Biography of Tea LeoniDate of Birth
25 February 1966, New York, New York, USA
Birth Name
Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Spouse
David Duchovny (6 May 1997 - present) 2 children
Neil Tardio (February 1992 - October 1995) (divorced)
Trivia
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.
Leoni means "lions" in Italian; her full name, Pantaleoni, is quite close to the Italian word for "trousers" (pantaloni).
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.
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