Nicollette Sheridan has won a worldwide audience with her past television and film roles. With her Golden Globe-nominated role of "Edie Britt," the blonde bombshell of Wisteria Lane, on ABC's hit show
Desperate Housewives (2004); the show's cast won both the 11th (2005) and 12th (2006) Screen Actors Guild Awards for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series."
Sheridan was born as Nicollette Adams in Worthing, Sussex, England, the daughter of actress
Sally Sheridan (née Adams). She discovered a passion for ballet as a small child and studied intensely, broadening her love of the arts as a student at the Arts Educational School in London. In addition to the theatre, she nurtured her talents as an avid equestrienne along with a rigorous thirst for reading and a love of the works of
William Shakespeare. Moving to Los Angeles and being courted to explore her talents was a natural progression.
Sheridan exploded on the small screen as the beautiful and manipulative Paige Matheson on
Knots Landing (1979). This led to a variety of roles in other projects, including
The People Next Door (1996) (with
Faye Dunaway),
A Time to Heal (1994) (opposite
Gary Cole),
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (with
James Woods), and
Dead Husbands (1998) (with
John Ritter), along with a special guest appearance on the season finale of
Will & Grace (1998).
Sheridan was first introduced to film audiences in
Rob Reiner's
The Sure Thing (1985) opposite
John Cusack, going on to appear in other film comedies, such as
Noises Off... (1992) (opposite
Michael Caine),
Spy Hard (1996) (opposite
Leslie Nielsen),
Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) (with
Chris Farley),
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998) (with
Billy Zane), and
Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) (opposite
Cedric The Entertainer and
Lucy Liu).
She brought her English accent to the Disney animated series
The Legend of Tarzan (2001) and was also heard as a Russian fly in the animated feature
Fly Me to the Moon 3D (2007) (with
Tim Curry,
Kelly Ripa,
Christopher Lloyd and
Buzz Aldrin). She voiced the role of "Zenna" in Promenade Pictures' animated film
Noah (2012), which starred
Michael Keaton,
Rob Schneider,
Marcia Gay Harden and Sir
Ben Kingsley. Sheridan also appeared in the independent comedy
Jewtopia (2012).
She has supported philanthropic causes including those focused on cancer, women and children at risk, and natural disaster relief (e.g., Hurricane Katrina), as well as such entities as the Red Cross, Humane Society, Last Chance for Animals, Best Friends Animal Society and The Amanda Foundation. In September 2010, she teamed up with Natural Balance Pet Foods to raise money for National Guide Dog Awareness Month.
She resides in Los Angeles, California.