Téa Leoni

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Birthday:

25 February 1966, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name:

Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni

Height:

173 cm

Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni was born in New York, on February 25, 1966. Her father, Anthony Pantaleoni, was a corporate lawyer, and her mother, Emily Patterson, was a dietitian and nutritionist. She is of Italian (from a paternal great-great-grandfather), Polish, English, Scottish, Irish, and German descent. Téa attended but did not complete studies at Sarah Lawrence College. She started out in acting as Lisa DiNapoli in Santa Barbara (1984) in 1989 and followed up with small roles in Switch (1991) and A League of Their Own (1992).In 1992 she starred in the short-lived sitcom Flying Blind (1992). In 1994 she appeared in Wyatt Earp (1994) opposite Kevin Costner and The Counterfeit Contessa (1994) opposite D.W. Moffett. In 1995 she starred opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the popular film Bad Boys (1995). She also had a guest appearance on Frasier (1993) that same year.She appeared in many successful films after that, such as Flirting with Disaster (1996), Deep Impact (1998), The Family Man (2000), Spanglish (2004), You Kill Me (2007) and most recently, she starred in the film Ghost Town (2008) opposite Greg Kinnear.Tea was married to television commercial producer Neil Joseph Tardio Jr. from 1991 to 1995. In 1997 she married actor David Duchovny, with whom she has two children: Daughter Madelaine West Duchovny (born April 24, 1999) and Son Kyd Miller Duchovny (born June 15, 2002). Show less «

I don't do T&A very well because I haven't got much of either.

David. The best thing about marriage is David's sense of humor. (When asked what is the best thing about marriage to David Duchovny).

"Not to sound like a whore, but I've been with...I've worked with...some very attractive men. Nicolas Cage...Al Pacino...Ben Stiller...and W...Show more »

"Not to sound like a whore, but I've been with...I've worked with...some very attractive men. Nicolas Cage...Al Pacino...Ben Stiller...and Woody Allen". Show less «

"I love tennis. I love very aggressive tennis, and I think I'm quite good. Golf, well, of course you can drink beer when you play that, but ...Show more »

"I love tennis. I love very aggressive tennis, and I think I'm quite good. Golf, well, of course you can drink beer when you play that, but I take it pretty seriously, and I'm quite good at that. And I'm a good swimmer, and I used to compete in windsurfing" (on the challenge of playing an athlete in Spanglish (2004)). Show less «

We have this incredible cast with Billy Bob Thornton, who is maybe my new favorite person in the world.

I think getting over opening night, his first opening night of his life, was a huge milestone. And he did it with such grace and flying colo...Show more »

I think getting over opening night, his first opening night of his life, was a huge milestone. And he did it with such grace and flying colors. I'm very proud of him. (about husband David Duchovny's off-Broadway debut). Show less «

Hollywood means work and getting yourself out there, and for a while I pooh-poohed that idea. My ego still doesn't get stroked by fame. But ...Show more »

Hollywood means work and getting yourself out there, and for a while I pooh-poohed that idea. My ego still doesn't get stroked by fame. But I've been guided by people who have told me if you aren't out there, then studios and producers are less likely to pull you in to the projects you might want to do. Show less «

I am not addicted to, attracted to, or neurotically pursuing stardom.

It was just this interesting, my first, the first time you hear your child in any way criticize you. It's the worst review of your life and ...Show more »

It was just this interesting, my first, the first time you hear your child in any way criticize you. It's the worst review of your life and it's really relieving to find out that they don't know what they're saying. Show less «

If I swim in the ocean, I have a shark thought. Not a bad one, but just a little one.

I don't mean to be presumptuous that men don't feel this, I don't mean this, but I found that when my child was born, my first child, it fel...Show more »

I don't mean to be presumptuous that men don't feel this, I don't mean this, but I found that when my child was born, my first child, it felt like my heart broke. Show less «

I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.

Shopping turns me off.

First of all, returning from motherhood, I was looking for something lighter, and I wasn't as much attracted to Kate as I was to the relatio...Show more »

First of all, returning from motherhood, I was looking for something lighter, and I wasn't as much attracted to Kate as I was to the relationship between the two people. Show less «

I was one of the most brilliant liars as a child.

At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.

I have always loathed working out.

I'm not a huge fan of my work.

Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was ...Show more »

Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link. Show less «

Sometimes, I feel that Manhattan in particular has gotten really tame and gentrified or something.

It's kind of fun to be sexy.

The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.

People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.

Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.

Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work.

And I thought, you know, I have to say that maybe the whacked out mother is my new favorite role, but I don't want to just do it and become ...Show more »

And I thought, you know, I have to say that maybe the whacked out mother is my new favorite role, but I don't want to just do it and become Nurse Ratchett. Show less «

I don't think, there's no possible way for me, anyway, to play a character that I haven't found some sort of sublime compassion for and I re...Show more »

I don't think, there's no possible way for me, anyway, to play a character that I haven't found some sort of sublime compassion for and I related to Deborah on a way that almost, initially, almost in a way maybe someone in the audience might. Show less «

But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up in. It's not 1973.

I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.

I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!

But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny.

I'm not quite ready for a no makeup movie.

Well what I will tell you is for this movie, I got into probably the best shape of my life.

Really it was the first time in my life that I recognized that acting is, I'm just going to say it, I am an artist, I have to do this, I hav...Show more »

Really it was the first time in my life that I recognized that acting is, I'm just going to say it, I am an artist, I have to do this, I have to do this. Show less «

I was desperate to go back to New York and when 9/11 happened, I feared moving to the bulls-eye and that was very hard because I have a lot ...Show more »

I was desperate to go back to New York and when 9/11 happened, I feared moving to the bulls-eye and that was very hard because I have a lot of family there and I really had to question what I didn't like about this community. Show less «

Well, I don't find glamour and clothing relevant.

I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was ...Show more »

I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point. Show less «

Yes, I guess I am bi-coastal.