Teri Lynn Hatcher was born in Sunnyvale, California, USA on December 8,
1964 as the only child of Owen and Esther Hatcher. Her father is a nuclear
physicist and her mother is a computer programmer. She spent her childhood
dancing and fishing with her father. While at Fremont High School, she was
captain of the Featherettes, a dance team which had the look of regular
cheerleaders, with the exception of the large head dresses they would wear.
She was voted "Most Likely to Become a Solid Gold Dancer" by her graduating
class in 1982. Hatcher studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater
in San Francisco, while taking a degree course in mathematics and
engineering at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. She became a member
of the 1984 Gold Rush, the name of the professional cheerleading squad of
the American football San Francisco 49ers. Hatcher went to Hollywood to lend
moral support to a friend during a open casting call. She, however auditoned
and won the role of the singing and dancing mermaid for the televison
series, "The Love Boat." She married actor Jon Tenney in May 1994. She gave
birth to daughter Emerson Rose Tenney on November 10, 1997. Later, Teri
Hatcher signed to play Sally Bowles in the road tour of Cabaret. The tour
debuted in Los Angeles on March 2, 1999. Her final show was on September 4,
1999. |