Teri Lynn Hatcher

Teri Lynn Hatcher was born in Sunnyvale, California, USA on December 8, 1964 as the only child of Owen and Esther Hatcher.

Teri Hatcher began studying acting at the American Conservatory Theatre while pursuing an undergraduate degree in mathematics and engineering. 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 auditioned and won the role of the singing and dancing mermaid for the televison series, “The Love Boat” (1977). She went on to play Penny Parker, a ditzy but sweet-hearted struggling actress in “MacGyver” (1985).

She married actor Jon Tenney in May 1994. She gave birth to daughter Emerson Rose Tenney on November 10, 1997.

Hatcher won both a Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and the SAG Award for Female Actor in a Comedy Series before the show's first season was even over.