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Leoni was born Elizabeth Pantaleoni in New York City, the daughter of Emily, a dietician and nutritionist, and Anthony Pantaleoni, a corporate lawyer.[1] Leoni’s mother is a native of Texas and her father is of Italian and Polish descent.[2][3] Leoni’s paternal grandmother, Helen "Helenka" Tradusa Adamowska (1901 - 1987), was a film and stage actress who was a sister of Józef and Tymoteusz Adamowski, who with Józef's wife Antonina Szumowska were the Adamowski Trio.[4][5] Leoni's paternal great-grandfather was the brother of Italian economist and politician Maffeo Pantaleoni.[4]

Career

Leoni attended Brearley School and The Putney School. She attended but did not complete studies at Sarah Lawrence College. She went on to star in a number of TV series and movies, starting as “Lisa DiNapoli” on Santa Barbara in 1989. She starred in the 1995 box-office hit, Bad Boys, along with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. She had an important role in the commercially successful movie Deep Impact, in which her character breaks the story of a comet that is going to hit Earth. She also starred in Woody Allen’s movie Hollywood Ending, with Allen and Mark Rydell. In 2004, she starred in Spanglish with Adam Sandler, Cloris Leachman, and Paz Vega.

In 1992, Leoni landed the starring role in Fox’s Flying Blind, a short-lived sitcom. In 1995, Leoni landed the lead role in the television sitcom The Naked Truth, playing Nora Wilde, a tabloid news journalist. The show was a minor hit and was cancelled in 1998. Another film role followed in 2000, playing the lead alongside Nicolas Cage in The Family Man. In 2001, she starred with Sam Neill and William H. Macy in the blockbuster, Jurassic Park III, the third installment of the Jurassic Park franchise. The film was a major box office hit and is one of her most notable roles.

Leoni ranked #79 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2000.

Personal life

Leoni states in the October 27, 2006, issue of Life magazine that she became a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF partially because her paternal grandmother was the president of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF for 25 years.

Leoni married her first husband, Neil Joseph Tardio, Jr., a television producer, on June 8, 1991, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Hope, New Jersey.[6] The couple divorced in 1995. She married her second husband, actor David Duchovny, on May 6, 1997, after a nine-week courtship. Their first child, daughter Madelaine West Duchovny, was born on April 24, 1999, in Southern California,[7] and their second, son Kyd Miller Duchovny, was born on June 15, 2002, in Los Angeles, California. The family lives in Malibu, California.

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Daughter, Madelaine West Duchovny born. [24 April 1999]

Graduated from the Putney School in Putney, VT in 1984.

Her first name is pronounced "TAY-uh."

Auditioned for a "Charlie's Angels" (1976) remake role (as a dare) and got the part. A writer's strike in Hollywood meant the series was never made, but the pre-publicity was enough to get Tea noticed.

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".

Her paternal grandmother was silent film actress Helenka Adamowska.

Gave birth to second child, 7lb. 10-oz. boy, Kyd Miller Duchovny, in Los Angeles, 15 June 2002.

Her father suffered from skin cancer.

Planned on majoring in anthropology and/or psychology, but dropped out of college.

Attended Sarah Lawrence College

Measurements: 32AA-21-34 (on "Flying Blind" (1992) - 1995) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).

Daughter of Emily and Anthony Pantaleoni

Has one brother named Thomas 'Tom' Pantaleoni

Was going to be one of the new Charlie's Angels in the proposed "Angels '88", along with Claire Yarlett, but the series never got off the ground.

Her grandmother, Helenka 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.

Calls her children: West and Miller. It is tradition in their family, to use the middle names as a first name.

Went to Oahu to help search for her cousin, Tim Pantaleoni, in summer 1995. He mysteriously vanished while hiking and to this day has never been found.

Her father is of Italian and Polish extraction, while her Southern-born mother is of Anglo-Saxon ancestry.

Grand-niece of Hank Patterson.

Sister-in-law of Laurie and Daniel Ducovny.

She has inherited the stage wardrobe of Sonny Bono. They are a perfect fit requiring no alterations. She wore a glittered suite 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.

Was considered for the role of Rachel on "Friends" (1994-2004).

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

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