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Sheridan was born in Worthing, West
Sussex, England to British actress Sally Sheridan (a.k.a. Sally Adams).
Her great-grandmother was of Punjabi Indian descent. Contrary to rumour,
Sally is not the daughter of actress Dinah Sheridan. Dinah and Nicollette
share no relationship. Sheridan's biological father has never been
identified and Sheridan has said that she considers her mother's late
ex-boyfriend, actor Telly Savalas, her father. Her half-brother, Nick
Savalas, is his son. She attended school at Millfield in Somerset.
Sheridan made her debut in 1984's Paper Dolls, but her breakthrough came
in 1986, when she joined the cast of the CBS night-time soap Knots Landing
as "Paige Matheson". She started out as a recurring role, but proved to be
so popular that she was a regular during the 1988-89 season. For her
performance in the role, she won the 1990 Soap Opera Digest Award for
"Outstanding Lead Actress: Prime Time" and the 1991 Soap Opera Digest
Award for "Outstanding Heroine: Prime Time". The same year, she was named
one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People." After the series
ended in 1993, she appeared in several made-for-TV movies and the films
Spy Hard and Beverly Hills Ninja and auditioned for the role of Grace
Adler on Will & Grace (on which she would later guest-star).
In 2004, Sheridan's role as sexy divorcee Edie Britt in ABC's Desperate
Housewives brought her renewed media attention. She was nominated for a
2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and was named #48 on
Maxim's 2006 List. Less positively, she was named 2004's "worst dressed"
by Mr. Blackwell. Mr. Blackwell's citation probably resulted from the
colourful and boldly-cut gown Sheridan wore as a presenter at the American
Music Awards on November 14, 2004 but he had earlier (TV Guide, July
22,1989) praised her fashion "daring ... with her panache, she brings it
off without a hitch. For the adventurer in all of us, she's the one to
watch". She also faced media speculation that she had undergone extensive
plastic surgery.
Still from the controversial Monday Night Football pre-game sketchOn
November 15, 2004, Sheridan was cited by the FCC for her appearance in a
sketch that opened the evening's Monday Night Football broadcast. The
Desperate Housewives-inspired sketch showed Sheridan dropping a towel to
attract football player Terrell Owens attention who than said "ah hell"
was widely condemned as being sexually suggestive. ABC was forced to
apologise for airing it but the citation against Sheridan was dropped on
March 14, 2005. A week later, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) aired an
also controversial parody showing WWE Diva Trish Stratus dropping her
towel to attract WWE Superstar Shelton Benjamin, but being caught in the
act by the company's chairman, Vince McMahon.
Todd Schnitt of radio station WFLZ-FM in Tampa, Florida, placed an
early-morning telephone call to Sheridan on November 18, 2004, waking her
to discuss the Monday Night Football controversy (which had come to be
called "Towelgate"). On January 30, 2007, the FCC levied a $10,000 fine
because the station violated regulations in failing to inform Sheridan
that the interview was being broadcast.
From 1979 to 1985, Sheridan dated then teen-idol Leif Garrett. They began
dating when she was fifteen and she lived with him in his mother's home
while still a minor. As an adult, Sheridan was involved in an unsuccessful
attempt to end Garrett's drug abuse.
Sheridan was married to actor Harry Hamlin from September 7, 1991 through
1993. Because the marriage lasted exactly two years (the amount of time
required for an American citizen's spouse to receive permanent residency),
it was rumoured to be a "green card" marriage. However, this is unlikely,
as both Savalas and CBS could have sponsored her for any necessary visas
without her needing to resort to a false marriage.
From January to October 2005, Sheridan was engaged to Swedish personal
trainer, Nicklas Söderblom. After their break-up, Sheridan returned to
ex-boyfriend Michael Bolton, to whom she became engaged in March 2006. |
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Book of Ruth (2008) ....
Jennifer
Fly Me to the Moon (2007) (voice) .... Nadia
"Desperate Housewives" .... Edie Britt (77 episodes, 2004-2007)
- Art Isn't Easy (2007) TV Episode .... Edie Britt
- If There's Anything I Can't Stand (2007) TV Episode .... Edie
Britt
- The Game (2007) TV Episode .... Edie Britt
- Smiles of a Summer Night (2007) TV Episode .... Edie Britt
- Now You Know (2007) TV Episode .... Edie Britt
(72 more)
Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) .... Diane
The Karate Dog (2004) (voice) .... White Cat
Deadly Visions (2004) (TV) .... Ann Culver
... aka Deadly Visions (USA)
... aka Possessed (USA: DVD title)
"Becker" .... Anna (1 episode, 2003)
- A First Class Flight (2003) TV Episode .... Anna
"Will & Grace" .... Dr. Danielle Morty (1 episode, 2003)
- 24 (2003) TV Episode .... Dr. Danielle Morty
Lost Treasure (2003) .... Carrie
"Static Shock" .... Darcy / ... (1 episode, 2003)
- Toys in the Hood (2003) TV Episode (voice) .... Darcy/Miss Moore
Tarzan & Jane (2002) (V) (voice) .... Eleanor
Haven't We Met Before? (2002) (TV) .... Eliza/Kate/Emily Winton
... aka Mary Higgins Clark's 'Haven't We Met Before?' (Canada:
English title)
... aka Mary Higgins Clark's Haven't We Met Before? (Australia: DVD
title)
... aka Mary Higgins Clark: Vous souvenez-vous? (Canada: French
title)
.com for Murder (2002) .... Misty Brummel
Deadly Betrayal (2002) (TV) .... Donna Randal
... aka Trahison mortelle (Canada: French title)
"The Legend of Tarzan" .... Eleanor (28 episodes, 2001)
... aka Disney's the Legend of Tarzan (USA: complete title)
- Tarzan and Tublat's Revenge (2001) TV Episode (voice) .... Eleanor
- Tarzan and the Mysterious Visitor (2001) TV Episode (voice) ....
Eleanor
- Tarzan and the Gauntlet of Vengeance (2001) TV Episode (voice)
.... Eleanor
- Tarzan and the Missing Link (2001) TV Episode (voice) .... Eleanor
- Tarzan and the Face from the Past (2001) TV Episode (voice) ....
Eleanor
(23 more)
The Spiral Staircase (2000) (TV) .... Helen Capel
... aka Secret du manoir, Le (Canada: French title)
Raw Nerve (1999) .... Izabel Sauvestre
Dead Husbands (1998) (TV) .... Alexandra Elston
... aka Last Man on the List
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998) .... Ballroom Woman
... aka Ed Wood's I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
... aka I Awoke Early the Day I Died (USA)
"Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac" (1997) (mini) TV Series
(uncredited) .... Paige Matheson
Murder in My Mind (1997) (TV) .... Callain Pearson
Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) .... Allison Page/Sally Jones
The People Next Door (1996) (TV) .... Anna Morse
Spy Hard (1996) .... Veronique Ukrinsky, Agent 3.14
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV) (uncredited) .... Grace
Virus (1995) (TV) .... Marissa Blumenthal
... aka Formula for Death
... aka Robin Cook's Formula for Death (UK)
... aka Robin Cook's Outbreak (Canada: English title)
... aka Robin Cook's Virus
Silver Strand (1995) (TV) .... Michelle Hughes
Shadows of Desire (1994) (TV) .... Rowena Ecklund
... aka The Devil's Bed (Canada: English title)
A Time to Heal (1994) (TV) .... Jenny Barton
... aka Jenny's Story
"Knots Landing" .... Paige Matheson (179 episodes, 1986-1993)
- Just Like Old Times: Part 1 (1993) TV Episode .... Paige Matheson
- Just Like Old Times: Part 2 (1993) TV Episode .... Paige Matheson
- Day of the Assassin (1993) TV Episode .... Paige Matheson
- Hints and Evasions (1993) TV Episode .... Paige Matheson
- Farewell, My Lovely (1993) TV Episode .... Paige Matheson
(174 more)
Somebody's Daughter (1992) (TV) .... Sara
Noises Off... (1992) .... Brooke Ashton/Vicki
"Paradise" .... Lily (1 episode, 1991)
... aka Guns of Paradise (USA: new title)
- Twenty-Four Hours (1991) TV Episode .... Lily
"Lucky/Chances" (1990) (mini) TV Series .... Lucky Santangelo
Richmond Stanislopolous Golden
... aka Jackie Collins' Lucky/Chances (USA: complete title)
Deceptions (1990) (TV) .... Adrienne Erickson
Dark Mansions (1986) (TV) .... Banda Drake
Dead Man's Folly (1986) (TV) (as Nicolette Sheridan) .... Hattie
Stubbs
... aka Agatha Christie's Dead Man's Folly (UK: complete title)
(USA: complete title)
The Sure Thing (1985) .... The Sure Thing
"Paper Dolls" .... Taryn Blake (13 episodes, 1984)
- Episode #1.13 (1984) TV Episode .... Taryn Blake
- Episode #1.12 (1984) TV Episode .... Taryn Blake
- Episode #1.11 (1984) TV Episode .... Taryn Blake
- Episode #1.10 (1984) TV Episode .... Taryn Blake
- Episode #1.9 (1984) TV Episode .... Taryn Blake
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