Téa Leoni Trivia

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Her first name is pronounced "TAY-uh." (imdb.com)

Graduated from the Putney School in Putney, VT in 1984. (imdb.com)

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

Her father suffered from skin cancer. (imdb.com)

Sister-in-law of Laurie and Daniel Ducovny. (imdb.com)

Grand-niece of Hank Patterson. (imdb.com)

Her paternal grandmother was silent film actress Helenka Adamowska. (imdb.com)

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". (imdb.com)

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. (imdb.com)

Daughter, Madelaine West Duchovny born. [24 April 1999] (imdb.com)

Attended Sarah Lawrence College (imdb.com)

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

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. (imdb.com)

Leoni means "lions" in Italian; her full name, Pantaleoni, is quite close to the Italian word for "trousers" (pantaloni). (imdb.com)

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. (imdb.com)

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. (imdb.com)

Daughter of Emily and Anthony Pantaleoni (imdb.com)

Has one brother named Thomas 'Tom' Pantaleoni (imdb.com)

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

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. (imdb.com)

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

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