Huge 90s, noughties TV star stuns in rare red carpet outing at 60

One of the biggest actresses on TV in the 90s and noughties hasn’t been seen much in recent years – but she just glammed up for a rare outing.

One of the biggest TV stars of the 90s and noughties has made a surprise appearance on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival.

Teri Hatcher, 60, walked the red carpet for the premiere of historical romantic drama The History of Sound, starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor.

Hatcher looked incredible in a low-cut emerald gown, complete with a thigh-high split.

Teri Hatcher hits the red carpet in Cannes. Picture: Andreas Rentz/Getty

Hatcher, once one of TV’s most high-profile (and highly-paid) actresses, has kept more of a low profile in recent years, with just a handful of acting credits across the past five years.

While she’s been working as an actor for 40 years now, since landing her first on-screen role as a recurring character on The Love Boat, it wasn’t until almost a decade into her career that Hatcher landed her first “big break.”

In 1993 she was cast as Lois Lane in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, a huge hit thanks to her romantic chemistry with co-star Dean Cain.

That show lasted for four seasons, but Hatcher’s TV fame reached new levels in 2004 when she was cast in the smash hit soap opera Desperate Housewives.

Hatcher at Cannes … Picture: Victor Boyko/Getty

… and with co-star Dean Cain in Lois & Clark, circa 1993.

Hatcher played Susan Delfino across all eight seasons of the show, which was plagued by rumours of infighting amid its core cast.

E! reported at the time the tension started after Hatcher won a Golden Globe in 2005.

“You could trace the tension back to then,” E! columnist Ted Casablanca said at the time.

“It was a huge coup for her. Teri was riding a wave that year, and she was sort of riding it on top of everybody else.”

In early seasons, Hatcher’s salary for the show was reported to be $US70,000 an episode – but by later years, she’d negotiated a salary of $US400,000 an episode. That $US9 million-a-season paycheque made her one of the highest paid actors on television.

Hatcher became bigger than ever with Desperate Housewives.

he’s kept a lower profile in recent years. Picture: AFP

After the finale aired, and amid feverish speculation about a feud between the cast members, Hatcher said to TV Guide: “I will never disclose the true and complicated journey of us all, but I wish everyone on the show well.”

L-R: Felicity Huffman, Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria and Marica Cross had a “complicated journey” on Desperate Housewives.

While Hatcher hasn’t been seen on screen as much in recent years, she scoffed at a bizarre 2018 tabloid report that she was “broke” and living out of a van.

“On the cover yesterday (Star magazine has) an article that says exactly that — it’s totally absurd — that I am broke and homeless and living out of my van,” said Hatcher, who has an estimated net worth of $US50 million.

“It’s categorically false. I am not broke. I have done very well investing my money. I am not homeless and I am not living out of my van.”

She explained that the published photos actually showed her shooting content for her YouTube cooking series in a van parked on a beach in Los Angeles.

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