Téa Leoni
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...
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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 live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.
I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.
I am not addicted to, attracted to, or neurotically pursuing stardom.
I am not addicted to, attracted to, or neurotically pursuing stardom.
It's kind of fun to be sexy.
It's kind of fun to be sexy.
I don't mean to be presumptuous that men don't feel this, I don't mean this, but I found that when m...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 «
David. The best thing about marriage is David's sense of humor. (When asked what is the best thing a...Show more »
David. The best thing about marriage is David's sense of humor. (When asked what is the best thing about marriage to David Duchovny). Show less «
And I thought, you know, I have to say that maybe the whacked out mother is my new favorite role, bu...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 have always loathed working out.
I have always loathed working out.
I think getting over opening night, his first opening night of his life, was a huge milestone. And h...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 «
But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny.
But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny.
Yes, I guess I am bi-coastal.
Yes, I guess I am bi-coastal.
I was desperate to go back to New York and when 9/11 happened, I feared moving to the bulls-eye and ...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 «
We have this incredible cast with Billy Bob Thornton, who is maybe my new favorite person in the wor...Show more »
We have this incredible cast with Billy Bob Thornton, who is maybe my new favorite person in the world. Show less «
It was just this interesting, my first, the first time you hear your child in any way criticize you....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 «
Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.
Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.
At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.
People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.
I'm not quite ready for a no makeup movie.
I'm not quite ready for a no makeup movie.
First of all, returning from motherhood, I was looking for something lighter, and I wasn't as much a...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 dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them,...Show more »
I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too! Show less «
Well what I will tell you is for this movie, I got into probably the best shape of my life.
Well what I will tell you is for this movie, I got into probably the best shape of my life.
I was one of the most brilliant liars as a child.
I was one of the most brilliant liars as a child.
Really it was the first time in my life that I recognized that acting is, I'm just going to say it, ...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 «
"Not to sound like a whore, but I've been with...I've worked with...some very attractive men. Nicola...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 don't do T&A very well because I haven't got much of either.
I don't do T&A very well because I haven't got much of either.
Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work.
Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work.
I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what...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 «
I'm not a huge fan of my work.
I'm not a huge fan of my work.
Shopping turns me off.
Shopping turns me off.
Well, I don't find glamour and clothing relevant.
Well, I don't find glamour and clothing relevant.
Sometimes, I feel that Manhattan in particular has gotten really tame and gentrified or something.
Sometimes, I feel that Manhattan in particular has gotten really tame and gentrified or something.
I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.
I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.
"I love tennis. I love very aggressive tennis, and I think I'm quite good. Golf, well, of course you...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 «
If I swim in the ocean, I have a shark thought. Not a bad one, but just a little one.
If I swim in the ocean, I have a shark thought. Not a bad one, but just a little one.
I don't think, there's no possible way for me, anyway, to play a character that I haven't found some...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...Show more »
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. Show less «
Hollywood means work and getting yourself out there, and for a while I pooh-poohed that idea. My ego...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 «
The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.
The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.
Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least ...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 «
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Annabelle: Creation
IMDb: 7
2017
109 min
Country: United States
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into ...
