Nicolette Sheridan

Nicolette Sheridan (born November 21, 1963, in Worthing, Sussex, England) is a British actress who is probably best known for her role as "Edie Britt" on the primetime dramedy Desperate Housewives. Sheridan's greatest fame has come from primetime drama: she debuted in 1984's Paper Dolls and was very popular as "Paige Matheson" on the CBS night-time soap Knots Landing. In 1990 she won the Soap Opera Digest Award for "Outstanding Lead Actress: Prime Time" for that role; the following year she won in the "Outstanding Heroine: Prime Time" category. At the time she was credited as Nicollette Sheridan.

TV Work

• Paper Dolls (1984) (canceled after 13 episodes)
• Dead Man's Folly (1986)
• Dark Mansions (1986)
• Knots Landing (cast member from 1986-1993)
• Deceptions (1990)
• Lucky/Chances (1990) (miniseries)
• Somebody's Daughter (1992)
• A Time to Heal (1994)
• Shadows of Desire (1994)
• Silver Strand (1995)
• Virus (1995)
• ' (1995)
• The People Next Door (1996)
• Murder in My Mind (1997)
• ' (1997) (miniseries)
• Dead Husbands (1998)
• The Spiral Staircase (2000)
• Haven't We Met Before? (2002)
• Deadly Betrayal (2003)
• Deadly Visions (2004)
• Desperate Housewives (2004-present)