Téa Leoni (born Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni, February 25, 1966) is an American television and film actress. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and went on to star in a number of TV series and movies, starting as Lisa DiNapoli in Santa Barbara in 1989. Her most commercially successful movie was Deep Impact where her character breaks the story on a comet which is going to hit Earth
In 1995, Leoni landed the lead role in the television sitcom The Naked Truth, playing Nora Wilde, a tabloid news journalist.
She married actor David Duchovny on May 6, 1997. On April 24, 1999 she gave birth to a daughter, Madelaine West Duchovny. Her second child, a son, Kyd Miller Duchovny, was born June 15, 2002.
TeaLeoni is an underrated comedic actress who's as smart and sexy as she is funny.
TeaLeoni had originally hoped to get her degree at Harvard, but after winning a starring role on the revamped Angels '88, she dropped her studies and took up the pursuit of full-time acting.
TeaLeoni was born Elizabeth Tea Pantaleoni on February 25, 1966, in New York City.
But by the time Leoni enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College to study anthropology and psychology, a career in entertainment was the farthest thing from her mind.
Though Fox pulled the plug after 22 episodes, Leoni made the most of the limited exposure, winning raves from critics for her knack for screwball comedy.
Leoni managed not to be completely overshadowed by her co-stars and five months later, popped back up on the small screen, in the starring role of the ABC series The Naked Truth.
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