Name: Keri Russell
Birth Name: Keri Lynn Russell
Birthdate: March 23, 1976
Birthplace: Fountain Valley, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR KERI RUSSELL
Keri Russell cut her cutie-pie teeth as a member of the New Mickey Mouse Club
variety show on the Disney Channel from 1991 to 1993, sharing the stage
with future pop icons JC Chasez, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears,
and Justin Timberlake. Her first TV roles were in dramatic TV movies
like The Babysitter's Seduction and short-lived soaps like Malibu Shores. Then newbie TV scribe J.J. Abrams came knocking and gave her the lead in his new college drama, Felicity,
which made Keri an overnight success. She won a Golden Globe for her
role within the show's first year, but when she cut her long, curly
hair, she nearly lost her job due to fan outrage. The show ended in
2002. Keri then branched out to film with 2002's Mel Gibson-directed We Were Soldiers, 2005's The Upside of Anger, Abrams' 2006 Mission: Impossible III and 2007 indie fave Waitress.
5 Things:
1. She was up for the role of Lois Lane in Superman Returns, but lost out to Kate Bosworth.
2. When Keri cut her signature long, curly hair during the first season of Felicy,
fan outrage caused the ratings to drop and the network even created a
new contract stipulation that stars cannot alter their appearance.
3. In 1994, Keri appeared in Jon Bon Jovi's music video for "Always."
4. Keri became pregnant during filming 2007's Waitress, a film in which she stars as a reluctant pregnant woman.
5. She is an accomplished dancer.
Quote:
On fame and the paparazzi: "I think anyone who is too comfortable with all this stuff is strange."
— TV Guide Online, Aprill, 2007
Family:
Husband: Shane Deary, contractor; married Feb, 14, 2007
Awards:
1999: Golden Globe: Best Actress, TV Drama, Felicity
FILMS
Butterfly: A Grimm Love Story - (2007) - Actor
Waitress - (2007) - Actor
August Rush - (2007) - Actor
Mission: Impossible III - (2006) - Actor
The Upside of Anger - (2005) - Actor
Felicity Season Three - Vol. 1: Episodes 1 - 7 - (2003) - Actor
Felicity Season Three - (2003) - Actor
Felicity Season Three - Vol. 3: Episodes 15 - 17 - (2003) - Actor
Felicity - Season 4 - (2002) - Actor
We Were Soldiers - (2002) - Actor
Mad About Mambo - (2000) - Actor
CinderElmo - (1999) - Actor
Felicity - Season 2 - (1999) - Actor
Felicity - Season 3 - (1999) - Actor
The Babysitter's Seduction - (1998) - Actor
Felicity - Season 1 - (1998) - Actor
Eight Days a Week - (1997) - Actor
The Curve - (1997) - Actor
The Lottery - (1996) - Actor
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