Terri was born January 28, 1975 in Bloomington, Indiana, as Theresa Celeste Conn and is the only child of Cathy, a real-estate-agent; and John, a retired Air Force officer. She grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico from age the age of nine, after previously living in Dayton, Ohio; Montgomery, Alabama; and Abilene, Texas.
Terri was a communications major at the University of San Diego and studied abroad at Lorenzo D'Medici in Florence, Italy during her junior year of college. She then followed her acting dreams and landed guest-starring roles on several television shows before becoming a series regular on the UPN program BREAKER HIGH in 1997. Terri joined the long-running CBS daytime drama AS THE WORLD TURNS as Katie Peretti in September 1998 in a role created for her after she originally auditioned for the role of ATWT's Georgia. She remained a part of the AS THE WORLD TURNS cast until its cancellation in September 2010 and then joined the ABC daytime drama ONE LIFE TO LIVE in the role of Aubrey Wentworth from November 2010 to December 2011. Terri joined the QVC channel as a program host in December 2018.
Terri married Arthur "Artie" Colombino on September 7, 2001 and after her marriage, Terri was credited as Terri Colombino. Their only child, a daughter named Julia Catherine, was born on July 8, 2004 and her parents shared this experience with TLC's A BABY STORY. Terri and Artie divorced in 2010 and she has since changed her name back to Terri Conn.
Terri and Austin Peck married on July 1, 2011. He co-starred with her on the television series AS THE WORLD TURNS where they portrayed the popular couple of Katie and Brad Snyder. They then both starred on the television series ONE LIFE TO LIVE. They have two daughters; Keira Grace, born on November 6, 2012 and Morgan Theresa, born on July 18, 2015.
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