Nicollette Sheridan (born November 21, 1963 in Worthing, Sussex, England) is an English-American actress, fashion model, writer, and producer.
Sheridan is best known for playing Paige Matheson on the CBS primetime Soap Opera Knots Landing, and for starring as Edie Britt in the ABC Dramedy series Desperate Housewives, a role for which she received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award.
Her stepfather was Telly Savalas after he started dating her mother Sally. She was married to Harry Hamlin from 1991 to 1992.
Filmography
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Live-Action Films
- The Sure Thing (1985) as The Sure Thing
- Dead Mans Folly (1986) as Hattie Stubbs
- Dark Mansions (1986) as Banda Drake
- Deceptions (1990) as Adrienne Erickson
- Noises Off (1992) as Brooke Ashton / Vicki
- Somebodys Daughter (1992) as Sara
- A Time To Heal (1994) as Jenny Barton
- Shadows Of Desire (1994) as Rowena Ecklund
- Virus (1995) as Marissa Blumenthal
- Indictment The Mc Martin Trial (1995) as Grace
- Silver Strand (1995) as Michelle Hughes
- The People Next Door (1996) as Anna Morse
- Spy Hard (1996) as Veronique Ukrinsky
- Murder In My Mind (1997) as Callain Pearson
- Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) as Allison Page / Sally Jones
- Dead Husbands (1998) as Alexandra Elston
- The Spiral Staircase (2000) as Helen Capel
- Raw Nerve (2000) as Izabel Sauvestre
- Lost Treasure (2003) as Carrie
- Deadly Betrayal (2003) as Donna Randal
- Deadly Visions (2004) as Ann Culver
- Code Name The Cleaner (2007) as Diane
- Honeymoon For One (2011) as Eve Parker
- Jewtopia (2012) as Betsy O'Connell
- The Christmas Spirit (2013) as Charlotte Hart
- Lets Kill Wards Wife (2014) as Robin Peters
- All Yours (2016) as Cass
Live-Action Series
- Paper Dolls (1984) as Taryn Blake
- Scene Of The Crime (1985) as Liza
- Knots Landing (1986 — 1993) as Paige Matheson
- Lucky Chances (1990) as Lucky Santangelo
- Paradise (1991) as Lily
- The Larry Sanders Show (1997) As Herself
- Will & Grace (2003) as Dr. Danielle Morty
- Becker (2003) as Anna
- Desperate Housewives (2004 — 2009) as Edie Britt
- Dynasty (2018 — 2019) as Alexis Carrington
Voice Acting
- The Legend of Tarzan (2001) as Eleanor
- Static Shock (2003) as Miss Moore / Darcy
- The Karate Dog (2004) as White Cat
- Fly Me to the Moon (2008) as Nadia
- Noahs Ark The New Beginning (2009) as Zenna
Tropes
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Best Known for the Fanservice: In 2004, she starred in an infamous Monday Night Football pre-show skit as a takeoff of Edie Britt character on Desperate Housewives. Sheridan, in-character as Edie and dressed only in a Modesty Towel, enters the Philadelphia Eagles locker room and seduces wide receiver Terrell Owens by dropping said towel. The skit was very controversial at the time, yet Desperate Housewives next episode posted the show's highest ratings to date. - Hostility on the Set: In April 2010, Nicollette Sheridan sued Marc Cherry (producer of Desperate Housewives) for twenty million dollars on charges of assault and battery, gender violence, wrongful termination, and "intentional infliction of emotional distress". She said that Cherry created a hostile working environment, and behaved unprofessionally towards her on and off-set and her character of Edie was soon got a bridge dropped on her. She was noticeably the only actress not to return as a ghost cameo in the Grand Finale.
- Ms. Fanservice: Her roles usually play off her sex appeal.
- Promotion to Opening Titles: Paige was promoted to the opening credits in Season 10 of Knots Landing.
- Real Life Writes the Plot: Edie's sudden death in Season 5 of Desperate Housewives was orchestrated to write the character out of the show due to Nicolette being on increasingly bad terms with producer Mark Cherry.
