Leoni, Téa (1966- )

US actor. Known for her sharp wit, timing, and mastery of physical comedy, as well as her beauty, she appeared in both television and film roles from the early 1990s, with performances in the US sitcom The Naked Truth (1995-98) and the romantic comedy film Spanglish (2004), opposite Adam Sandler.

Her feature film debut was in the crime fantasy Switch (1991). She appeared on the sitcom Flying Blind the following year. Other films include the action thriller Bad Boys (1995), the Ben Stiller comedy Flirting with Disaster (1996), the science fiction thriller Deep Impact (1998), the romantic comedy The Family Man (2000), and the Woody Allen comedy Hollywood Ending (2002). She married X-Files star David Duchovny in 1997.

Leoni was born and grew up in New York City. She studied anthropology and psychology at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, but left before graduating in order to travel. After a recurring role on the US soap opera Santa Barbara, she was cast in a remake of the television series Charlie's Angels, though the show never aired. She worked as a model and appeared in television commercials before achieving film roles. She produced and starred in the independent film There's No Fish Food in Heaven in 1998.