Teri Hatcher

Teri Hatcher is an actress who played B.G. Robinson in the second season episode . As many of her filmed scenes were removed from the final episode, Hatcher specifically asked for her name to be removed from the credits. As such, she received no screen credit for her appearance. 
She has since become known for starring as Lois Lane on (1993-97) and for her Emmy Award-nominated role as Susan Mayer Delfino on (2004-12).
Hatcher was born in Palo Alto, California, and studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater. She began her Hollywood career with the role of a singing and dancing mermaid on the last season of The Love Boat (1985-86). Following a role on the daytime soap opera Capitol from 1986 through 1987, Hatcher became a regular on the short-lived Fox series Karen's Song. She went on to have a recurring role as the trouble-prone Penny Parker on MacGyver from 1986 through 1990. During this time, she also made guest appearances on (starring John Larroquette), CBS Summer Playhouse (with Lawrence Pressman), and (1989, starring Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake, with Noble Willingham). In 1989, she appeared on , starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell, with Michael McGrady. She later appeared on shows such as Murphy Brown, Tales from the Crypt (with Miguel Ferrer), and Seinfeld (starring Jason Alexander) – reprising an earlier role in the series finale, and allowing Phil Morris' Jackie Chiles to answer a question the main characters never could.
Later in 1989, Hatcher was seen in (1989, with Michael McKean and Stephen Collins) and played the female lead in , featuring Marc Alaimo, Roy Brocksmith, Clint Howard, Glenn Morshower, Michael J. Pollard, and Phil Rubenstein. Hatcher went on to co-star with Whoopi Goldberg in (1991). Subsequent films featuring Hatcher include (1993, with Zach Galligan) and (1993, with Charles Rocket).
Hatcher first acquired wide recognition for playing Lois Lane on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, co-starring K Callan and Tracy Scoggins. Hatcher starred on the series during its entire four-year run, from 1993 through 1997, but continued making appearances in films such as (1994, with Matt McCoy) and (1996, with Amanda Plummer, Seymour Cassel and Famke Janssen) and (1996, with Keith Carradine, Louise Fletcher, and Lawrence Tierney).
After Lois & Clark ended, Hatcher appeared in (1997, with fellow Next Generation guest star Vincent Schiavelli and Michelle Yeoh). The following year, Hatcher was seen in an episode of Frasier, starring Kelsey Grammer in the title role. In 2000, Hatcher co-starred with Bob Gunton, Matt Malloy, and Bruce McGill in the made-for-TV movie Running Mates, and in 2001, she appeared in .
Hatcher starred on the hit ABC series Desperate Housewives from 2004 to 2012. Among the other Trek alumni with whom she worked on this show are Steven Culp, Vanessa Williams, Bob Gunton, Paul Dooley, Wallace Shawn, Ronny Cox, Mark Moses, Neal McDonough, Steven Weber, Jeffrey Nordling, Kevin Rahm, Dakin Matthews, John Rubinstein, and Alfre Woodard. Also, the series was narrated by Brenda Strong and photographed by Lowell Peterson. Hatcher earned an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on Desperate Housewives, but the award went to her co-star, . In 2017, she also worked with Brenda Strong on the CW series Supergirl as season 2's main antagonist, Rhea, Queen of the alien race known as the Daxamites.
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