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My Take
Teri Hatcher fascinates me as a study in reinvention. Most actors get one defining role; she landed two, a decade apart — Lois Lane in the nineties and Susan Mayer in the two-thousands — with a Bond film and the deliciously sinister voice work of Coraline in between. Television history is littered with stars who never escaped their first iconic part, yet Hatcher climbed back to the center of pop culture and collected a Golden Globe and back-to-back SAG Awards for the trouble. That kind of second act takes nerve as much as talent, and it is the nerve I admire most. She is durability personified.
Overview
Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Lois Lane on the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997). She also played Paris Carver in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Mel Jones and the Beldam in Coraline (2009) and Susan Mayer on the television series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), for which she won a Golden Glob…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Teri Hatcher
- Name (Japanese)
- テリー・ハッチャー
- Reading
- てりー・はっちゃー
- Born
- December 8, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Palo Alto, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 168 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / actor / model / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Fremont High School
- University
- De Anza College
Awards & achievements
- 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
- 2005 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
- 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | — | |
| Notable work | Desperate Housewives | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.