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Teri Polo
Born	Theresa Elizabeth Polo June 1, 1969 (1969-06-01) (age 40) Dover, Delaware, United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Anthony Moore (1997-2003) (divorced) 1 child
Domestic partner(s)	Jamie Wollam (1 child)

Teri Polo (born June 1, 1969) is an American actress known for her role of Pamela Martha Byrnes in the movie Meet the Parents (2000) and its sequel Meet the Fockers (2004). She was one of the stars in the sitcom I'm with Her, as well as the political drama series The West Wing.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Personal life 1.2 Career 2 References 3 External links

Biography

Personal life

Polo was born Theresa Elizabeth Polo in Dover, Delaware, the daughter of Jane, a homemaker, and Vincent Polo, a stereo systems designer.¹ Polo studied ballet for twelve years beginning at age five. By age 13 she was attending New York's School of American Ballet. After winning a modeling contest, she moved to New York City at the age of seventeen to pursue an acting career. In April 1997 Polo married photographer Anthony Moore. In 2003 Polo and Moore were divorced. A year later, while on the set of a video, she met drummer Jamie Wollam (of the bands Avion and Venice). Polo has two children, a son Griffin (b. Summer 2002 with Moore) and a daughter Bailey (born December 20, 2007 in Los Angeles with Wollam).²

Career

Polo has guest-starred on many TV shows like The Practice, Felicity, Chicago Hope, Sports Night, Numb3rs, and Frasier. Polo's prime time debut was in TV 101. She also starred in the 1990 miniseries The Phantom of the Opera as Christine Daae. She played Detective Ash on the TV series Brimstone and became a regular cast member on the last season of Northern Exposure. She appeared in a recurring guest role in the sixth and seventh seasons of The West Wing playing the role of Helen Santos, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Matt Santos (Jimmy Smits). She has also hosted several ceremonies. Recently, she appeared on Fox's The Wedding Bells, portraying the wedding planner Jane Bell.

In February 2005, Polo appeared on the cover of, and posed nude in Playboy. The appearance was linked to the release of Meet the Fockers, with cover text that made similar plays on words such as “She's one hot Focker”. She was ranked #42 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002.³ She was also featured in InStyle.

In 2009 she starred in the Hallmark Channel TV movie Expecting a Miracle with Jason Priestley and Cheech Marin. He stars 2009 in Michael Stokes film The Beacon⁴.

Polo is in the 2009 television pilot for Washington Field. The show is about the National Capital Response Squad, a unit of the FBI composed of elite experts in different areas who travel around the world, responding to events that concern American interest.

In 2010, Polo will reprise her role as Pamela Martha Byrnes in Little Fockers, the sequel to Meet the Parents (2000) and Meet the Fockers (2004).

References

External links

• Teri Polo at the Internet Movie Database