Tea Leoni

Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni came into the world in New York on February 25, 1961. She is the daughter of a lawyer and a nutritionist, and although she began studies in anthropology and psychology in her youth, she soon abandoned them to dedicate herself to acting and earning some money. as a model in television commercials. During those years she married a merchant, but the relationship ended in 1995.

After appearing in series such as Santa Barbara or Frasier , and in low-budget telefilms, one of her first appearances in the cinema was with the film Ellas dan el coup de Penny Marshall , where she played a baseball player; but the truth is that on this tape, she barely said a sentence. Two years later, Lawrence Kasdan called her up for the adventure western Wyatt Earp , but her chance to break through came in the comedy-tinged thriller, Bad Boys , where she played Julie, a young witness to a murder who is protected by rogue cops, will smith and martin lawrence.

His discovery of comic vis helped him to star in other comedy films such as Flirting with Disaster , along with Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette , An Ending Made in Hollywood (2002), by Woody Allen , Dick and Jane: Laughing Thieves , along with the comedian Jim Carrey , or the funny Spanglish , where he shared the screen with the Spanish Paz Vega . In addition, she was given the leading role in the humor series La cruda realidad , which was on the air for three years.

In 1998, he wanted to save the world (on screen) with his role as a journalist in the science fiction film Deep Impact , opposite Vanessa Redgrave and Elijah Wood . He touched on other genres such as adventure with the third part of Jurassic Park (2001), or drama with Family Man , where director Brett Rattner appealed to the melodramatic tone with a ‘what would have happened if…’, in which Leoni played the wife of a Nicolas Cage who lived a double life. With Misdemeanors (2004) our actress worked alongside her husband since 1997, David Duchovny ( The X Files), who wrote and directed the film. Their marriage, from which two children were born, was one of the most consolidated in Hollywood, but in 2008, and after alleged rumors about the actor’s sex addiction, the couple announced their separation.

Téa Leoni is a comedy actress, and she is already preparing Manure , where she will once again awaken the laughter of those present. As curiosities, say that years ago she gave her name to an asteroid discovered after the premiere of Deep Impact , and that in 1994 she was a candidate to play Rachel in the sitcom Friends , a role that she finally fell to Jennifer Aniston . On the other hand, she is an active and sporty woman, and she regularly practices tennis and windsurfing.

Despite not having stood out above other women of her generation, the pleasant presence of this actress on the screen is appreciated. Her specialty is friendly films, and her roles are those of an independent, confident woman with a touch of sympathetic mischief.