Nicollette Sheridan

Nicollette Sheridan born 21 November 1963 is an Britishborn 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 shortlived 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 19861993 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 CWs Dynasty reboot During the 1980s she dated teen idols Leif Garrett and Scott Baio On September 7 1991 she married actor Harry Hamlin her costar 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 Years 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