Nicollette Sheridan is an American actress born in England. She gained fame playing the character Paige Matheson on the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing, for which she won two Soap Opera Digest Awards.
Before landing a role in the romantic comedy film The Sure Thing and ABC primetime soap opera Paper Dolls, she worked as a fashion model. Sheridan portrayed the main character in several television films and miniseries, such as The People Next Door, Virus, and Lucky Chances.
She also acted in the feature films like Code Name: The Cleaner, Spy Hard and Beverly Hills Ninja.
Sheridan portrayed Edie Britt in the ABC television show, Desperate Housewives from 2004 to 2009. In 2005, for her role, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film.
She played Alexis Carrington on The CW’s Dynasty revival from 2018 to 2019.
Why Did Nicollette Sheridan Leave Desperate Housewives And Dynasty?
Sheridan’s character was killed off in the Desperate Housewives, the director of the show accused Sheridan of having a poor attitude on set. Her character Eddie died in a car crash.
After her character was killed off the show, Sheridan sued for wrongful termination and assault, seeking $6 million. Sheridan claimed that director Marc Cherry was slowly phasing her character out and told the writers not to give any funny lines.
Sheridan believes that one of the reasons she got fired from the show was her accusing Cherry of hitting her head, but he argued that he only tapped her head.
Sheridan just not left Desperate Housewives. She also left the show Dynasty; however, the reason for her leaving is for a different reason. In this show, her character wasn’t killed.
She left the show as her mother was severely ill and didn’t have a long time to live. She decided to leave the show to be close to her mother so she could take care of her.
Nicollette Sheridan’s Net Worth
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Sheridan has an estimated net worth of $25 million. She has garnered her wealth from her acting career.
She played Lucky Santangelo in the Jackie Collins adaptation of Lucky Chances and performed in the Deceptions in 1990. She went on to have primary roles in Somebody’s Daughter, A Time to Heal, Shadows of Desire, Virus, The People Next Door, Dead Husbands, and the remake of the 1946 movie The Spiral Staircase.
Sheridan made appearances on episodes of the sitcoms Will & Grace and Becker, which helped her land the role of Eddie Britt in Desperate Housewives. She was paid $175,000 per episode for the show.
After being cast in The Sure Thing, she started gaining popularity on the big screen. She made her appearances in the movies like Tarzan & Jane, Fly Me to the Moon, Jewtopia, Let’s Kill Ward’s Wife, Lost Treasure, and many more.
Nicollette Sheridan’s Husband
Sheridan has been married twice, she got married her first husband, Harry Hamlin, on September 7, 1991, but the couple divorced in 1992 after one year in their marriage.
She married her second husband, Aaron Phypers, on December 12, 2015, but the couple got divorced after six months of their marriage.
Sheridan didn’t have any kids from her previous marriages. She was also engaged twice, first with Nicklas Soderblom in 2005 and Michael Bolton in 2006. Sheridan had an on-and-off relationship with Bolton after her split with Hamlin.
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