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Keri Russell - Wikipedia
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Children: 3
Partner(s): Matthew Rhys (2013–present)
Spouse(s): Shane Deary (m. 2007; separated ...
Years active: 1991–present
Keri Russell
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Russell at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con
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| Born | Keri Lynn Russell March 23, 1976 Fountain Valley, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, dancer |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse(s) | Shane Deary (m. 2007; separated 2013) |
| Partner(s) | Matthew Rhys (2013–present) |
| Children | 3 |
Russell has since appeared in several films including Mission: Impossible III (2006), Waitress (2007), August Rush (2007), Extraordinary Measures (2010), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), and Free State of Jones (2016). She currently stars as KGB agent Elizabeth Jennings in the FX television series The Americans for which she received Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominations. In 2017, Russell received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[2]
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Early life
Russell was born in Fountain Valley, California, the daughter of Stephanie (née Stephens), a homemaker, and David Russell, a Nissan Motors executive.[3] She has an older brother, Todd, and a younger sister, Julie. The family lived in Coppell, Texas; Mesa, Arizona; and Highlands Ranch, Colorado, moving frequently because of her father's work. Russell's dancing earned her a spot on The Mickey Mouse Club.[4]Career
1991–2002
Russell first appeared on television at age 15 as a cast member of the All-New Mickey Mouse Club variety show on the Disney Channel.[5] She was on the show from 1991 to 1994 (Seasons 4–6) and co-starred with future actor Ryan Gosling and future pop stars Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, and Tony Lucca.[6]In 1992, Russell appeared in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid alongside Rick Moranis and in 1993, she had a role on the sitcom Boy Meets World as Mr. Feeny's niece. Russell appeared on Married... with Children in a 1995 episode ("Radio Free Trumaine", production 9.24). She subsequently starred in several film and television roles, including the 1996 made-for-television film The Babysitter's Seduction.[4] That year she also had a role on the short-lived soap opera series Malibu Shores.[4]
In 1994, Russell appeared as the "other woman" in Bon Jovi's music video "Always" with Jack Noseworthy, Carla Gugino, and Jason Wiles.[7] In 1997, she appeared in two episodes of Roar alongside Heath Ledger.[4]
From 1998 to 2002, Russell starred as the title character on the successful WB Network series Felicity. She won a Golden Globe for the role in 1999. Russell's long and curly hair was one of her character's defining characteristics. A drastic hairstyle change at the beginning of the show's second season was thought to cause a significant drop in the show's television ratings.[8]
Russell at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
2003–present
When Felicity ended, Russell moved to New York City and made her off-Broadway stage debut in 2004, appearing opposite Jeremy Piven, Andrew McCarthy, and Ashlie Atkinson in Neil LaBute's Fat Pig.[9] In 2005, she returned to television and film, beginning with an appearance in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie The Magic of Ordinary Days, theatrical film The Upside of Anger (alongside Kevin Costner, Joan Allen and Evan Rachel Wood), and the television miniseries Into the West. Directing Mission: Impossible III in 2005, J. J. Abrams asked Russell to join the cast and she accepted. She was screen tested for the role of Lois Lane in Superman Returns but lost the role to Kate Bosworth.[10]In the summer of 2006, Russell was chosen to be a celebrity spokeswoman for CoverGirl Cosmetics.[11] In the summer of 2007, Russell appeared in The Keri Kronicles, a reality show/sitcom sponsored by CoverGirl and airing on MySpace; the show was filmed at Russell's home in Manhattan and spotlighted her life.[12] Also in 2007, she played "Melody" on the NBC show Scrubs.
Russell next starred in the film Waitress, which marked the fourth time Russell had played a pregnant woman.[13] Her performance—opposite Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Jeremy Sisto, Andy Griffith and the film's director Adrienne Shelley—was positively received by critics,[12] with Michael Sragow of The Baltimore Sun writing that Russell's performance had "aesthetic character" and "wields tenderness and fierceness with quiet heat".[14] In 2007, Russell also completed roles in Butterfly: A Grimm Love Story (titled Rohtenburg for its German release), in which she played Katie Armstrong, a graduate student who writes a thesis paper on an infamous cannibal murder case, and the thriller The Girl in the Park, opposite Sigourney Weaver, Kate Bosworth and Alessandro Nivola.
Russell next appeared in August Rush, released in November 2007. She also appeared on the cover of the New York Post's Page Six magazine on November 11, 2007.[15] Russell later appeared in Bedtime Stories.[16] In an appearance on The View on December 15, 2008, Russell said she got the part because Adam Sandler's wife Jackie had seen her in Waitress and suggested her for the movie. Russell voiced Wonder Woman in a direct-to-video animated feature released March 3, 2009.[17]
Russell at the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 premiere, 2010
Russell starred in the Fox series Running Wilde, from 2010 to 2011.[22] Since 2013, she has starred in the FX series The Americans, playing a deep undercover KGB spy living as an American in the early 1980s.[23]
In 2014, Russell starred in the film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, a sequel to the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes alongside actors Andy Serkis and Gary Oldman.[24]
Personal life
Russell and Shane Deary, a carpenter she met through mutual friends,[13] became engaged in 2006 and were married on February 14, 2007, in New York.[25] The couple separated in early summer 2013.[26] This was confirmed by her representative at a time of media inquiries when the actor's home was burglarized in early December of that year.[27]Russell and Deary have two children together, a son River, born in 2007,[28] and a daughter Willa, born in 2011.[29]
Russell has been in a relationship with her The Americans co-star Matthew Rhys since 2013.[30][31] They welcomed their first child together, a son named Sam, in late May 2016.[32][33]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Mandy Park | |
| 1997 | Eight Days a Week | Erica | |
| 1998 | The Curve | Emma | AKA Dead Man's Curve |
| 2000 | Mad About Mambo | Lucy McLoughlin | |
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | Barbara Geoghegan | |
| 2005 | The Upside of Anger | Emily Wolfmeyer | |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | Lindsey Farris | |
| Grimm Love | Katie | ||
| 2007 | Waitress | Jenna Hunterson | |
| The Girl in the Park | Celeste | ||
| August Rush | Lyla Novacek | ||
| 2008 | Bedtime Stories | Jill | |
| 2009 | Wonder Woman | Wonder Woman | Video; voice role |
| Leaves of Grass | Janet | ||
| 2010 | Extraordinary Measures | Aileen Crowley | |
| 2012 | Goats | Judy | |
| 2013 | Austenland | Jane Hayes | |
| Dark Skies | Lacy Barrett | ||
| 2014 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Ellie | |
| 2016 | Free State of Jones | Serena Knight |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–1993 | Mickey Mouse Club | Herself | Variety show |
| 1993 | Boy Meets World | Jessica | Episode: "Grandma Was a Rolling Stone" |
| 1994 | Daddy's Girls | Phoebe Walker | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | Married... with Children | April Adams | Episode: "Radio Free Trumaine" |
| Clerks. | Sandra | Television film | |
| 1996 | The Babysitter's Seduction | Michelle Winston | Movie |
| The Lottery | Felice Dunbar | Movie | |
| Malibu Shores | Chloe Walker | 10 episodes | |
| 1997 | 7th Heaven | Camille | Episode: "Choices" |
| Roar | Claire | 2 episodes | |
| When Innocence Is Lost | Erica French | Movie | |
| 1998–2002 | Felicity | Felicity Porter | 84 episodes |
| 1999 | CinderElmo | Princess | Movie |
| 2005 | Into the West | Naomi Wheeler | Episode: "Manifest Destiny" |
| The Magic of Ordinary Days | Olivia "Livvy" Dunne | Movie | |
| 2007 | Scrubs | Melody O'Harra | 2 episodes |
| 2010–2011 | Running Wilde | Emmy Kadubic | 13 episodes |
| 2013–present | The Americans | Elizabeth Jennings | 65 episodes |
| 2013 | Arrested Development | Widow Carr (voice) | Episode: "Señoritis" |
Awards and nominations
References
- "Keri Russell Reveals Name and Sex of Her First Child with Matthew Rhys – and Says the Baby Is Doing 'So Good'". celebritybabies.people.com. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Keri Russell. |
- Keri Russell on IMDb
- Keri Russell at the TCM Movie Database
| Preceded by Lucy Lawless (2008) |
Actress to voice Wonder Woman 2009 |
Succeeded by Vanessa Marshall |
Categories:
- 1976 births
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from Arizona
- Actresses from Colorado
- Actresses from Orange County, California
- Actresses from Texas
- American child actresses
- American female dancers
- Dancers from Texas
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- American voice actresses
- Best Drama Actress Golden Globe (television) winners
- Living people
- Mouseketeers
- People from Coppell, Texas
- People from Highlands Ranch, Colorado
- People from Fountain Valley, California
- People from Mesa, Arizona
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