<P> Theresa Elizabeth "Teri" Polo (born June 1, 1969) is an American actress . She starred as Pam Byrnes - Focker in the Meet the Parents trilogy (2000 - 2010). She was one of the stars of the sitcom I'm with Her (2003--2004), had a recurring role as Helen Santos on the political drama series The West Wing (2005--2006) and currently plays the lead role of police officer Stef Adams Foster in the ABC Family series The Fosters (2013--present). </P> <P> Polo was born Theresa Elizabeth Polo in Dover, Delaware . Her mother, Jane (née Gentry), is a homemaker, and her father, Vincent Polo, is a stereo systems designer . She studied ballet for 13 years beginning at age five . By age 13, she was attending New York's School of American Ballet . After winning a modeling contest, she moved to New York City at the age of seventeen to pursue an acting career </P> <P> Polo's acting debut was in TV 101 . She also starred in the 1990 miniseries The Phantom of the Opera as Christine Daae . Polo became a regular cast member on the last season of Northern Exposure . She later played Detective Ash on the TV series Brimstone . She appeared in a recurring guest role in the sixth and seventh seasons of The West Wing playing the role of Helen Santos, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Matt Santos (Jimmy Smits). </P> <P> In February 2005, Polo not only appeared on the cover, but posed naked in Playboy . The appearance was linked to the release of Meet the Fockers, with cover text that made similar plays on words such as "She's one hot Focker". She was ranked #40 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002 . She was also featured in InStyle . She also starred in the Lifetime Movie Network 2006 movie, Legacy of Fear . In 2007, she starred in a Hallmark Channel movie "Love Is A Four Letter Word". In 2009, she starred in the feature film 2: 13 and the Hallmark Channel TV movie Expecting a Miracle with Jason Priestley and Cheech Marin . That same year she also starred in The Beacon (2009). </P>

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