OCTOBER 2025
Teri Hatcher On Why She Doesn’t Want to “Play Younger” Onscreen—and the Real-Life Role She’s Excited for Next
The Desperate Housewives actress opens up to Flow Space about her menopause journey, life as an empty nester and overcoming frozen shoulder (twice!)
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Written By: Galina Espinoza
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October 29, 2025 – New York, NY: Today, Flow Space unveiled its latest digital cover story featuring actress Teri Hatcher, who speaks candidly with Flow SpaceEditor-in-Chief Galina Espinoza about aging in Hollywood, the realities of menopause, and the joy she’s finding in this next chapter of her life. Appearing as the cover story for The Menopause Issue, released in recognition of Menopause Awareness Month, the Emmy-winning actress opens up about dealing with frozen shoulder—twice—how hormone therapy helped her treat symptoms, and why she refuses to “play younger” than her 60 years.
Interview Highlights:
Hatcher on battling frozen shoulder while filming Desperate Housewives:“No one gave a shit,” she says bluntly. “Like, I would say to the producers—they’d write a scene for [me] to open a trash can, and I would be like, ‘Just so you know as you set up the camera, I can’t do that with my left arm…I literally can’t lift my arm.’ And they’d say, ‘Why can’t you? Frozen shoulder? What’s that?’ There was not a human being [on the show] that took it seriously or with any empathy.”
On explaining to producers that she doesn’t want to “play younger” than her actual age: “I’m like, well, thank you… but I want to be telling the story of a 60-year-old single woman.”
On why she’s not interested in dating apps: “You know, as you get older, you get in a groove of your life,” she explains. “I love my home, I love my friends, I love what I do during my week. I don't live in a state of longing. I don't wake up and go, ‘Oh, there's nobody in the house. What a bummer.’”
On menopause and hormone therapy:
“I can definitely relate to the crazy-making [of menopause], where your body’s changing and you just don’t know what’s happening.”
Initially, however, the actress had an intolerable reaction to progesterone, which she says triggered a “really bad” depression—a rare side effect she shares in the hopes of raising awareness. Fortunately, an adjustment in her progesterone dose […] resolved her reaction. “I went to my doctor and said, ‘Is there another choice?’” she recalls. “And there was.”
On staying open to life’s next act: To stay mentally sharp, Hatcher works her brain by teaching herself to play piano, and studying French on the language app Duolingo, which she also uses to play chess. She’s even toying with the idea of going back to school. “So I'm super engaged, yeah—I'm engaged in meeting new people, and I'm engaged in getting involved in things I haven't even thought of yet,” she says. “I definitely don’t like the word, ‘retire.’ It just isn't in my brain!”
Hatcher’s daughter, writer/director Emerson Tenney, on what Hatcher will be like as a grandmother one day: Tenney says she’s looking forward to seeing Hatcher recreate the family’s childhood traditions, “like her incredible Christmas parties—I can already picture my future kids cooking gingerbread with her and helping make stuffing. She’s gonna be, ‘Cool Grandma House!’
About Flow Space
Flow Space is a digital and live media platform dedicated to women’s health with an emphasis on functional wellbeing and long-term vitality. Flow Space delivers science-backed reporting on brain and heart health, medical innovation, longevity, menopause, and more—giving women the tools to improve both lifespan and health span. Officially launched at South by Southwest (SXSW) in 2023, Flow Space is best known for shining a spotlight on important conversations and information-sharing that touches every aspect of women’s health and wellbeing. With an all-star lineup of the most interesting and outspoken celebrity advocates including Brooke Shields, Katie Couric, Busy Philipps, Emma Lovewell, Ilana Glazer, Alysia Reiner, Maria Shriver, Christy Turlington, Marcia Gay Harden, Sophia Bush, Allyson Felix, Anna Kendrick and more, Flow Space has rapidly created a meaningful community for women. Published by Penske Media Corporation and part of the SHE Media network, Flow Space is fostering a community where women feel heard, supported, informed, and empowered through content brought to life on the site and in person at its year-round live events, and cornerstone activation at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin.
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