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Nicollette SheridanΒ (born 21 November 1963)Β is an British-born American actress best known for her roles as Edie Britt on Desperate Housewives, Lily on Paradise and Paige Matheson on Knots Landing.
She began her career as a fashion model before landing a role in the short-lived ABCΒ primetime soap operaΒ Paper DollsΒ in 1984, as well as starring in the romantic comedy filmΒ The Sure ThingΒ (1985). She rose to prominence asΒ Paige MathesonΒ on theΒ CBSΒ primetime soap operaΒ Knots LandingΒ (1986β1993), for which she received twoΒ Soap Opera Digest Awards.
Thereafter, she appeared in lead roles in numerous television films and miniseries includingΒ Lucky ChancesΒ (1990),Β VirusΒ (1995), andΒ The People Next DoorΒ (1996). She also appeared in the feature filmsΒ Noises OffΒ (1992),Β Spy HardΒ (1996),Β Beverly Hills NinjaΒ (1997), andΒ Code Name: The CleanerΒ (2007).
From 2004 to 2009, Sheridan starred asΒ Edie BrittΒ on theΒ ABCΒ seriesΒ Desperate Housewives, for which she was nominated for theΒ Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress β Series, Miniseries or Television FilmΒ in 2005. From 2018 to 2019, she portrayedΒ Alexis CarringtonΒ onΒ The CW'sΒ DynastyΒ reboot.
During the 1980s, she dated teen idolsΒ Leif GarrettΒ andΒ Scott Baio.Β On September 7, 1991, she married actorΒ Harry Hamlin, her co-star from the 1990 TV movie Deceptions. Hamlin filed for divorce on August 21, 1992, listing their date of separation as July 13.Β From July 1992 to September 1995, she dated singerΒ Michael Bolton.Β She was then involved for three years with Australian Simon Main, a relationship that ended in 2000 when Main was sentenced to four years in prison for traffickingΒ ecstasy.
She began dating Swedish personal trainerΒ Nicklas SΓΆderblomΒ in 2004 and became engaged to him on New Year's Eve 2004; the pair called off the engagement in October 2005. That December, she rekindled her romance with Bolton. She and Bolton announced their engagement in March 2006 but they broke off their engagement in August 2008. She married Aaron Phypers in December 2015, but the couple separated six months later. Their divorce was finalized in August 2018.
