Téa Leoni Net Worth

Téa Leoni's Quotes

• I don't do T&A very well because I haven't got much of either.
• [about David Duchovny] The best thing about marriage is David's sense of humor.
• Not to sound like a whore, but I've been with . . . I've worked with . . . some very attractive men. Nicolas Cage . . . Al Pacino . . . Ben Stiller . . . and Woody Allen".
• [on the challenge of playing an athlete in Spanglish (2004)] I love tennis. I love very aggressive tennis, and I think I'm quite good. Golf, well, of course you can drink beer when you play that, but I take it pretty seriously, and I'm quite good at that. And I'm a good swimmer, and I used to compete in windsurfing.
• We have this incredible cast with Billy Bob Thornton, who is maybe my new favorite person in the world.

Interesting Facts about Téa Leoni

1. Her first name is pronounced "TAY-uh."
2. 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".
3. Her paternal grandmother was Helenka Adamowska, who was the daughter of Polish musicians Jozef Adamowski and Antonina Szumanowska. Her grandmother was the niece, by marriage, of composer and politician Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Helena was among those who helped found UNICEF.
4. Her father suffered from skin cancer.
5. Planned on majoring in anthropology and/or psychology, but dropped out of college at age 20 to do background modeling.
6. Attended Sarah Lawrence College
7. Daughter of Emily and Anthony Pantaleoni
8. Has one brother, Thomas "Tom" Pantaleoni.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Calls her children West and Miller. It is tradition in their family to use the middle names as a first name.
12. Went to Oahu (HI) to help search for her cousin, Tim Pantaleoni, in the summer of 1995. He mysteriously vanished while hiking and to this day has never been found.
13. 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).
14. Grand-niece of Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel of Green Acres (1965)).
15. Ex-sister-in-law of Laurie Birnbaum and Daniel Ducovny.
16. 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.
17. Was considered for the role of "Rachel" on Friends (1994) (1994-2004).
18. 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".
19. Appears in A League of Their Own (1992), with Geena Davis. Her husband, David Duchovny, played Davis' ex-husband, Jeff Goldblum, on Saturday Night Live (1975).
20. Considered for the role of Melissa Robinson in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994).