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Tea Leoni

Tea Leoni
Tea Leoni (or Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni) was born on the 25th February 1966 in New York City in New York.
Tea' first appearance was in Angels 89, an updated version of the 1970s hit show - Charlie's Angels and as "Lisa DiNapoli" in the TV series Santa Barbara.
She has also appeared in Switch as Connie alongside Ellen Barkin, Bruce Payne, Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams and Lorraine Bracco, A League Of Their Own as Racine with Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna, Wyatt Earp as Sally opposite Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid and Gene Hackman and in Counterfeit Contessa as Gina Leonarda Nardino with D.W. Moffett.
Tea has had roles including Bad Boys as Julie Mott alongside Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, Flirting With Disaster as Tina Kalb opposite Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette, There's No Fish Food in Heaven as Landeene with Patrick Dempsey, Noah Taylor and Fairuza Balk and in Deep Impact as Jenny Lerner with Robert Duvall and Vanessa Redgrave.
Another role of Tea's was in The Family Man as Kate Reynolds alongside Nicolas Cage and Don Cheadle, and also appearing in Jurassic Park 3 as Amanda Kirby with Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Laura Dern and Alessandro Nivola.
She has also starred in People I Know as Jilli Hopper with Ryan O'Neal, Al Pacino and Kim Basinger.
Other roles include Hollywood Ending as Ellie with Woody Allen, George Hamilton and Debra Messing, Spanglish as Deborah Clasky alongside Adam Sandler and Paz Vega and in Fun With Dick And Jane as Jane Harper opposite Jim Carrey, Alec Baldwin and Gloria Garayua.
Tea has also appeared in House of D as Mrs. Warshaw opposite David Duchovny,
Anton Yelchin and Robin Williams, You Kill Me as Laurel Pearson with Dennis Farina and Ben Kingsley and Ghost Town as Gwen alongside Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear.
Another role is in Manure as Rosemary Rose with Billy Bob Thornton, Ed Helms and Kyle MacLachlan and she also appeared in The Naked Truth also known as Wilde Again as Nora Wilde alongside George Segal, Mary Tyler Moore, Tom Verica and Darryl Sivad.
Tea has also been in Frasier as Sheila in the episode called The Show Where Sam Shows Up opposite Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves and David Hyde Pierce and in Flying Blind as Alicia with Corey Parker, Robert Bauer, Clea Lewis, Marcus Giamatti and Michael Tucci.













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Tea Leoni - what members say


  • The Family Man
  • The Family Man review by A customer from Manchester
    Rated - 4.0 stars Enjoyable Film 6 April 2004
    ...personally wouldn't class it as a comedy. Has a good moral base to it. Cage & Tea Leoni excellently cast, certainly worth watching ...   Read customer review
  • Jurassic Park 3
  • Jurassic Park 3 review by williamsgwynfa from gwaenysgor in flintshire
    Rated - 5.0 stars superb.................. 4 June 2007
    ...this film is superb. it stars Sam Neill, Tea Leoni and William H. Macy, in this last Jurassic Park film in the trilogy set. Paleontologist Alan Grant has sworn never to...   Read customer review
  • Flirting With Disaster
  • Flirting With Disaster review by from Totteridge, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Comedy Without A Comedy 23 May 2004
    ... a plenty. Along for the ride come wife Rosanna Arquette and (near)psychologist Tea Leoni, as the bumbling comedy relief, while Stiller engages us with his usual borderl...   Read customer review

Tea Leoni - filmography


  • Tower Heist (2011)
    Starring: Téa Leoni,  Eddie Murphy,  Ben Stiller
    Director: Brett Ratner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When a group of hard working guys find out they've fallen victim to a wealthy business man's Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 359 members
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  • Ghost Town on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Ricky Gervais,  Tea Leoni,  Greg Kinnear
    Director: Zhao Dayong,  David Koepp
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Ricky Gervais stars in "Ghost Town" as Bertram Pincus, a New York City dentist with horrendous people skills. When a routine surgery goes awry, Pincus is pronounced dead, but is miraculously revived seven minutes later. The ill-mannered Manhattanite suffers only one lasting after-effect; the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 62,838 members
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  • Ghost Town - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Ricky Gervais,  Kristen Wiig,  Tea Leoni
    Director: David Koepp,  Zhao Dayong
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Ricky Gervais stars in "Ghost Town" as Bertram Pincus, a New York City dentist with horrendous people skills. When a routine surgery goes awry, Pincus is pronounced dead, but is miraculously revived seven minutes later. The ill-mannered Manhattanite suffers only one lasting after-effect; the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 12,032 members
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  • You Kill Me on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Dennis Farina,  Ben Kingsley,  Tea Leoni
    Director: John Dahl
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Cinematic hit men are dual-edged characters who can easily slip into the role of hero or villain, making them an attractive proposition for directors looking to pack an emotional punch. YOU KILL ME stars Ben Kingsley (SEXY BEAST) as Frank Falenczyk, a hit man whose work for the Buffalo-based Mafia ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 5,479 members
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  • Fun With Dick And Jane on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jim Carrey,  Tea Leoni,  Alec Baldwin
    Director: Dean Parisot
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Dick (Jim Carrey) and Jane (Tea Leoni) are a typical suburban couple. They have a nice house in a development, she works as a travel agent to supplement his white-collar income, and their son's first language is Spanish thanks to spending so much time with nanny Blanca (Gloria Garayua). Things ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 34,282 members
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  • Spanglish on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Adam Sandler,  Tea Leoni,  Paz Vega
    Director: James L. Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    With SPANGLISH, writer/director/producer James L. Brooks (AS GOOD AS IT GETS) unfurls yet another accomplished, tender, romantic comedy. Celebrated chef John Clasky (Adam Sandler) is the patriarch of the Clasky household, but the mood swings of his hypersensitive wife, Deborah (Tea Leoni), are what ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 27,405 members
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  • People I Know on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Kim Basinger,  Tea Leoni
    Director: Daniel Algrant
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Al Pacino transforms himself into former all-star publicist Eli Wurman in Dan Algrant's PEOPLE I KNOW. Wurman is a southern-born one-time mover and shaker who is at the end of his rope--and his career. His last major client, Cary Launer (Ryan O'Neal), is an Oscar-winning actor who has Wurman clean ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 2,809 members
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  • Jurassic Park 3 on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Tea Leoni,  William H. Macy
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) has sworn never to return to Jurassic Park. But he needs funding for his research, so when a wealthy thrill-seeking couple (William H. Macy and Tea Leoni) come calling, Grant and his protegee, Billy (Alessandro Nivola), agree to take them on a sightseeing ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 17,092 members
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  • The Family Man on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Tea Leoni,  Don Cheadle
    Director: Brett Ratner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Nicolas Cage stars as Jack Campbell, a career-driven workaholic who has everything: an exciting job, a Ferarri, a closetful of Zegna suits, and the attention of any woman he wants. His life changes when, after working a full day on Christmas Eve, he intervenes in a convenience store holdup. The ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 8,176 members
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  • Deep Impact - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Robert Duvall,  Tea Leoni,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Mimi Leder
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A reporter believes that she has discovered a Congressman's affair. But as it turns out, Elle isn't a mistress, but something used to describe an event so cataclysmic that it could destroy the planet...When it is discovered that an enormous comet is on a collision course with Earth, a handful of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 797 members
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  • Deep Impact on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Robert Duvall,  Tea Leoni,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Mimi Leder
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A fourteen-year-old amateur astronomer, an ambitious newswoman, and a former astronaut all find themselves at the forefront of catastrophe when it is discovered that a comet is on a fatal collision course with the Earth. In the time leading up to the disaster, they find themselves searching for ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 9,079 members
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  • Flirting With Disaster on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Ben Stiller,  Patricia Arquette,  Tea Leoni
    Director: David O. Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Writer-director David O. Russell follows up his dark independent comedy SPANKING THE MONKEY with this hilarious romp about a man who goes on a quest to find his biological parents. Mel Coplin (Ben Stiller), a new father, is convinced that he won't be able to give his son a name until he reunites ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,892 member
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  • Bad Boys on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Martin Lawrence,  Will Smith,  Tea Leoni
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) is a happily married family man. Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) is a smooth-talking, freewheeling bachelor. Both are cops in the narcotics division of the Miami police department. When $100 million dollars worth of seized heroin is stolen from their police station, the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 26,303 members
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  • Bad Boys - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Martin Lawrence,  Will Smith,  Tea Leoni
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) is a happily married family man. Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) is a smooth-talking, freewheeling bachelor. Both are cops in the narcotics division of the Miami police department. When $100 million dollars worth of seized heroin is stolen from their police station, the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 2,141 members
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  • A League Of Their Own on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Garry Marshall,  Geena Davis
    Director: Penny Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League was founded in 1943, when most of the men of baseball-playing age were far away in Europe and Asia fighting World War II. The league flourished until after World War II, when, with the men's return, the league was consigned to oblivion. Director ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 4,142 members
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Tea Leoni facts

5 most recent films

Tower Heist - 3.5 stars
Tower Heist - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Ghost Town - 3.5 stars
Ghost Town - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
You Kill Me - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Bad Boys - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Bad Boys - 3.5 stars
A League Of Their Own - 3.5 stars
The Family Man - 3.5 stars
Ghost Town - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

People I Know - 2.0 stars
Flirting With Disaster - 2.5 stars
Spanglish - 3.0 stars
You Kill Me - 3.0 stars
Fun With Dick And Jane - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Billy Campbell - 3 times - show films
Greg Kinnear - 3 times - show films
Kristen Wiig - 3 times - show films
Dana Ivey - 3 times - show films
Bill Pullman - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Brett Ratner - 3 times - show films
Mimi Leder - 2 times - show films
Zhao Dayong - 2 times - show films
Daniel Algrant - 2 times - show films
Michael Bay - 2 times - show films