- Born
- Birth nameElizabeth Téa Pantaleoni
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni was born on February 25, 1966 in New York City. Her father, Anthony Pantaleoni, was a corporate lawyer, and her mother, Emily Ann (Patterson), worked as a dietitian and nutritionist. She is of Italian (from a paternal great-great-grandfather), Polish, English, Irish, Scottish and German descent. Téa attended but did not complete studies at Sarah Lawrence College. She started out in acting as Lisa DiNapoli in Santa Barbara (1984) in 1989 and followed up with small roles in Switch (1991) and A League of Their Own (1992).
In 1992 she starred in the short-lived sitcom Flying Blind (1992). In 1994 she appeared in Wyatt Earp (1994) opposite Kevin Costner and The Counterfeit Contessa (1994) opposite D.W. Moffett. In 1995 she starred opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the popular film Bad Boys (1995). She also had a guest appearance on Frasier (1993) that same year.
She appeared in many successful films after that, such as Flirting with Disaster (1996), Deep Impact (1998), The Family Man (2000), Spanglish (2004), You Kill Me (2007) and most recently, she starred in the film Ghost Town (2008) opposite Greg Kinnear.
Tea was married to television commercial producer Neil Joseph Tardio Jr. from 1991 to 1995. In 1997 she married actor David Duchovny, with whom she has two children: Daughter West Duchovny (born April 24, 1999) and Son Kyd Miller Duchovny (born June 15, 2002).
- IMDb mini biography by: A.G.
- SpousesTim Daly(July 12, 2025 - present)David Duchovny(May 6, 1997 - June 14, 2014) (divorced, 2 children)Neil Joseph Tardio Jr.(June 8, 1991 - October 1, 1995) (divorced)
- Children
- ParentsAnthony PantaleoniEmily Ann Patterson
- RelativesHelenka Adamowska(Grandparent)Michael Thomas 'Tom' Pantaleoni(Sibling)Tim Pantaleoni(Cousin)Hank Patterson(Aunt or Uncle)Thomas Pantaleoni(Sibling)
- Pleasantly deep, husky voice
- In a relationship with Madam Secretary (2014) co-star Tim Daly since summer 2014; they married in 2025.
- Her husband David Duchovny called her for his "Phone a Friend" lifeline when he appeared on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1999). When she couldn't offer him any help in regards to the question, she simply told him; "You're screwed, honey".
- Went to Oahu (HI) to help search for her cousin, Tim Pantaleoni, in the summer of 1995. He mysteriously vanished while hiking and to this day has never been found.
- She and husband David Duchovny appeared together on TV only once, when she played herself on the 2000 The X-Files (1993) episode, Hollywood A.D. (2000).
- Her grandmother, Helenka Adamowska Pantaleoni, co-founded what would become the US Fund for UNICEF in 1947 and served as its President for 25 years. Téa, herself, has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 2001.
- I don't do T&A very well because I haven't got much of either.
- [about David Duchovny] The best thing about marriage is David's sense of humor.
- Not to sound like a whore, but I've been with . . . I've worked with . . . some very attractive men. Nicolas Cage . . . Al Pacino . . . Ben Stiller . . . and Woody Allen".
- [on the challenge of playing an athlete in Spanglish (2004)] I love tennis. I love very aggressive tennis, and I think I'm quite good. Golf, well, of course you can drink beer when you play that, but I take it pretty seriously, and I'm quite good at that. And I'm a good swimmer, and I used to compete in windsurfing.
- We have this incredible cast with Billy Bob Thornton, who is maybe my new favorite person in the world.
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