Teri Copley decided early on upon an acting career, taking drama lessons whenever she wasn't working as a waitress. Her first TV role was in an episode of Fantasy Island, followed by an attention-getting assignment as a sex symbol "created" by producer Rock Hudson in the made-for-TV movie The Star Maker (1981). In 1983, she was cast as Mickey, the voluptuous housekeeper for two bachelor roommates (Matt McCoy and Tom Villard) in the TV sitcom We Got It Made. Made survived only one season, shot down by unanimously scathing reviews. Copley went on to co-star in the lighthearted detective series I Had Three Wives (1985), then returned to the role of Mickey when We Got It Made was revived for off-network syndication in 1987. Teri Copley has since been seen in such feature-length fare as The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991) and Brain Donors (1992).