Teri Hatcher is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and author. She gained attention for her role as Lois Lane in the television series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman co-starring with Dean Cain. Hatcher has achieved her greatest fame to date starring in the show Desperate Housewives, as Susan Mayer.

Hatcher has also appeared in such feature films as Spy Kids (2001), the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, Dead in the Water (1991), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), and Heaven's Prisoners (1996). Hatcher has also made a guest appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation and had a recurring role in MacGyver.
She also had a guest appearance in an episode of Seinfeld.

She now stars as the single mother Susan Mayer on ABC's Desperate Housewives, a role for which she won the Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Golden Globe Award in January 2005. In July 2005, she was nominated for an Emmy Award as Best Actress in a Comedy Series for the same role, along with co-stars Marcia Cross and Felicity Huffman, who won the award.

Public Name: Teri Hatcher
Birth Name: Teri Lynn Hatcher
Date of Birth: December 8th, 1964
Place of Birth: Sunnyvale, California

Filmography

1. Coraline, 2008
2. Resurrecting the Champ, 2007 
3. "Desperate Housewives", 2004-2006 TV Episodes
4. "Two and a Half Men", 2004 TV Episode
5. Momentum, 2003 (TV)
6. A Touch of Fate, 2003
7. Two Girls from Lemoore, 2003
8. Jane Doe, 2001 (TV)
9. Spy Kids, 2001
10. Say Uncle, 2001 (TV)
11. Running Mates, 2000 (TV)
12. Fever, 1999
13. "Frasier", 1998 TV Episode
14. "Seinfeld", 1993-1998 TV Episode
15. Since You've Been Gone, 1998 (TV)
16. Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997
17. "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman", 1993-1997 TV Episodes
18. 2 Days in the Valley, 1996
19. Heaven's Prisoners, 1996
20. Dead Girl, 1996
21. The Cool Surface, 1994
22. Brain Smasher... A Love Story, 1993
23. All Tied Up, 1993
24. Straight Talk, 1992
25. Dead in the Water, 1991 (TV)
26. "Sunday Dinner", 1991 TV Episode
27. Soapdish, 1991
28. "The Exile", 1991 TV Episode
29. The Brotherhood, 1991 (TV)
30. "Tales from the Crypt", 1990 TV Episode
31. "Murphy Brown", 1990 TV Episode
32. "MacGyver", 1986-1990 TV Episodes
33. Tango & Cash, 1989
34. The Big Picture, 1989
35. "Quantum Leap", 1989 TV Episode
36. "L.A. Law", 1989 TV Episode
37. "Star Trek: The Next Generation", 1988 TV Episode
38. "CBS Summer Playhouse", 1988 TV Episode
39. "Night Court", 1987 TV Episode
40. "Karen's Song", 1987 TV Series
41. "Capitol", 1982 TV Series
42. "The Love Boat", 1977 TV Series

Awards

1. Screen Actors Guild Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series "Desperate Housewives" 2006
2. Golden Globe Award Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series "Desperate Housewives" 2005
3. Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series "Desperate Housewives" 2005