Téa Leoni

Téa Leoni

Téa Leoni is an American actress and producer. In her early career, she starred in the television sitcoms Flying Blind and The Naked Truth. Her breakthrough role was in the 1995 action comedy film Bad Boys. In 2014, she returned to television in the leading role of the CBS political drama series Madam Secretary.

About Téa Leoni in brief

Summary Téa LeoniTéa Leoni is an American actress and producer. In her early career, she starred in the television sitcoms Flying Blind and The Naked Truth. Her breakthrough role was in the 1995 action comedy film Bad Boys. In later years, Leoni had lead roles in films such as Deep Impact, The Family Man, Jurassic Park III, Spanglish and Fun with Dick and Jane. In 2014, she returned to television in the leading role of the CBS political drama series Madam Secretary. Leoni married actor David Duchovny on May 13, 1997, after an eight-week courtship.

They have two children: a daughter, Westel, and a son, Neil Joseph Tardio Jr., a television producer, commercial producer, and actor. She is of Italian, English and Irish descent. In a 2012 episode of Finding Your Roots, hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr., Leoni discovered that her mother Emily, who was adopted, is the biological daughter of Mavis Abilene Gindratt from Vick, Louisiana, and Sumpter James Daniel, whose ancestors originated in Ireland.