Nicollette Sheridan

Nicollette Sheridan (born November 21, 1963) is a British television actress. She is best known for her roles as Edie Britt on Desperate Housewives and as Paige Matheson on Knots Landing.

Early life

Sheridan was born in Worthing, West Sussex, England, the daughter of actress Sally Sheridan (née Adams).She attended school at Millfield in Somerset. In 1972, her mother was working alongside Greek-American actor Telly Savalas on the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The couple started an affair, and after completion of shooting Savalas moved the entire family to the United States.Her mother gave birth to a son, Nicholas Savalas on February 24, 1973.Nicollette speaks Greek, and considers Savalas her stepfather, although the couple never married. The couple separated in 1977 after Savalas started an affair with Julie Hovland after he started filming Kojak in New York city, and the family split their time between the United States and England depending on where their mother was working.

Career

Sheridan made her debut in the US primetime soap opera Paper Dolls in 1984, but her breakthrough came in 1986, when she joined the cast of the CBS primetime soap Knots Landing as "Paige Matheson". She started out in a recurring role, but was a series regular by the 1988-89 season. For her performance in the role, she won the 1990 Soap Opera Digest Award for "Outstanding Lead Actress: Prime Time" and the 1991 Soap Opera Digest Award for "Outstanding Heroine: Prime Time".The same year, she was named one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People".After the series ended in 1993, she appeared in several made-for-TV movies and the films Spy Hard and Beverly Hills Ninja and auditioned for the role of Grace Adler on Will & Grace (on which she would later guest-star).

In 2004, Sheridan's role as Edie Britt in ABC's Desperate Housewives brought her renewed media attention. She was nominated for a 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and was named #48 on Maxim's 2006 List.She was named 2004's "worst dressed" by Mr. Blackwell. She commented that: "I'd rather be number one on the worst-dressed list than number two on the best." Blackwell had earlier (TV Guide, July 22, 1989) praised her fashion sense: "daring ... with her panache, she brings it off without a hitch. For the adventurer in all of us, she's the one to watch.

Lawsuit

On April 5, 2010, Sheridan filed a $20 million lawsuit against Desperate Housewives creator and producer Marc Cherry and ABC, alleging that she was assaulted by Cherry on the set of the show and was wrongfully fired when she reported the alleged abuse to the network. In her lawsuit, Sheridan claimed wrongful termination, assault and battery, gender violence, discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation and age, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. She also claimed that Cherry was abusive to other cast members and writers. ABC responded in a statement saying that while they were unaware of this particular complaint, they had investigated similar claims made by Sheridan and found them to be of no merit.

The stars of Desperate Housewives (Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross and Eva Longoria) have pledged their support to help Marc Cherry in his battle against assault allegations made by Nicollette Sheridan. The lawsuit was still under way as of September 2010.

Personal life

From 1979 to 1985, Sheridan dated singer and actor Leif Garrett.Two decades later, Garrett credited Sheridan for helping him at the start of his career, and said of her "She's a special person in my life.

Sheridan was married to actor Harry Hamlin from 1991 to 1993.

She began seeing Swedish personal trainer Nicklas Söderblom in 2004 and became engaged to him on New Year's Eve 2004; the pair called off the engagement in October 2005.

After their break-up, Sheridan returned to ex-boyfriend Michael Bolton, whom she had originally met in 1991.Bolton proposed on holiday in the Bahamas in March 2006.Sheridan was quoted as saying: "It's much sweeter the second time around." In 2006, Sheridan and Bolton sang a duet, "The Second Time Around", for the album Bolton Swings Sinatra.In March 2008, Sheridan posed naked for a London Fog charity ad which also featured Bolton. Sheridan and Bolton broke off the engagement later that year. She dated professional skater Dorien Walker.

Filmography

Year Film/Television Role Notes

1984 Paper Dolls Taryn Blake 13 episodes

1985 The Sure Thing The Sure Thing

1986 Dead Man's Folly Hattie Stubbs Credited as Nicolette Sheridan

Dark Mansions Banda Drake

Knots Landing Paige Matheson 179 episodes (1986–1993)

1990 Deceptions Adrienne Erickson

Lucky/Chances Lucky Santangelo

1991 Paradise Lily 1 episode

1992 Noises Off Brooke Ashton / Vicki

Somebody's Daughter Sara

1994 A Time to Heal Jenny Barton

Shadows of Desire Rowena Ecklund

1995 Virus Marissa Blumenthal

Indictment: The McMartin Trial Grace Uncredited

Silver Strand Michelle Hughes

1996 Spy Hard Veronique Ukrinsky, Agent 3.14

The People Next Door Anna Morse

1997 Beverly Hills Ninja Allison Page/Sally Jones

Murder in My Mind Callain Pearson

Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac Paige Matheson Uncredited

1998 I Woke Up Early the Day I Died Ballroom Woman

Dead Husbands Alexandra Elston

2000 Raw Nerve Izabel Sauvestre

The Spiral Staircase Helen Capel

2001 The Legend of Tarzan Eleanor 26 episodes (voice)

2002 .com for Murder Misty Brummel

Haven't We Met Before? Eliza/Kate/Emily Winton

Tarzan & Jane Eleanor (voice)

2003 Static Shock Darcy/Miss Moore 1 episode (voice)

Deadly Betrayal Donna Randal

Lost Treasure Carrie

Will & Grace Dr. Danielle Morty 1 episode

Becker Anna 1 episode

2004 Deadly Visions Ann Culver

The Karate Dog White Cat (voice)

Desperate Housewives Edie Britt 5 seasons, 91 episodes (2004–2009)

2007 Code Name: The Cleaner Diane

2008 Fly Me to the Moon Nadia (voice)

2011 Honeymoon for One Eve Parker

Noah's Ark: The New Beginning Zenna (post-production) (voice)