Teri Hatcher – Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Teri was actually an NFL cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers before getting her break as Lois Lane in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. It was then that Teri landed the Bond girl role of Paris Carver. And yet, this Bond babe would go on to become far more famous for another role, that of Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives. For this role, Teri received a Golden Globe Award for best actress, 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Primetime Emmy nomination. In the series, which ran from 2004 until 2012, Teri was earning $285,000 per episode as of April 2006, making her one of the highest paid TV actresses in the US.