Téa went to Oahu to help search for her cousin, Tim Pantaleoni, in summer 1995. He mysteriously vanished while hiking and to this day has never been found.
Téa auditioned for a Charlie's Angels remake role as a dare, and got the part. A writer's strike in Hollywood meant the series was never made, but the pre-publicity was enough to get Tea noticed.
Téa: (on filming the movie Manure) It's all about our relationship to excrement. Our own, others', selling it, making it, smelling it, being offended by it, reveling in it, getting hit with it when it hits the fan.
Téa: (on the challenge of playing an athlete in Spanglish) I love tennis. I love very aggressive tennis, and I think I'm quite good. Golf, well, of course you can drink beer when you play that, but I take it pretty seriously, and I'm quite good at that. And I'm a good swimmer, and I used to compete in windsurfing.
Téa: Not to sound like a whore, but I've been with... I've worked with... some very attractive men. Nick Cage... Al Pachino... Ben Stiller... and Woody Allen.