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Nicollette Sheridan (born 21 November 1963) 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 ABC primetime soap opera Paper Dolls in 1984, as well as starring in the romantic comedy film The Sure Thing (1985). She rose to prominence as Paige Matheson on the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing (1986–1993), for which she received two Soap Opera Digest Awards. Thereafter, she appeared in lead roles in numerous television films and miniseries including Lucky Chances (1990), Virus (1995), and The People Next Door (1996). She also appeared in the feature films Noises Off (1992), Spy Hard (1996), Beverly Hills Ninja (1997), and Code Name: The Cleaner (2007). From 2004 to 2009, Sheridan starred as Edie Britt on the ABC series Desperate Housewives, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2005. From 2018 to 2019, she portrayed Alexis Carrington on The CW's Dynasty reboot. During the 1980s, she dated teen idols Leif Garrett and Scott Baio. On September 7, 1991, she married actor 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. From July 1992 to September 1995, she dated singer Michael Bolton. 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 trafficking ecstasy. She began dating Swedish personal trainer Nicklas Söderblom 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.

Known For

7.4

Juliette Matheson

Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas

2023

8.1

Alexis Carrington

Dynasty

2017

5.7

Cass

All Yours

2016

5.5

Robin Peters

Let's Kill Ward's Wife

2014

5.0

Charlotte Hart

The Christmas Spirit

2013

4.6

Betsy O’Connell

Jewtopia

2012

6.0

Nikki Williams

XXIT

2011

6.0

Eve

Honeymoon for One

2011

4.9

Nadia (voice)

Fly Me to the Moon

2008

5.2

Diane

Code Name: The Cleaner

2007

Credits

Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas

as Juliette Matheson

2023

7.4

Dynasty

as Alexis Carrington

2017

8.1

All Yours

as Cass

2016

5.7

Let's Kill Ward's Wife

as Robin Peters

2014

5.5

The Christmas Spirit

as Charlotte Hart

2013

5.0

Jewtopia

as Betsy O’Connell

2012

4.6

XXIT

as Nikki Williams

2011

6.0

Honeymoon for One

as Eve

2011

6.0

Fly Me to the Moon

as Nadia (voice)

2008

4.9

Code Name: The Cleaner

as Diane

2007

5.2

The Karate Dog

as White Cat (voice)

2006

5.1

The Reichen Show

as Self

2005

4.8

🎬

Retrosexual: The '80s

as (archive footage)

2004

10.0

Deadly Visions

as Ann Culver

2004

4.9

Desperate Housewives

as Edie Britt

2004

7.9

🎬

The Tony Danza Show

as Self

2004

6.1

Lost Treasure

as Carrie

2003

4.9

Deadly Betrayal

as Donna Randal

2003

4.0

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

2003

5.6

Punk'd

as Self

2003

5.1

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

2003

5.5

Tarzan & Jane

as Eleanor (voice)

2002

6.0

Haven't We Met Before?

as Eliza / Kate / Emily Winton

2002

3.3

.com for Murder

as Misty

2001

3.1

The Legend of Tarzan

as Eleanor (voice)

2001

6.9

Static Shock

as Miss Moore / Darcy (voice)

2000

8.1

The Spiral Staircase

as Helen Capel

2000

5.1

Rove

as Self

1999

8.0

Raw Nerve

as Izabel Sauvestre

1999

4.3

Dead Husbands

as Alexandra Elston

1998

4.8

Becker

as Anna

1998

7.1

Will & Grace

as Dr. Danielle Morty

1998

6.8

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

as Ballroom Woman

1998

5.0

The View

as Self

1997

4.3

Murder in My Mind

as Callain Pearson

1997

1.5

Beverly Hills Ninja

as Allison Page / Sally Jones

1997

5.6

The People Next Door

as Anna Morse

1996

7.3

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.1

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self

1996

3.9

Spy Hard

as Veronique Ukrinsky

1996

5.4

Silver Strand

as Michelle Hughes

1995

3.2

Virus

as Marissa Blumenthal

1995

4.6

Shadows of Desire

as Rowena Ecklund

1994

1.5

A Time to Heal

as Jenny Barton

1994

10.0

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

1993

7.2

Somebody's Daughter

as Sara

1992

1.0

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as Self

1992

5.4

Noises Off...

as Brooke Ashton / Vicki

1992

7.1

Voices That Care

as Self - Choir Member

1991

8.0

Lucky Chances

as Lucky Santangelo

1990

6.3

Deceptions

as Adrienne Erickson

1990

4.4

Dirty Tennis

as Self

1989

0.0

Paradise

as Lily

1988

5.4

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

5.4

Dark Mansions

as Banda Drake

1986

0.0

Dead Man's Folly

as Hattie Stubbs

1986

6.2

Scene of the Crime

as Liza Shepherd

1985

5.0

The Sure Thing

as The Sure Thing

1985

6.5

Paper Dolls

as Taryn Blake

1984

5.5

Knots Landing

as Paige Matheson

1979

6.7

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

1962

7.5

🎬

Incredi-Girl

as Taylor

N/A

0.0