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{{short description|American actress (born 1964)}}
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| known_for          = ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]''<br />''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''<br />''[[Desperate Housewives]]''<br />''[[The Love Boat]]''
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'''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 ''[[Production of the James Bond films|James Bond]]'' film ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' (1997), Mel Jones and the Beldam in ''[[Coraline (film)|Coraline]]'' (2009) and [[Susan Mayer]] on the television series ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' (2004–2012), for which she won a [[Golden Globe Award]] for [[List of Golden Globe Awards: Television, Best Actress, Comedy/Musical|Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy]] and three [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] (one as lead female actor, two as part of Best Ensemble), and was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]].

==Early life==
Hatcher was born on December 8, 1964, in [[Palo Alto, California]], the only child of Esther Beshur, a [[computer programmer]] who worked for [[Lockheed Martin]] and Owen Walker Hatcher Jr., a [[Nuclear physics|nuclear physicist]] and [[Electrical engineering|electrical engineer]].<ref name="actors">{{cite episode|title=Teri Hatcher|series=Inside the Actors Studio|series-link=Inside the Actors Studio}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cccco.edu/About-Us/Notable-Alumni/Teri-Hatcher|title=Notable Alumni, Teri Hatcher|website=California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office|access-date=2022-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406151151/https://www.cccco.edu/About-Us/Notable-Alumni/Teri-Hatcher |archive-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> Her father is of English, some Irish and Scottish ancestry, while her mother is of one half Syrian/Lebanese and one half Frisian ancestry.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Teri Hatcher|series=Inside the Actors Studio|series-link=Inside the Actors Studio|quote=My mom is French, German, Syrian and my dad is Welsh, American Indian.}}</ref>

Hatcher took [[ballet]] lessons at the San Juan School of Dance in [[Los Altos, California|Los Altos]] and grew up in [[Sunnyvale, California]].<ref name="actors"/> At [[De Anza College]] she studied mathematics and engineering.<ref name=":0"/>

In March 2006, she alleged that she was [[child sexual abuse|sexually abused]] from the age of five by Richard Hayes Stone, an uncle by marriage who was later divorced by Hatcher's aunt. She said her parents were unaware of the abuse.<ref name="vanity">{{cite journal| first=Leslie|last=Bennetts|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/04/hatcher200604| title=Teri Hatcher's Desperate Hour|journal=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |location=New York City|date=April 2006|access-date=February 22, 2008}}</ref> In 2002, she assisted [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]] prosecutors with their indictment of Stone for a more recent sexual offense that led his female victim to commit suicide at 14.<ref name="actors"/><ref name="vanity"/> Stone pleaded guilty to four counts of child sexual abuse and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4784900.stm |work=[[BBC News]] | title=Hatcher reveals child abuse past | date=March 8, 2006 | access-date=May 25, 2010}}</ref> Hatcher said she told the prosecutors about her own abuse because she was haunted by thoughts of the 14-year-old girl who shot herself, and feared Stone might escape conviction. Stone died of [[colon cancer]] on August 19, 2008, after serving six years of his sentence.<ref>{{cite news | first=Sean | last=Webby | title=Child molester who Teri Hatcher helped put in prison dies of colon cancer | url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10265429?source=most_viewed | website=[[Mercury News]] | date=August 21, 2008 | access-date=August 21, 2008}}</ref>

==Career==
===1984–1992: Early work===
Hatcher studied acting at the [[American Conservatory Theater]].<ref name="Bio"/> One of her early jobs (in 1984) was as an [[NFL cheerleader]] with the [[San Francisco 49ers]].<ref name="actors"/><ref name=":0" /> From September 1985 to May 1986, she joined the cast of the TV series ''[[The Love Boat]]'' as Amy, one of the Mermaid showgirls. It mainly involved dancing and singing as part of the Mermaids show routine, but she had short comedic lines in some episodes, and in one episode was part of one of three storylines opposite a male guest star.{{Citation needed |date=February 2023}} From 1986 to 1989, she appeared in six episodes of the TV series ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'' as talkative but naive Penny Parker opposite [[Richard Dean Anderson]]'s eponymous hero.<ref name="Bio" />
[[File:Terri Hatcher "Karen's Song" (1987 FOX press photo).jpg|thumb|175px|Hatcher as Laura Matthews in ''[[Karen's Song]]'', 1987]]
In 1987, she played the sensible, intelligent 18-year-old daughter of [[Patty Duke]]'s lead character in the short-lived [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] comedy ''[[Karen's Song]],'' and had a guest-star role in an episode of ''[[Night Court]]''. In 1988, she made a short guest appearance in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[The Outrageous Okona]]" as Lt. Robinson. In 1989, she guest-starred in an episode of ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]],'' "Star Crossed," as the main character's mathematician/scientist future wife; and guest-starred as a nude beauty pageant winner in an episode of ''[[L.A. Law]]''. That year she also made her motion picture debut with a minor role as a young opportunistic actress in ''[[The Big Picture (1989 film)|The Big Picture]],'' starring [[Kevin Bacon]]. She then played [[Sylvester Stallone]]'s younger sister, a dancer, in the big-budget police action-comedy ''[[Tango and Cash]]'', also starring [[Kurt Russell]]; it was a critical and box office disappointment.

After a short guest appearance in an episode of ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' in 1990, Hatcher's next TV series role, in 1991, was in the [[Norman Lear]] creation ''[[Sunday Dinner (TV series)|Sunday Dinner]]'', a comedy. She co-starred as 30-year-old lawyer in a mostly physical relationship with a widowed businessman twice her age, played by [[Robert Loggia]]. The series had a brief run on CBS that summer but was not renewed.  She also acted in the television crime movie ''Dead in the Water'' (1991) in which she plays [[Bryan Brown]]'s lawyer's young, attractive temptress secretary, and in the low-budget erotic thriller ''[[The Cool Surface]]'' (not released until 1994), wherein she plays a young actress who has an ill-fated romance with an enigmatic, unsettled screenwriter. In late 1991 Hatcher was featured as [[Michael Bolton]]'s love interest in the music video for Bolton's hit song "Missing You Now".  In 1992, Hatcher tried out for the role of Jamie Buchman on ''[[Mad About You]]'' and made it to the final two choices, but lost the part to [[Helen Hunt]].<ref>{{cite book|title=TV Guide Book of Lists|year=2007|publisher=Running Press|isbn=978-0-7624-3007-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/tvguidebookoflis0000unse/page/252 252]|url=https://archive.org/details/tvguidebookoflis0000unse/page/252}}</ref>

===1993–1997: Breakthrough===
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Hatcher made a much-discussed guest appearance on a [[The Implant|1993 episode]] of ''[[Seinfeld]]'', in which her character, Sidra, breaks up with [[Jerry Seinfeld (character)|Jerry]] because she believes Jerry sent his friend [[Elaine Benes|Elaine]] into a sauna to find out if Sidra's breasts are natural or enhanced by surgery. The episode concludes with Sidra saying to Jerry, "By the way, they're real, and they're spectacular" as she leaves his apartment. Hatcher returned to play Sidra in brief scenes in two subsequent episodes: "[[The Pilot (Seinfeld)|The Pilot]]", the fourth season finale, and "[[The Finale (Seinfeld)|The Finale (Part 2)]]", the series finale.{{Citation needed |date=February 2023}}

Hatcher landed a starring role in the [[The American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television series ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'' as the ''[[Daily Planet]]'' reporter [[Lois Lane]] (opposite [[Dean Cain]] as [[Superman|Superman/Clark Kent]]) from 1993 to 1997.<ref name="actors"/> At the height of the show's popularity in 1995, a picture of Hatcher wearing nothing but Superman's iconic red cape<ref>{{cite news |last1=Power |first1=Shannon |title=Teri Hatcher speaks out on "breaking internet" with cape photo |url=https://www.newsweek.com/teri-hatcher-superman-cape-photo-1940151 |access-date=February 8, 2025 |work=Newsweek |date=August 16, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Newsweek is not generally reliable per [[WP:NEWSWEEK]].|date=February 2025}} was reportedly the most downloaded image on the [[Internet]] for several months. "It's a great shot," she said. "Not so much because it's me. It's just cool looking."<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.people.com/people/teri_hatcher/biography |title=Teri Hatcher biography| journal=[[People Magazine|People]]}}</ref> Hatcher also co-wrote an episode for season three called "It's A Small World After All" about a former classmate who shrinks and kidnaps her classmate's spouses and traps them in a dollhouse.

Hatcher hosted [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in 1996. Hatcher won the role of [[Paris Carver]] (beating [[Monica Bellucci]]) in the 1997 [[James Bond]] film ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''. Hatcher was three months pregnant at the filming's start. A publicist said the pregnancy did not affect the production schedule.<ref>{{cite news |first=Elizabeth |last=Johns |title=Teri Hatcher Pregnant |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=1d3ea90a-591b-4ae0-8578-2479539b09fd |website=[[E!]] |date=May 2, 1997 |access-date=January 5, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930203008/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=1d3ea90a-591b-4ae0-8578-2479539b09fd }}</ref> 
She was voted the [[FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (UK)|world's sexiest woman]] by readers of popular men's magazine ''[[FHM]]'' in spring 1997 after having been number four in 1996 and was number 15 in 1998; she also made the list's top 100 in 1999 and 2000.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=http://terihatcheronline.com/?page_id=69|title=Loading...|website=Terihatcheronline.com}}</ref> Celebrity Sleuth ranked her as its Sexiest Woman for 1997, the only year it ranked her in its Top 25 list.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amiannoying.com/(S(iy0jxcmrezurwtlaa0yoxwdk))/collection.aspx?collection=68|title=AmIAnnoying.com – Celebrity Sleuth's 25 Sexiest [1997]|website=Amiannoying.com}}</ref> The Australian version of ''FHM'' began a 100 Sexiest Women list in 1998 and Hatcher placed 25th on the list, but she did not make the next list published in 2000.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.amiannoying.com/(S(etbtsi2sich5sttkj14ak132))/view.aspx?ID=308|title=AmIAnnoying.com|website=Amiannoying.com}}</ref>

Hatcher also appeared in films such as ''[[Spy Kids (film)|Spy Kids]]'' (2001), and played a villain in two crime dramas, the ensemble ''[[2 Days in the Valley]]'' (1996), a moderate box office success, and ''[[Heaven's Prisoners]]'' (1996), co-starring [[Alec Baldwin]], which failed at the box office.

Hatcher appeared in a series of [[RadioShack]] television commercials alongside [[National Football League]] player [[Howie Long]].

===2004–2012: Commercial success with ''Desperate Housewives''===
[[File:Teri Hatcher 2008 Emmy Awards.JPG|thumb|Hatcher at [[60th Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 2008|upright]]
She beat four other actresses for one of the lead roles on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'',{{r|Bio}} in which she starred as [[Susan Mayer]], a role for which she won the [[List of Golden Globe Awards: Television, Best Actress, Comedy/Musical|Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy]] [[Golden Globe Award]] in [[63rd Golden Globe Awards|January 2005]].{{r|actors}} Later that year, Hatcher won the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award in the same category. In July 2005, she was nominated for an Emmy award as [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]], along with co-stars [[Marcia Cross]] and [[Felicity Huffman]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/14/emmy.nominations/index.html| title='Housewives,' 'Sellers' lead Emmy pack|date=August 30, 2005 |work=[[CNN]] |access-date=February 24, 2008}}</ref>

[[File:Desperate Housewives at 2008 GLAAD Awards.jpg|thumb|left|[[Dana Delany]], Hatcher, [[Brenda Strong]] and [[Andrea Bowen]] of ''Desperate Housewives'' at the 2009 [[GLAAD Media Award]]s]]

Hatcher again made FHM's [[FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (UK)|world's sexiest woman]] list in 2005 and 2006, placing at 63 and 81 those years, respectively.{{r|auto2}} The US version of FHM ranked her in its US's 100 Sexiest Woman list five times between its inaugural edition in 2000 and 2007, with peaks of number 7 in 2005 and number 10 in 2006.{{r|auto1}} and she was on the cover of the magazine's February 2005 edition.{{cn|date=May 2025}}  Hatcher also re-entered the FHM Australia's Top 100 Sexiest Women list in 2005 and 2006 ranking 19 and 50 those years. She made similar lists in the German and Portuguese versions of FHM those years. Maxim Magazine placed her in its Top 100 listing of Sexiest Women of 2006 (a listing they began in 1999) at number 73.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amiannoying.com/(S(0q5zbwdi3xg5nz00zpyyac1c))/collection.aspx?collection=6204|title=Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women [2006]|website=Amiannoying.com}}</ref>

As of April 2006, Hatcher was one of the highest paid television actresses in the United States, reportedly being paid $285,000 per episode of ''Desperate Housewives''. That year she was one of the three nominees for Favorite Television Performer for the People's Choice Awards and was again nominated for a Golden Globe as Lead Actress in a television comedy program.  In May 2006, she released her first book, ''Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life''.{{r|actors}}
Hatcher performed [[The Beatles]] song "[[Good Night (Beatles song)|Good Night]]" on the 2006 charity album ''[[Unexpected Dreams|Unexpected Dreams – Songs From the Stars]]''.
On April 9, 2008, Hatcher appeared on ''[[Idol Gives Back]]'', singing [[Carrie Underwood]]'s "[[Before He Cheats]]". She voiced the Other Mother, a mysterious, button-eyed figure, as well as Coraline's mother Mel Jones, who constantly shows Coraline "tough love," both in the 2009 film ''[[Coraline (film)|Coraline]]'', which received critical acclaim.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

In 2010, Hatcher made a return to the Superman franchise, with a special guest role in the final season of ''[[Smallville]]'' as Ella Lane, the mother of [[Erica Durance]]'s [[Lois Lane (Smallville)|Lois Lane]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://ew.com/article/2010/09/22/smallville-teri-hatcher-lois-mom/ |title='Smallville' Exclusive: Teri Hatcher to play Lois' mom! |date=September 22, 2010 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |access-date=January 23, 2017 |archive-date=February 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205022359/http://ew.com/article/2010/09/22/smallville-teri-hatcher-lois-mom/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="smallville">{{cite episode|title=Abandoned|series=Smallville|series-link=Smallville
|credits=Andrew Landis & Julia Swfit (writers); Kevin Fair (director)|network=[[The CW]]|airdate=November 12, 2010|season=10|number=8}}</ref> The episode continued a tradition of former Lois Lane actresses portraying the character's mother many years later. [[Noel Neill]] appeared as Lois' mother in the 1978 film ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman: The Movie]]'', and [[Phyllis Coates]] made a similar appearance on ''Lois & Clark''.<ref name="phylliscoates">{{cite episode
|title=The House of Luthor|series=Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman|series-link=Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman|credits=Dan Levine (writer); [[Alan J. Levi]] (director)
|network=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|airdate=May 8, 1994|season=1|number=21}}</ref>
[[File:Teri Hatcher 2009 whitebg.jpg|thumb|upright|Hatcher at [[Desperate Housewives]] Paley Fest in 2009]]

A report in November 2010 suggested that Hatcher, along with co-star [[Felicity Huffman]], would be quitting ''Desperate Housewives'', but [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] denied the claim.<ref name="leavingrumour">{{Cite news | title = Hatcher and Huffman leaving Desperate Housewives: report | work = The Spy Report | publisher = Media Spy | date = November 22, 2010 | url = http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/11/22/us-hatcher-and-huffman-leaving-desperate-housewives-report/ | access-date = November 22, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203045217/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/11/22/us-hatcher-and-huffman-leaving-desperate-housewives-report/ | archive-date = December 3, 2013 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Hatcher later addressed the rumors of her departure from ''Desperate Housewives'', saying that "[t]here are not enough adjectives to describe how stupid, off base, and ridiculously untrue this is".<ref>{{cite news|title=Teri Hatcher Calls Reports Of 'Desperate Housewives' Exit 'Stupid, Off Base'|url=https://www.accessonline.com/articles/teri-hatcher-calls-reports-of-desperate-housewives-exit-stupid-off-base-93359|access-date=December 4, 2021|website=Access Hollywood|date=November 22, 2010}}</ref> However, after the show concluded in 2012, media sources revealed an apparent rift with her co-stars. It has been widely speculated that the cast did not get along well with Hatcher.<ref name="abcnews.go.com">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/desperate-housewives-dirt-unearthed-series-finale/story?id=16322258#3 |title='Desperate Housewives' Dirt Unearthed Before Series Finale|work=ABC News |date=May 11, 2012 |access-date=June 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/desperate-housewives-teri-hatcher-feud_n_1516007 |title='Desperate Housewives' Cast Saddened By Teri Hatcher Feud |publisher=HuffPost |date= May 14, 2012|access-date=June 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="nzherald.co.nz">{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/something-went-down-desperate-housewives-feud-revealed/COIKLK45TIASU7KDYALNYTUULU/ |title='Something went down' – Desperate Housewives feud revealed |publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=May 10, 2012 |access-date=June 17, 2013}}</ref> [[Eva Longoria]], [[Felicity Huffman]], [[Marcia Cross]], and [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]] gave thank-you gifts to the crew from the show which included a message with their names inscribed at the end, and Hatcher's name was distinctly absent.{{r|nzherald.co.nz}} ''[[TV Guide]]'' source, William Keck, revealed that "something went down" between Hatcher and the cast that caused a rift, and also observed how Hatcher would physically distance herself from the others during breaks in filming.{{r|nzherald.co.nz}} On her end, Hatcher said to TV Guide that "I will never disclose the true and complicated journey of us all, but I wish everyone on the show well."{{r|abcnews.go.com}}

In 2011, ''[[Men's Health]]'' magazine named Hatcher #38 on their "Hottest Women of All Time" list.<ref name="Men's Health">{{cite news|url=http://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/hottest-women-all-time|title=100 Hottest Women of All-Time|date=December 10, 2011|work=[[Men's Health (magazine)|Men's Health]]|location=US |access-date=December 10, 2011 }}</ref>

===2013–present: Post-''Desperate Housewives'' work===
Hatcher voiced Dottie in the films ''[[Planes (film)|Planes]]'' (2013) and ''[[Planes: Fire & Rescue]]'' (2014). In 2016, Hatcher had a recurring role as Charlotte, a successful single mother who becomes Oscar's ([[Matthew Perry]]) love interest in the second season of the comedy series '' [[The Odd Couple (2015 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]''. In 2017, Hatcher appeared as Queen Rhea of [[Daxam#In other media|Daxam]] in a recurring role on [[The CW]] series ''[[Supergirl (TV series)|Supergirl]]''.

In 2018, Hatcher debuted a [[YouTube]] channel called Hatching Change. After 132 segments, it ceased updating in 2022.<ref name="hautelivingwhyterihatcheris">{{cite news |last1=Schreffler |first1=Laura |title=Why Teri Hatcher Is Driving Around L.A. In A Vintage Van |url=http://hauteliving.com/2018/02/teri-hatcher-discusses-her-new-youtube-series-hatching-change/650889/ |access-date=June 24, 2018 |work=Haute Living |date=February 5, 2018}}</ref>  Hatcher, an enthusiastic baker who took cooking lessons, won the [[Food Network]] celebrity episode of ''[[Chopped (TV series)|Chopped]]''.<ref>[https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/shows/2013/11/teri-hatcher-chopped-celebrity-holiday-bash Holiday Chopped Celebrity episode] Food Network</ref> She also won the "Stand Up to Cancer" episode of ''[[The Great British Bake Off]]'' episode in 2018. Teri Hatcher narrated the "Hidden Worlds: The Films of LAIKA" exhibit at the [[Museum of Pop Culture]] in [[Seattle]].

In 2024, Hatcher portrayed Ruth Finley in the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] film ''The Killer Inside: The Ruth Finley Story''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/teri-hatcher-lifetime-movie-the-ruth-finley-story-1235907455/|title=Teri Hatcher To Lead Lifetime Movie About Woman Abducted By Possible BTK Killer|website=Deadline|first=Rosy|last=Cordero|date=May 7, 2024|access-date=June 29, 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Teri Hatcher 2010.jpg|thumb|upright|Hatcher, with daughter Emerson, at the ''[[World of Color]]'' premiere (2010)]]
Hatcher married Marcus Leithold, of [[Butler, Pennsylvania]], on June 4, 1988; they divorced the following year.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|title=Teri Hatcher- Biography|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/teri-hatcher/biography.html|publisher=[[Yahoo! Movies]]|access-date=August 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904033208/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/teri-hatcher/biography.html |archive-date=September 4, 2013}}</ref> On May 27, 1994, she married actor [[Jon Tenney]]; they had a daughter, Emerson, born in 1997. They divorced in March 2003.<ref name="Bio"/>

In 2007, Hatcher began writing a column for ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Teri is new Glamour columnist|url=http://metro.co.uk/2007/05/14/teri-is-new-glamour-columnist-350632/|publisher=Metro|date=May 14, 2007|access-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
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|-
!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Title
!scope="col"|Role
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1989
|scope="row"|''[[The Big Picture (1989 film)|The Big Picture]]''
|Gretchen Gorman
|
|-
|scope="row"|''[[Tango & Cash]]''
|Katherine "Kiki" Tango
|
|-
|1991
|scope="row"|''[[Soapdish]]''
|Ariel Maloney
|
|-
|1992
|scope="row"|''[[Straight Talk]]''
|Janice
|
|-
|1993
|scope="row"|''[[Brainsmasher... A Love Story]]''
|Samantha Crain
|
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1994
|scope="row"|''[[The Cool Surface]]''
|Dani Payson
|
|-
|scope="row"|''[[All Tied Up]]''
|Linda Alissio
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1996
|scope="row"|''[[Dead Girl (film)|Dead Girl]]''
|Passer-By
|
|-
|scope="row"|''[[Heaven's Prisoners]]''
|Claudette Rocque
|
|-
|scope="row"|''[[2 Days in the Valley]]''
|Becky Foxx
|
|-
|1997
|scope="row"|''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''
|Paris Carver
|
|-
|1999
|scope="row"|''[[Fever (1999 film)|Fever]]''
|Charlotte Parker
|
|-
|2001
|scope="row"|''[[Spy Kids (film)|Spy Kids]]''
|Ms. Gradenko
|
|-
|2007
|scope="row"|''[[Resurrecting the Champ]]''
|Andrea Flak
|
|-
|2009
|scope="row"|''[[Coraline (film)|Coraline]]''
|Mel Jones, Coraline's Mother / The Other Mother (The Beldam)
|rowspan="3" | Voice role
|-
|2013
|scope="row"|''[[Planes (film)|Planes]]''
|rowspan="2" | Dottie
|-
|2014
|scope="row"|''[[Planes: Fire & Rescue]]''
|-
|2016 
|scope="row"|''[[Sundown (2016 film)|Sundown]]'' 
|Janice
|
|- 
|2019
|scope="row"| ''[[Madness in the Method]]''
|Geena
|
|-
|2023
|scope="row"| ''How to Fall in Love by Christmas''
|Nora Winters
|
|}

===Television===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Title
!scope="col"|Role
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|1985–1986
|scope="row"|''[[The Love Boat]]''
|Amy, ''Love Boat'' Mermaid
|19 episodes
|-
|1986–1990
|scope="row"|''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]''
|Penny Parker
|6 episodes
|-
|1986–1987
|scope="row"|''[[Capitol (TV series)|Capitol]]''
|Angelica Stimac Clegg
|5 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1987
|scope="row"|''[[Karen's Song]]''
|Laura Matthews
|13 episodes
|-
|scope="row"|''[[Night Court]]''
|Kitty Daniels
|Episode: "Who Was That Mashed Man?"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1988
|scope="row"|''[[CBS Summer Playhouse]]''
|Lauri Stevens
|Episode: "Baby on Board"
|-
|scope="row"|''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
|Lieutenant Bronwyn Gail Robinson
|Episode: "[[The Outrageous Okona]]"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1989
|scope="row"|''[[L.A. Law]]''
|Tracy Shoe
|Episode: "I'm in the Nude for Love"
|-
|scope="row"|''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]''
|Donna Eleese
|Episode: "Star-Crossed"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1990
|scope="row"|''[[Murphy Brown]]''
|Madeline Stillwell
|Episode: "Fax or Fiction"
|-
|scope="row"|''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''
|Stacy
|Episode: "The Thing from the Grave"
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1991
|scope="row"|''The Brotherhood''
|Teresa Gennaro
|[[Television film]]
|-
|scope="row"|''[[Sunday Dinner (TV series)|Sunday Dinner]]''
|T.T. Fagori
|6 episodes
|-
|scope="row"|''[[Dead in the Water (1991 film)|Dead in the Water]]''
|Laura Stewart
|Television film
|-
|scope="row"|''[[The Exile (TV series)|The Exile]]''
|Marissa
|Episode: "Eclipse"
|-
|1993–1997
|scope="row"|''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]''
|[[Lois Lane]]
|Main role (87 episodes)
|-
|1993–1998
|scope="row"|''[[Seinfeld]]''
|Sidra Holland
|3 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1998
|scope="row"|''[[Since You've Been Gone (film)|Since You've Been Gone]]''
|Maria Goldstein
|Television film
|-
|scope="row"|''[[Frasier]]''
|Marie
|Episode: "First Do No Harm"
|-
|2000
|scope="row"|''[[Running Mates (2000 film)|Running Mates]]''
|Shawna Morgan
|rowspan="4" | Television film
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2001
|scope="row"|''Say Uncle''
|Unknown 
|-
|scope="row"|''[[Jane Doe (2001 film)|Jane Doe]]''
|Jane Doe
|-
|2003
|scope="row"|''[[Momentum (2003 film)|Momentum]]''
|Jordan Ripps
|-
|2004–2012
|scope="row"|''[[Desperate Housewives]]''
|[[Susan Mayer|Susan Mayer Delfino]]
|Lead role (180 episodes)
|-
|2004
|scope="row"|''[[Two and a Half Men]]''
|Liz
|Episode: "I Remember the Coatroom, I Just Don't Remember You"
|-
|2010
|scope="row"|''[[Smallville]]''
|Ella Lane
|Episode: "Abandoned"
|-
|2012
|scope="row"|''[[Jane by Design]]''
|Kate Quimby
|4 episodes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/30/teri-hatcher-to-make-directorial-debut-and-guest-star-on-abc-familys-jane-by-design/131441/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508212623/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/30/teri-hatcher-to-make-directorial-debut-and-guest-star-on-abc-familys-jane-by-design/131441/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2012|title=Teri Hatcher to Make Directorial Debut and Guest Star on ABC Family's 'Jane By Design' – Ratings|publisher=Zap2it|access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|2013–2014
|scope="row"|''[[Jake and the Never Land Pirates]]''
|Beatrice LeBeak
|Voice role (8 episodes)
|-
|2014
|scope="row"|''[[Stan Lee's Mighty 7#Animated film|Stan Lee's Mighty 7]]''
|Silver Skylark
|Voice role; television special
|-
|2016–2017
|scope="row"|''[[The Odd Couple (2015 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]''
|Charlotte
|Recurring role (11 episodes) 
|-
|2017
|scope="row"|''[[Supergirl (TV series)|Supergirl]]''
|Rhea
|Recurring role (8 episodes)
|-
|2018
|scope="row"|''[[QI (TV series)|QI]]''
|Herself
|Panelist (1 episode)
|-
|2021
|''A Kiss Before Christmas'' 
|Joyce
|rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
|2022
|''Mid-Love Crisis''
|Mindy Quinn
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2023
|''[[Fantasy Island (2021 TV series)|Fantasy Island]]''
|Dolly
|Episode: "Paymer vs. Paymer"
|-
|''Christmas at the Chalet''
|Lex Riley
|Television film
|-
|2024–present
|''[[WondLa (TV series)|WondLa]]''
|Muthr
|Main voice role (14 episodes)
|-
|2024
|''The Killer Inside: The Ruth Finley Story''
|Ruth Finley<ref>{{cite web | url=https://lifetimeuncorked.com/2024/06/29/the-killer-inside-the-ruth-finley-story-2024-lifetime/ | title=The Killer Inside: The Ruth Finley Story (2024 Lifetime) - Lifetime Uncorked | date=June 29, 2024 }}</ref>
|Television film
|}

==Awards and nominations==
=== Honors ===
* 1996: Honored as the Female Discovery of the Year by the [[Golden Apple Award]]s.{{Citation needed |date=February 2023}} 
* 2011: Nominated — Favorite Online Sensation by the [[E! People's Choice Awards|People's Choice Awards]].

=== Accolades ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Association
!Year
!Category
!Title
!Result
|-
|[[The Great British Bake Off|''The Great Celebrity Bake Off'' for SU2C]]
|2018
|Star Baker
|
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |Gold Derby Awards
|2005
|Comedy Lead Actress
| rowspan="4" |''[[Desperate Housewives]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2005
|Ensemble of the Year
|{{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Golden Globe Awards]]
|[[62nd Golden Globe Awards|2005]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[63rd Golden Globe Awards|2006]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Golden Raspberry Awards]]
|[[17th Golden Raspberry Awards|1997]]
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Worst Supporting Actress]]
|''[[Heaven's Prisoners]]''
''[[2 Days in the Valley]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|Online Film & Television Association Awards
|2005
|Best Actress in a Comedy Series
| rowspan="5" |''Desperate Housewives''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[People's Choice Awards]]
|[[32nd People's Choice Awards|2006]]
|Favorite Female Television Star
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[57th Primetime Emmy Awards|2005]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Prism Awards]]
|2008
|Performance in a Comedy Series
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Satellite Awards]]
|[[9th Golden Satellite Awards|2005]]
|[[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Series – Comedy or Musical]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Saturn Awards]]
|[[24th Saturn Awards|1998]]
|[[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s
| rowspan="2" |[[11th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2005]]
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series]]
| rowspan="7" |''Desperate Housewives''
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[12th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2006]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[13th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2007]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[14th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2008]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[15th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2009]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Teen Choice Awards]]
|[[2006 Teen Choice Awards|2006]]
|[[Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress Comedy|Choice TV Actress – Comedy]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[2017 Teen Choice Awards|2017]]
|[[Teen Choice Award for Choice TV – Villain|Choice TV – Villain]]
|''[[Supergirl (TV series)|Supergirl]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[TCA Awards|Television Critics Association Awards]]
|[[21st TCA Awards|2005]]
|[[TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy|Individual Achievement in Comedy]]
|''Desperate Housewives''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Viewers for Quality Television Awards]]
|1994
|Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series
|''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{Twitter}}
* {{C-SPAN}}

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