She rose to fame as Paige Matheson on the iconic soap opera Knots Landing and became a fan-favorite villain in Desperate Housewives as the show’s Eddie Britt.
So keep reading to know more about her…
Nicollette Sheridan exploded on the small screen as the gorgeous, scheming and manipulative vixen Paige Matheson in Knots Landing – a spinoff of Dallas. The show premiered in 1979, but Sheridan debuted on Knots Landing in 1986 and stayed on the soap opera for seven years. She joined the series fresh off her stint as John Cusack’s love interest in the movie The Sure Thing.
”Paige is different. She’s strong, she’s ambitious, she’s bright, she’s mischievous,” Sheridan said, talking about her portrayal. The beautiful blonde didn’t only win the public’s admiration, Sheridan also earned the 1990 Soap Opera Digest award for Outstanding Lead Actress. At the same time, she was also listed as one of People‘s “50 Most Beautiful People”.
Nicollette Sheridan grew up in Hollywood with her famous mother (actress Sally Adams and her mom’s lover (Blofeld actor Telly Savalas). She was born in England but came over to the United States when she was 10. Her strong accent was kept intact for many years – but today, she can switch as she likes.
”All the kids used to make fun of that, and I hated it. So I practiced every day talking with an American accent and pretty much mastered it,” she told Tampa Bay Times in 1988. Also of Dynasty fame, actress Nicollette Sheridan is one of the many stars in Hollywood who has not had an easy go at marriage.
The England native, now 57, was first married to actor Harry Hamlin, now 69, in 1991. They divorced only 11 months later, the reason being a point of contention in the public eye. Hamlin’s second wife, Lisa Ramlin (57), claimed that Sheridan had cheated on Hamlin with singer Michael Bolton.
Sheridan claims that she and her first husband divorced for entirely different reasons, but this led to a public feud on Twitter, where Hamlin defended his second wife while accusing Sheridan of lying. Either way, it is also public knowledge that Sheridan and singer Michael Bolton did date on and off as of 1992, after the actress’s divorce.