Tea Leoni Wiki, Net Worth, Early Life, Education, Family & Career

Téa Leoni, born on February 25, 1966, in the New York City, comes from multiracial origins, with Italian, Irish, English and Polish ancestry in her background. Both, her mother, Emily Ann and father, Anthony, were nutritionist and lawyer by professions, respectively. Her paternal grandfather was the half-brother of the Italian economist and politician, Maffeo Pantaleoni. Her father’s mother, Helenka Adamowska, was a silent film actress and later became the president of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF for more than 20 years.

Leoni grew up in Englewood, New Jersey and New York City; she earned a diploma from New York’s Brearley School and Vermont’s Putney School. Though she started her college road at Sarah Lawrence College, she did not eventually graduate.

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Tea Leoni Net Worth

The American actress, Téa Leoni, who has achieved great success, has a net worth of $50 million. Her career starts from the early 1990s until the mid-2000s, and there was a notable comeback in the middle of the 2010s with her role in “Madam Secretary.”
Leoni’s experience in the entertainment industry began in 1988 when she took a role in “Charlie’s Angels” remake “Angels 88,” but the program never aired. Then, she branched out into daytime soap operas with “Santa Barbara” before her big break in feature films as she portrayed a role with Tom Hanks and Madonna in “A League of Their Own”.

In 1992, Leoni appeared in the FOX sitcom “Flying Blind” and later became the lead star in the sitcom “The Naked Truth”, which lasted for three seasons. Notably, she turned down the offer to play Rachel Greene in ‘Friends’ to work on “The Naked Truth” instead, which led to Jennifer Aniston becoming a pop culture phenomenon. The range of roles in Leoni’s filmography is wide, including appearances in “Deep Impact”, “Jurassic Park III”, “You Kill Me”, “Bad Boys”, and “Hollywood Ending”.
Still, it was her leading part in the television drama series “Madam Secretary” from 2014 to 2019 that ensured Leoni’s name among the stars. She featured in all 120 episodes of the show and produced it while involving the audience into a character of a strong political persona.

Real Estate

In 2008, Duchovny and Leoni sold their Malibu estate to Mel Gibson, the actor, for $11.5m. That same year they purchased Manhattan co-op for $6.25 million, and in 2013 they put it on the market for $9.25 million.

Career

In 1988, Tea Leoni started her entertainment career when she got the main role in the TV series “Angels 88”, but the series never aired due to production problems. By the next year, she was in the daytime soap opera “Santa Barbara” and had her first movie role in “Switch.”
Her progression began in 1992 when she did a role in the sports comedy “A League of Their Own”. After this, she starred in the short-lived sitcom “Flying Blind” in 1992-1993 and made an unforgettable guest appearance on “Frasier” in 1995.

Meanwhile, in the same year, Leoni got her first lead role in the TV series “The Naked Truth” as Nora Wilde, a photographer and a journalist for a tabloid newspaper. Besides that she won her first lead role in a movie where she played Julie Mott in the action-comedy “Bad Boys.”
Leoni’s career skyrocketed through her role as journalist Jenny Lerner in the science-fiction movie “Deep Impact” in 1998. She received many positive reviews and was even nominated for the Award for Favorite Actress – Science Fiction at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards.

The continued success of her career in the 2000s includes her roles in the romantic comedy “The Family Man” (2000) which also won her a Saturn Award for Best Actress and the science-fiction blockbuster “Jurassic Park III” (2001).
In 2014, Leoni came back to TV as the political drama series “Madam Secretary” character, Elizabeth McCord, a former CIA analyst, turned into the Secretary of State. The series was highly praised and Leoni’s breakthrough performance earned her a nomination for Favorite Actress in a New TV Series at the People’s Choice Awards. Moreover, she is also the producer of the show.

Personal Life

Téa Leoni has had her fair share of romantic highs and lows. In June 1991, she married Neil Joseph Tardio, Jr., a television commercial producer. However, their marriage broke up in 1995.
Two years later, Leoni married actor David Duchovny after only eight weeks of dating in May 1997. The couple’s marriage, which included births of their daughter Madelaine in 1999 and their son Kyd in 2002, created quite a stir among the media. Nevertheless, in August 2008, Duchovny entered a rehab center for sex addiction, and despite all attempts for reconciliation, the couple separated in 2008 and then divorced in 2014.
After Duchovny, Leoni also found love with “Madam Secretary” co-star Tim Daly, whom she started dating in December 2014.

Relationships

Emily Pantaleoni — Mother
Tim Daly — Significant Other
Kyd Miller Duchovny — Son
Neil Tardio Jr. — Ex-husband
Anthony Pantaleoni — Father
Helenka Adamowska Pantaleoni — Grandmother
Tom Pantaleoni — Brother
West Duchovny — Daughter
David Duchovny — Ex-husband

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Fast Facts

Is the granddaughter of Helenka Adamowska Pantaleoni, who was an actress in both on Broadway and in the silent films and also a co-founder of UNICEF.
I got the roles of one of Charles’ Angels in the remake of Charlie’s Angels ’88 after my friends dared me to go to the auditions. However, the series never made it to air.
Namely, her first appearance on the big screen was a tiny part in the 1991 crime comedy Switch.
Taking the 2001 Saturn Award for Best Actress for her work in the drama-comedy The Family Man.
Is an avid golfer
Serves as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF