Spanglish (2004), You Kill Me (2007) and most recently, she starred in the film Ghost Town (2008) opposite Greg Kinnear.
Tea has been married twice. First to television commercial producer Neil Joseph Tardio Jr. from 1991 to 1995. Secondly to actor David Duchovny, with whom she had two children: Daughter Madelaine West Duchovny (born April 24, 1999) and Son Kyd Miller Duchovny (born June 15, 2002). They married in 1997 and announced in October 2008 that they are separated.
TRIVIA:
- Calls her children: West and Miller. It is tradition in their family, to use the middle names as a first name.
- Gave birth to second child, 7lb. 10-oz. boy, 'Kyd Miller Duchovny' (qv), in Los Angeles, 15 June 2002.
- (24 April 1999) Daughter, 'Madelaine West Duchovny' (qv) born.
- She has inherited the stage wardrobe of 'Sonny Bono' (qv). They are a perfect fit requiring no alterations. She wore a glittered suite once owned by Sony Bono on the _"The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (2005)_ (qv) broadcast on December 22, 2007. She demonstrated that the suits have Velcro fasteners to make it easier to quickly change outfits.
- Planned on majoring in anthropology and/or psychology, but dropped out of college at age 20 to do background modeling'.
- Grand-niece of 'Hank Patterson' (qv).
- Was going to be one of the new Charlie's Angels in the proposed "Angels '88", along with 'Claire Yarlett' (qv), but the series never got off the ground.
- Her father suffered from skin cancer.
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