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Nicollette Sheridan

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Nicollette Sheridan
Name
Nicollette Sheridan
Birthplace
Worthing, Sussex, England
Birth date
November 21, 1963
Played
Season

Nicollette Sheridan portrays Edie Britt in the first 5 seasons of Desperate Housewives.

[edit] Biography

Nicollette Sheridan was born on November 21, 1963 in Sussex, England to english actress Sally Sheridan. She has a half-brother named Nick Savalas whose father is Telly Savalas. She lost the part of Grace Adler in Will&Grace in the final auditions. She is most famous for portraying Edie Britt on the highly successful show ABC series Desperate Housewives. In November 2004, spent 1 week in the center of the sports world as a key figure in a controversial skit preceding ABC's "NFL Monday Night Football" (1970) in which she ran supposedly nude into the arms of Philadelphia WR Terrell Owens. The skit was designed to bring viewers to ABC's "Desperate Housewives" (2004), whose next episode posted the show's highest numbers to date. She was engaged to Michael Bolton but has since called off the engagement.

[edit] Career

Sheridan has starred or appeared in the following:

  • Paper Dolls
  • Lucky Chances
  • Knots Landing
  • Spy Hard
  • The Legend of Tarzan
  • Will & Grace
  • Desperate Housewives
  • Noah's Ark: The New Beginning