Since then, she has stuck to several guest-star appearances and forgettable films (with the possible exception of Tomorrow Never Dies), and even shared the screen with sportscaster Howie Long, hocking electronics from Radio Shack. And yet, for some reason, and one not entirely detached from her killer bod and perfect face, she has been able to remain a star-quality force in pop culture.

When the Academy starts handing out Oscars for TV commercials, we're sure that Teri Hatcher will be among the first nominated (with all respect given to Carrot Top and his delightful 1-800-CALL-ATT ads). But until that day, the Academy is going to have to sit on their hands and wait until Miss Hatcher decides to take her talents out of the glitzy world of 30-second spots to make room in her schedule for more hour and a half long films.

While we didn't get nearly enough chances to see Teri do much acting until she scored her role on Desperate Housewives, she remains a celebrity with name recognition, and that means she can have any art house film she wants. Really, she's just one Tarantino or Aronofsky away from A-list status.

Really, who needs all these other silly categories when you've got a good score in sexiness? And while Teri will not fare as well in Accomplishments & Fame or in the Personality & Talent sections, she certainly brings home the gold in the Sexiness competition.

If an amazing body and gorgeous face were all it took to succeed in this world, then all those accolades and awards wouldn't be wasted on the Sean Penns and Jodie Fosters of the world, but would find their rightful homes in the arms of the Carmen Electras of Hollywood.

On a relative scale, Teri Hatcher is pretty famous. Very few Americans can say that they've had their own role as the title character on a network TV show, or gotten the chance to teach the rest of the nation about certain products on national commercials.

But on a more accurate scale where the accomplishments of Miss Hatcher are weighed against those of other celebrities, Teri surely doesn't add up. Perhaps the best test of fame is whether a celebrity successfully switches mediums. And Teri, as much as we love her, has only matched the fame of Lois & Clark on the silver screen once, with her role as a Bond Girl in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies.

But she has remained busy, with roles in 1999's Fever, 2001's blockbuster Spy Kids, and of course, ABC's smash hit series, Desperate Housewives. In 2005, she won a Golden Globe as Best Actress in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy).

And, of course, the readers' panel is as much an honest denominator of women as we are fair, and if the amount of downloads one's photos receive is a way to measure success, then call her Julia Roberts.

There are things like a sultry glare and perfect skin that all the makeup artists and digital re-touchers in the world could never recreate, and these are just a few of the knockout features Teri has. And as a woman in her early 40s, Hatcher proves that age ain't nothing but a number.

She has sex appeal oozing from every pore and an aura of sensuality falling off of her like rain. We could go on with the rhetoric, but that would give us less time to look at her pictures. Besides, she made the phrase, "They're real, and they're spectacular" famous.

Anytime a beautiful female wears clothes that accentuate her undulating and curvy traits, we have to give said beautiful female a big thumbs up. When the beautiful female in question poses nude, our heads turn blood red and explode upwards like in a Looney Tunes cartoon. Teri hasn't posed nude (at least not in any pictures we found), but if she did, it's fair to say that this would happen.

But back to reality -- we certainly give our props to the slinky outfits that are oft found adorning the perfect body of Teri Hatcher. While not transparent, her clothing certainly gives us a pretty good hint of what is found underneath.

Teri Lynn Hatcher was born December 8, 1964, in Sunnyvale, California, outside of San Francisco. She was the only child to father Owen, a nuclear physicist and mother Esther, a computer programmer. With her parents' occupations, one would think that Teri was bound for high school glory in the math club or chess team, but destiny would dictate otherwise.

While it is not mentioned in her official biography, we can only suppose that Teri started to develop her world-class body early in life, giving her the social confidence to become captain of Freemont High School's cheerleader squad, known as the Featherettes. Her moves while cheering on the sidelines must have made an impression, as the graduating 1982 class named Teri the most likely to become a Solid Gold Dancer.

After high school, Teri went on to study acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco while also pursuing a degree in mathematics and engineering at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. A year later, Teri became a member of the San Francisco 49ers cheerleading squad, known as "The Gold Rush." After the 1984 semester, Teri planned to transfer her credits to the California Polytechnic Institute, but fate stepped in to mix things up once again.

Teri went to Hollywood with a friend to lend support in her friend's bid for an acting job. Teri also went for the part and ended up winning her first paying gig on Aaron Spelling's Love Boat, as part of the Pacific Princess' resident entertainers, The Mermaids.

From her first role, Teri went on to land some smaller TV roles and had her first big film part as an egomaniac actress in the 1989 satire, The Big Picture. She went on to some comic supporting roles in films such as Tango & Cash with Sylvester Stallone, Soap Dish with Whoopi Goldberg, and Straight Talk with Dolly Parton. In 1988, Teri married personal trainer Markus Leithold, but the marriage only lasted 10 months.

In 1993, Teri starred in one of her biggest projects to date, as Lois in every true Superman fanatic's worst nightmare, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. The show made her a household name and brought her into America's living rooms every week.

In 1994, Teri married actor Jon Tenney (who appeared in You Can Count On Me) and the couple had their first child, a daughter named Emerson Rose, on November 10, 1997.

After a four-year run with Lois & Clark, Teri remained a force in Hollywood with high-profile roles in the 007 extravaganza Tomorrow Never Dies and 2 Days In The Valley (in which she has a physical fight with Charlize Theron), but she is still well-known for her role as Jerry's girlfriend on Seinfeld, who tells Jerry that her breasts are "real, and they're spectacular."

Taking some time off to take on a whole new role as mom, Teri was seen in the 2001 film, Spy Kids. After enjoying some time as a proud spokesperson for Radio Shack and appearing in made-for-TV movies like 2001's Jane Doe and Say Uncle, and 2003's Momentum, Teri was cast as single mom Susan Mayer in ABC's hit series, Desperate Housewives. Not only did the show enjoy a strong debut in the ratings, but Teri was awarded the Best Actress in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy) Golden Globe in 2005.

On a personal note, Teri is a self-proclaimed animal lover who spends time with her family north of Los Angeles.

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