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Tea Leoni on February 25, 1966 in New York CityTea Leoni is an American television and film actress. Her father was half Italian and half Polish, while her Southern-bred mother was of English descent.

A graduate of Brearley School and Sarah Lawrence College, Leoni went on to star in a number of TV series and movies, starting as "Lisa DiNapoli" on , in which her character, "Jenny Lerner," breaks the story of a comet that is going to hit Earth. She also starred in Woody Allen's modest movie with Adam Sandler, Cloris Leachman, and Paz Vega (a Spanish actress with whom she spoke Italian off-set).

In 1993, she landed the starring role in Fox's , playing Nora Wilde, a tabloid news journalist. The show was a minor hit and lasted until 1998.

She married actor David Duchovny on May 6, 1997. On April 24, 1999, she gave birth to a daughter, Madelaine West Duchovny. Her second child, a son, Kyd Miller Duchovny, was born June 15, 2002.

starring Jay Leno, Leoni admitted that she had incorrectly filled out her 2000 general election absentee ballot. She had intended to vote for Al Gore, but instead accidentally voted for someone named "Howard" (most likely the extreme right-winger, Howard Phillips, of the Constitution Party).