Nicollette Sheridan

Nicollette Sheridan (born 21 November 1963) is a British-born American actress.

In 1969, her mother Sally (billed as Dani Sheridan) featured in the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service as one of Blofeld's "Angels of Death".

There, Sally met Blofeld actor Telly Savalas, who eventually became her de facto husband and Sheridan's stepfather.

Sally became known as Sally Savalas.

Sheridan emigrated to the United States from the United Kingdom in 1973, when she was 10 years old.

Sheridan began her career as a fashion model, appearing in the pages of Vogue and on the cover of Cosmopolitan, shot by Francesco Scavullo.

Whilst still a teenager, she famously starred in a Martini TV commercial, delivering the beverage through the streets of LA on roller skates.

She began her career as a fashion model before landing a role in the short-lived ABC primetime soap opera Paper Dolls in 1984, as well as starring in the romantic comedy film The Sure Thing (1985).

In 1984, she made her acting debut in the short-lived ABC primetime soap opera Paper Dolls.

The series was cancelled after half a season, and the following year, Sheridan starred in the romantic comedy film The Sure Thing.

Later that year, she was cast in the pilot for another ABC prime time soap, Dark Mansions, intended to be a cross between Dynasty and Dark Shadows.

She rose to prominence as Paige Matheson on the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing (1986–1993), for which she received two Soap Opera Digest Awards.

The project did not go to series, but the pilot episode was aired as a television movie in 1986.

In 1986, Sheridan joined the cast of the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing as vixen Paige Matheson.

She started in a recurring role, but had become a series regular by the 1988–89 season.

Thereafter, Sheridan appeared in lead roles in numerous television films and miniseries, including Lucky Chances (1990), Virus (1995), and The People Next Door (1996).

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 "50 Most Beautiful People".

In the 1990s, Sheridan starred in a number of television movies.

In 1990, she starred in Deceptions and played Lucky Santangelo in the television adaptation of Jackie Collins' Lucky Chances.

She also appeared in the feature films Noises Off (1992), Spy Hard (1996), Beverly Hills Ninja (1997), and Code Name: The Cleaner (2007).

The following years, she had star-billed roles in Somebody's Daughter (1992), Time to Heal (1994), Shadows of Desire (1994), Virus (1995), Silver Strand (1995), The People Next Door (1996), Murder in My Mind (1997), Dead Husbands (1998), The Spiral Staircase (2000), Haven't We Met Before? (2002), Deadly Betrayal (2003), and Deadly Visions (2004).

Despite her television lead roles, her film career was limited.

In 1992, she co-starred opposite Carol Burnett and Michael Caine in the comedy Noises Off, and later had only two studio movies: Spy Hard (1996) opposite Leslie Nielsen, and Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) starring Chris Farley.

Additionally, Sheridan auditioned for two leading sitcom roles, Rachel Green on Friends and Grace Adler on Will & Grace, though the respective roles ultimately went to Jennifer Aniston and Debra Messing.

Sheridan remained with the series for seven seasons until its end in 1993.

However, Sheridan did make a guest appearance opposite Messing in 2003.

From 2004 to 2009, Sheridan starred as Edie Britt on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2005.

In 2004, Sheridan was cast as Edie Britt in the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives.

The character was originally written as a recurring role in the series.

Sheridan had originally auditioned for Bree Van de Kamp, one of the series' more prominent roles.

On November 15, 2004, Sheridan (in character as Britt) appeared with NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens in an introductory skit to that evening's Monday Night Football episode.

Some observers condemned the skit as sexually suggestive, and ABC later apologized for airing it.

On 14 March 2005, the Federal Communications Commission ruled that the skit did not violate decency standards, because it contained no outright nudity or foul language.

Sheridan was nominated for a 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and was ranked number 48 on Maxim 2006 Hot 100 List.

In February 2009, during the show's fifth season, Sheridan announced her departure from Desperate Housewives.

Her exit episode aired in April 2009, when Edie Britt was killed off.

From 2018 to 2019, she portrayed Alexis Carrington on The CW's Dynasty reboot.

Sheridan was born in Worthing, England, the daughter of actress Sally Adams, who gave birth to her at age 16.

When Sheridan was less than a year old, her father left the family, and she has not seen him since.