Téa Leoni

In a relationship with Madam Secretary (2014) co-star Tim Daly since summer 2014.

Her paternal great-grandfather, Guido Pantaleoni, was an Italian immigrant who was himself of Italian and Irish descent. In the US he married Téa's American-born great-grandmother, Ellen Morton Colladay, who had German and English ancestry. Téa's paternal grandmother was the daughter of Polish parents. Her great-grandfather Guido was the brother of Maffeo Panteloni, a prominent economist in Italy. Her mother, who is from Texas, was adopted and did not know the names of her biological parents until they were located by the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012).

On October 15, 2008, she and David Duchovny confirmed that they had been separated for several months after Duchovny's much publicized sexual addiction. The couple publicly reconciled after his rehab period and were seen frequently together, but on June 29, 2011, it was reported the couple had again separated.

Inherited the stage wardrobe of Sonny Bono. They are a perfect fit, requiring no alterations. She wore a glittered suit once owned by Sony Bono on the The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) broadcast on December 22, 2007. She demonstrated that the suits have Velcro fasteners to make it easier to quickly change outfits.

Gave birth to her second child at age 36, son Kyd Miller Duchovny (7 lb. 10 oz.), on June 15, 2002, in Los Angeles. He'goes by his middle name Miller because of family tradition. Father was her second husband, David Duchovny.

She and husband David Duchovny appeared together on TV only once, when she played herself on the 2000 The X-Files (1993) episode, The X-Files: Hollywood A.D. (2000).

Her husband David Duchovny called her for his "Phone a Friend" lifeline when he appeared on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1999). When she couldn't offer him any help in regards to the question, she simply told him; "You're screwed, honey".

Her character in Deep Impact (1998) breaks the story on a comet which is going to hit the Earth and her character on The Naked Truth (1995) works for "The Comet".

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.

In 1995 she starred opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the popular film Bad Boys (1995).

In 1994 she appeared in Wyatt Earp (1994) opposite Kevin Costner and The Counterfeit Contessa (1994) opposite D. W. Moffett.

She also had a guest appearance on Frasier (1993) that same year.

In 1992 she starred in the short-lived sitcom Flying Blind (1992).

from 1991 to 1995.

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).

Was accepted to Sarah Lawrence College but dropped out after her freshman year to travel through Italy and Japan. It was following her travels that she ended up in Boston and, on a friend's dare, entered a local casting call for a new TV series to be called "Angels '88," a campy take on "Charlie's Angels" (1976). With no experience, she won the lead role but the series never materialized.

Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni was born on February 25, 1966 in New York City. Her father, Anthony Pantaleoni, was a corporate lawyer, and her mother, Emily Ann (Patterson), worked as a dietitian and nutritionist. She is of Italian (from a paternal great-great-grandfather), Polish, English, Irish, Scottish, and German descent. Téa attended but did not complete studies at Sarah Lawrence College.

Grand-niece of Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel of Green Acres (1965)).

Her grandmother, Helenka Adamowska Pantaleoni, co-founded what would become the US Fund for UNICEF in 1947 and served as its President for 25 years. Téa, herself, has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 2001.