| 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 "Tom" Pantaleoni (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)
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
Flying Blind Alicia (1992-93)
The Naked Truth Nora Wilde (1995-98)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
You Kill Me (9-Feb-2007)
Fun with Dick and Jane (21-Dec-2005)
Spanglish (17-Dec-2004)
House of D (7-May-2004)
People I Know (11-Oct-2002)
Hollywood Ending (3-May-2002)
Jurassic Park III (16-Jul-2001)
The Family Man (12-Dec-2000)
Deep Impact (7-May-1998)
Flirting with Disaster (22-Mar-1996)
Bad Boys (7-Apr-1995)
Wyatt Earp (24-Jun-1994)
The Counterfeit Contessa (4-Apr-1994)
A League of Their Own (1-Jul-1992)
Switch (10-May-1991)
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