Teri Hatcher

Teri Hatcher is an American writer, presenter, actress and a former NFL cheerleader. She is known for acting on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives as Susan Mayer and portraying on the ABC Comedy-drama series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Lois Lane. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work on the Desperate Housewives, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and also a Primetime Emmy.

The actress earned a considerable amount of net worth from her illustrious acting career. 

Early Life, Bio, And Education Of Teri Hatcher 

Teri Hatcher was born Teri Lynn Hatcher on 8th  December 1964 in Palo Alto, California, United States. She is the daughter of Esther Beshur and Owen Walker Hatcher. Her father Esther was a computer programmer who worked for Lockheed Martin and her mother Walker Hatcher was a nuclear physicist and electrical engineer. Her father belongs to  English, Welsh, and Irish descent, and her mother is of half Syrian and half Czech and Irish ancestry. She was raised up along with her family in  Palo Alto, California. 

During her childhood, Hatcher used to dance and go for fishing with her father. She learned ballet dancing in Los Altos at the San Juan school of dance. She grew up in California and attended several schools in Sunnyvale like Mango Junior High (now Sunnyvale Middle School) and Fremont High School. 

Following her schooling, Hatcher went on to study mathematics and engineering at De Anza College in Cupertino. 

Hatcher said in March 2006, that she had been sexually abused by her uncle Richard Hayes Stone from the age of five, who was later given divorce by her aunt. She claimed that her parents had no information about the abuse. Later on, in 2002 she helped Santa Clara County and her prosecutors to file a case against Stone for a more recent abuse that led the female victim of age 11 to lose her life by committing suicide.

Stone was given a punishment of 14 years of imprisonment for the sexual exploitation of four children. He died during the imprisonment of colon cancer after staying 6 years at the jail.

Teri Hatcher's Professional Career

Teri Hatcher started her acting career in 1984 as a cheerleader in NFL with the San Francisco 49ers. From September 1985 to May 1986, she featured in the TV series The Love Boat playing the role of Amy. She also appeared in the recurring role from 1986 to 1989 on a TV series MacGyver.

In 1987, Hatcher acted in the short-lived Fox comedy Karen’s Song as the daughter of Patty Duke’s lead character. She made her guest appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation as Lt. Robinson, in 1988. Again in 1989, she guest starred in Star-Crossed. In 1991, she acted in Hatcher’s next TV series Sunday Dinner.

From 1993 to 1997, Hatcher starred role of the Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane in rated ABC TV series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Her great performance in the series brought her more success. She shared the screen alongside Dean Cain, Lane Smith, and Eddie Jones. 

In 1997, The actress appeared in James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. Hatcher also made an appearance in several movies like Spy Kids, Dead in the Water, Two Days in the Valley and The Cool Surface. She won the Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Golden Globe Awards in January 2005 for a role on ABC’s Desperate Housewives.

Again in the same year, Hatcher won the Screen Actor Guild award in the same category. In April 2006, she became one of the most paid television actresses in the United States. Hatcher published her first book Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life. She had also done a hit film Coraline in 2009. She also voiced for a mysterious Other Mother, Tough L, ve and Button-eyed figure. 

Hatcher was listed as number 38 in Hottest Women Of All Time by Men’s Health on December 10, 2011. She was crowned Chopped Champion on December 1, 2,013 in the Celebrity Holiday Bash episode.

In, 2017, Hatcher played the recurring role of Queen Rhea of Daxam on the CW series Supergirl along with Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh, and Jeremy Jordan. 

In 2018, Hatcher also began a YouTube Channel under the title Hatching Change. 

Teri Hatcher's Net Worth 

From her successful acting career, the well-known actress Teri Hatcher has not only gained fame but also earned a large amount of net worth which according to Celebrity net worth is around $50 million. 

Hatcher was a cast on ABC's Desperate Housewives and she pulled a big paycheque of $375,000 per episode for her role on the show. 

Hatcher took her Studio City (LA) mansion for rent for  $25,000 per month. In 2000, She bought the 1960s home for $1.49 million.  

Hatcher also owns the Audi 5 which worth around $41,200. 

Teri Hatcher's Personal Life, Married, And Affair 

On June 1988 Teri Hatcher got married Marcus Leithold but the following year they got divorced. Again on May 27, 1994, she got married an actor Jon Tenney. She and her husband Tenney have a daughter named Emerson Rose who was born on November 10, 1997. But the couple did not last long and divorced in March 2003.

After her two divorces, Desperate Housewives started dating with her boyfriend director Stephen Kay. But the couple broke up after a few months of the affair.