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 ABCprimetime soap operaPaper Dollsin 1984, as well as starring in the romantic comedy filmThe Sure Thing(1985). She rose to prominence asPaige Mathesonon theCBSprimetime soap operaKnots Landing(1986–1993), for which she received twoSoap Opera Digest Awards.Thereafter, she appeared in lead roles in numerous television films and miniseries includingLucky Chances(1990),Virus(1995), andThe People Next Door(1996). She also appeared in the feature filmsNoises Off(1992),Spy Hard(1996),Beverly Hills Ninja(1997), andCode Name: The Cleaner(2007).From 2004 to 2009, Sheridan starred asEdie Britton theABCseriesDesperate Housewives, for which she was nominated for theGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Filmin 2005. From 2018 to 2019, she portrayedAlexis CarringtononThe CW'sDynastyreboot.During the 1980s, she dated teen idolsLeif GarrettandScott Baio.On September 7, 1991, she married actorHarry 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 singerMichael 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 traffickingecstasy.She began dating Swedish personal trainerNicklas Söderblomin 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.