Theresa Elizabeth "Teri" Polo is an American actress. She starred as Pam Focker in the film Meet the Parents and its two sequels, Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers. She was one of the stars of the sitcom I'm with Her, had a recurring role as Helen Santos on the political d...
Theresa Elizabeth Polo , Theresa Elizabeth "Teri" Polo
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Female Newcomer
Movies
Little Fockers, Meet the Fockers, Meet the Parents, Domestic Disturbance, Straight from the Heart, The Hole, Beyond Borders, Taste of Romance, Outlaws and Angels, The Arrival, The Unsaid, Mystery Date, Full of It, The Christmas Heart, Love Is A Four Letter Word, Second String, Christmas Angel, The P...
TV Shows
The Fosters, I'm with Her, The Wedding Bells, Northern Exposure, Law & Order: LA, TV 101, Man Up!, Brimstone, Loving, Welcome to the Jungle Gym, Sugar Hill
I became disillusioned with dance when I was 16 and started focusing on acting.
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In Hollywood, most things are based on looks, so I'd love to do something that has nothing to do with how I look.
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I moved to New York between my junior and senior years of high school to just see what it was like, to go to a modeling agency and see how to get representation.
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Fact
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Had to file chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2014 after owing 3/4 million in back taxes.
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Her paternal grandfather was of Italian descent. Her other ancestry is German (including an immigrant great-grandmother), English, and small amounts of Scottish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), and Welsh.
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In April 2014, Polo filed for bankruptcy, declaring less than $50,000 in assets and debts in excess of $800,000.
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Charlotte, NC, USA: Living with her children. [2011]
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Took a substantial loss ($550,000) selling her five-bedroom, 3,077-square-foot, Asian-inspired house in Manhattan Beach, California for $1.95 million. She originally paid $2.5 million for it in 2006. [2009]
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Teri and her musician ex-boyfriend, Jamie Wollam, became the parents of a girl, Bayley, on December 20. 2007 in Los Angeles. Bailey weighed in at 7 pounds.
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Her former boyfriend Jamie Wollam has a son named Carter Wollam.
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Daughter Bayley, with her former boyfriend Jamie Wollam, born December 20, 2007 in Los Angeles.
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Was featured as #42 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement. (2002)
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Has 3 dogs.
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Posed in the February 2005 issue of Playboy.
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Her former husband, Anthony Moore, is a photographer.
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Gave birth to her first child, a boy named Griffin (born summer 2002).
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Studied ballet from age 6 - 17.
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Signed by the Petite modeling agency at age 17.
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Dropped out of Dover High School (Dover, DE) at age 17 to move to NYC and pursue acting.
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She and Anthony Moore eloped in Las Vegas one day after becoming engaged in a Sears store.
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Honors student at Dover High School in Dover, DE.
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Straight 'A' student at Holy Cross Elementary School.