Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni (born February 25, 1966 in New York City), better known by her stage name Téa Leoni, is an American actress and producer. Her breakthrough role was in the action comedy film Bad Boys (1995), and since then she has been the female lead in such films as Deep Impact, The Family Man, and Jurassic Park III. More recently, she's starred as U.S. Secretary of State and later President Elizabeth Adams McCord on the political drama series Madam Secretary.
Leoni was married to commercial director Neil Tarido from 1991–95 and to actor David Duchovny (with whom she has two children) from 1997–2014. Since then she's been in a relationship with actor Tim Daly.
Filmography:
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Film roles
- Switch (1991) as Connie the Dream Girl
- A League of Their Own (1992) as Racine 1st Base
- Wyatt Earp (1994) as Sally
- Bad Boys (1995) as Julie Mott
- Flirting with Disaster (1996) as Tina Kalb
- Deep Impact (1998) as Jenny Lerner
- The Family Man (2000) as Kate Reynolds
- Jurassic Park III (2001) as Amanda Kirby
- Hollywood Ending (2002) as Ellie
- Spanglish (2004) as Deborah Clasky
- Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) as Jane Harper
- Ghost Town (2008) as Gwen
- Tower Heist (2011) as Special Agent Claire Denham
Television roles
- Santa Barbara (6 episodes, 1989) as Lisa DiNapoli
- Flying Blind (1992–93) as Alicia
- Frasier (1 episode, 1995) as Sheila
- The Naked Truth (1995–98) as Nora Wilde
- The X-Files (1 episode, 2000) as Herself
- Madam Secretary (2014–19) as Elizabeth Adams McCord
- Only Murders in the Building (2024–25) as Sofia Caccimelio
Tropes related to her work:
- Creator Backlash: Possibly. According
to co-star Sam Neill, Leoni and William H. Macy didn't "seem happy" making Jurassic Park III. Though she didn't directly say this herself, her statement "best screaming of my career" for the film's 20th anniversary can be taken either fondly or tongue-in-cheek. - Romance on the Set: She is now in a relationship with Madam Secretary co-star (and on-screen husband) Tim Daly.