Who is Colette Sheridan?

Who is Colette Sheridan? The entertainment and acting world know her as Nicollette Sheridan. Sheridan is a Golden Globe-nominated British-born American actress. She has appeared in soap operas, movies and television series, and is perhaps best known for her roles as Paige Matheson on Knots Landing and as Edie Britt on Desperate Housewives.

Sheridan was born November 21, 1963 Colette Sheridan in Rustington, West Sussex, England, the daughter of British actress Sally Sheridan (née Adams).[1] She is of Indian Punjabi descent through her maternal side.[2][3] Contrary to rumour, Sheridan is not related to actress Dinah Sheridan. Sheridan's biological father has never been identified. However, Sheridan has said that she considers her mother's late ex-boyfriend, actor Telly Savalas, to be her father (and not stepfather). Sheridan's half-brother, Nick Savalas, is his son. Sheridan attended school at Millfield in Somerset and emigrated to the United States in 1973.[1]

Sheridan made her debut in Paper Dolls, but her breakthrough came in 1986, when she joined the cast of the CBS night-time soap Knots Landing as "Paige Matheson". She started out in a recurring role, but proved to be so popular that she was a regular during the 1988-89 season. For her performance in the role, she won the 1990 Soap Opera Digest Award for "Outstanding Lead Actress: Prime Time" and the 1991 Soap Opera Digest Award for "Outstanding Heroine: Prime Time". The same year, she was named one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People". After the series ended in 1993, she appeared in several made-for-TV movies and the films Spy Hard and Beverly Hills Ninja and auditioned for the role of Grace Adler on Will & Grace (on which she would later guest-star). Despite her carefully cultivated sex symbol image, Sheridan has only done one nude scene during her career, in the low budget 1999 film Raw Nerve, opposite Mario Van Peebles.

In 2004, Sheridan's role as sexy divorcee Edie Britt in ABC's Desperate Housewives brought her renewed media attention. She was nominated for a 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and was named #48 on Maxim's 2006 List.[4] Less positively, she was named 2004's "worst dressed" by Mr. Blackwell. Blackwell's citation probably resulted from the colourful and boldly-cut gown Sheridan wore as a presenter at the American Music Awards on November 14, 2004 but he had earlier (TV Guide, July 22, 1989) praised her fashion sense: "daring ... with her panache, she brings it off without a hitch. For the adventurer in all of us, she's the one to watch". On November 15, 2004, Sheridan was cited by the FCC for her appearance in a sketch that opened the evening's Monday Night Football broadcast. The Desperate Housewives-inspired sketch, showing Sheridan dropping a towel to attract the attention of football player Terrell Owens who then said "ah hell", was widely condemned as being sexually suggestive.[5][6] ABC was forced to apologize for airing it, but the citation against Sheridan was dropped on March 14, 2005. On November 22, 2004, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) aired a controversial parody showing WWE Diva Trish Stratus dropping her towel to attract WWE Superstar Shelton Benjamin, but being caught in the act by the company's chairman, Vince McMahon.[7]
Todd Schnitt of radio station WFLZ-FM in Tampa, Florida, placed an early-morning telephone call to Sheridan on November 18, 2004, waking her to discuss the Monday Night Football controversy (which had come to be called "Towelgate"). On January 30, 2007, the FCC levied a $10,000 fine because the station violated regulations in failing to inform Sheridan that the interview was being broadcast.

Toward the close of the fourth season of Desperate Housewives, conflicting reports circulated regarding Sheridan's future in her role. While Hollywood.com reported in April that series creator Marc Cherry had said Sheridan would depart at the end of the season,[8] another source stated that Sheridan was confident she would return for the series' fifth season.[9] By May 4, Entertainment Weekly reported that Sheridan would likely make several appearances in the upcoming season, but not necessarily as a regular cast member.[10]

Actress Dana Delany, who plays Katherine Mayfair, confirmed that Nicollette Sheridan would be back to reprise her role for Season 5 of Desperate Housewives,[11][12] and the Hollywood Reporter reported Nicollette's character might be seducing another boyfriend, played by actor Neal McDonough.[13]

Personal life

When season five aired, Sheridan did indeed reprise her regular role as Edie, now married to to McDonough's character, who is the centerpiece of the new season.
In February 2009 Sheridan announced she will be leaving Desperate Housewives at the end of the season. Her final episode will be in April 2009.[14]

From 1979 to 1985, Sheridan dated the then teen-idol Leif Garrett. They began dating when she was still about 15 and lived with him in his mother's home while still an underage (minor). As an adult, Sheridan was involved in an unsuccessful attempt to end Garrett's drug abuse.
Sheridan was married to actor Harry Hamlin from September 7, 1991 through 1993. Because the marriage lasted exactly two years (the amount of time required for an American citizen's spouse to receive permanent residency), it was rumored to be a "green card marriage". However, this is unlikely the case as both Savalas, her half brother, and TV network CBS could have sponsored her for any needed visas without her needing to resort to a false marriage.

From January to October 2005, Sheridan was engaged to Swedish personal trainer, Nicklas Söderblom. After their break-up, Sheridan returned to ex-boyfriend Michael Bolton, to whom she became engaged in March 2006. Sheridan was reportedly pregnant with his child but both of them have denied these rumours.[15]
In 2006 Nicollette Sheridan and Michael Bolton sang a duet titled The Second Time Around for the album Bolton Swings Sinatra.[16]
In March 2008 Nicollette Sheridan posed naked for a London Fog charity ad which also featured Nicollette's fiancé, Michael Bolton.[17]
On March 25, 2008 Nicollette Sheridan settled a lawsuit brought by a former manager who alleged that he was fired by the actress to avoid paying a commission.[18]
It was confirmed on August 26, 2008 that Michael and Nicollette had broken their engagement.[19]

Filmography

Year	Film/Television	Role	Notes
1984	Paper Dolls	Taryn Blake	13 episodes
1985	The Sure Thing	The Sure Thing
1986	Dead Man's Folly	Hattie Stubbs	Credited as Nicolette Sheridan
	Dark Mansions	Banda Drake
	Knots Landing	Paige Matheson	179 episodes (1986–1993)
1990	Deceptions	Adrienne Erickson
	Lucky/Chances	Lucky Santangelo
1991	Paradise	Lily	1 episode
1992	Noises Off	Brooke Ashton / Vicki
	Somebody's Daughter	Sara
1994	A Time to Heal	Jenny Barton
	Shadows of Desire	Rowena Ecklund
1995	Virus	Marissa Blumenthal
	Indictment: The McMartin Trial	Grace	Uncredited
	Silver Strand	Michelle Hughes
1996	Spy Hard	Veronique Ukrinsky, Agent 3.14
	The People Next Door	Anna Morse
1997	Beverly Hills Ninja	Allison Page/Sally Jones
	Murder in My Mind	Callain Pearson
	Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac	Paige Matheson	Uncredited
1998	I Woke Up Early the Day I Died	Ballroom Woman
	Dead Husbands	Alexandra Elston
2000	Raw Nerve	Izabel Sauvestre
	The Spiral Staircase	Helen Capel
2001	The Legend of Tarzan	Eleanor	26 episodes (voice)
2002	.com for Murder	Misty Brummel
	Haven't We Met Before?	Eliza/Kate/Emily Winton
	Tarzan & Jane	Eleanor	(voice)
2003	Static Shock	Darcy/Miss Moore	1 episode (voice)
	Deadly Betrayal	Donna Randal
	Lost Treasure	Carrie
	Will & Grace	Dr. Danielle Morty	1 episode
	Becker	Anna	1 episode
2004	Deadly Visions	Ann Culver
	The Karate Dog	White Cat	(voice)
	Desperate Housewives	Edie Britt	5 seasons, 91 episodes (2004–2009)
2007	Code Name: The Cleaner	Diane
2008	Fly Me to the Moon	Nadia	(voice)
2011	Honeymoon for One[13]	Eve Parker
	Noah's Ark: The New Beginning	Zenna	(post-production) (voice)

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