Teri Polo
- Born
- 1 June 1969 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Dover, Delaware, USA
- Birth name
- Theresa Elizabeth Polo
- Height
- 165 cm
- Known for
- Actor
Teri Polo was born in Dover, Delaware, to Jane (Gentry) and Vincent Polo, a stereo systems designer. Her ancestry includes Italian (from her paternal grandfather), German, and English. She has two brothers, Mike and Steve. Polo studied ballet for twelve years and was a dancer for the Delaware Regional Ballet at age 15. She dropped out of high school at 16 because she won a local modeling contest for a blue jeans advert in Seventeen magazine. Polo tried her hand at modeling, and was signed to Elite petite division.
