| Keri Russell | |
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Russell at the Mission: Impossible III premiere, April 2006 |
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| Born | Keri Lynn Russell March 23, 1976 Fountain Valley, California, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Shane Deary (2007 - present) 1 child |
Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is a Golden Globe-winning American actress and dancer. Mission Impossible III (abbreviated MiIII) is the third 2006 Action film based on the spy-themed television series Mission Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is for the city in California For the valley and rural community in British Columbia Canada see Fountain Valley (British Columbia. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The following is a partial list of characters from the television series Felicity: Main characters Felicity Porter Played by Keri Russell Felicity is a Golden Globe -winning American Primetime television Drama produced by Touchstone Television Russell has since appeared in several films, including We Were Soldiers, The Upside of Anger, Mission: Impossible III, Waitress, and August Rush. We Were Soldiers is a 2002 American War film that dramatized the Battle of Ia Drang in November 1965, the first major engagement The Upside of Anger is a 2005 Drama / Comedy / romance written and directed by Mike Binder and filmed in Bloomfield Mission Impossible III (abbreviated MiIII) is the third 2006 Action film based on the spy-themed television series Mission Waitress is a 2007 film, an American Dramedy written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, who also appears in a supporting role August Rush is a 2007 Drama film directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Paul Castro, Nick Castle, and James V
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Russell was born in Fountain Valley, California, the daughter of Stephanie (née Stephens), a homemaker, and David Russell, a Nissan Motors executive. This article is for the city in California For the valley and rural community in British Columbia Canada see Fountain Valley (British Columbia. [1] She has an older brother, Todd, and a younger sister, Julie. Russell grew up in Dallas, Texas, Mesa, Arizona and Denver, Colorado, moving frequently because of her father's employment. Mesa ( "MACE-uh") is a city in Maricopa County, in the U The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States
Russell first appeared on television as a cast member of the New Mickey Mouse Club variety show on the Disney Channel. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic A variety show or variety entertainment is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts especially Musical performances and Comedy Skits and For the Disney Channel in other countries see Disney Channel around the world. She was on the show from 1991 to 1993 and co-starred with future pop stars Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, and Ryan Gosling. Christina María Aguilera (born December 18 1980 is an American pop / R&B Singer and Songwriter. Britney Jean Spears (born December 2 1981 is an American recording artist and entertainer Joshua Scott Chasez, better known as JC Chasez, is an American Singer, Songwriter, Record producer, and occasional Actor Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31 1981 He has English ancestry although he has also claimed some American Indian ancestry probably through unconfirmed Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12 1980) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and two-time Screen Actors Guild award-nominated [2] In 1992, she appeared in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid alongside Rick Moranis and in 1993 had a role on the sitcom Boy Meets World as Mr. Honey I Blew Up the Kid is a 1992 Walt Disney Pictures movie starring Rick Moranis as Wayne Szalinski reprising the role he had previously Frederick Alan "Rick" Moranis (born April 18, 1953) is a retired Canadian Actor, Comedian and Musician, Boy Meets World was an American Television sitcom that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, who grows up from a Feeny's niece. Russell subsequently starred in several film and television roles, including the 1996 made-for-television film The Babysitter's Seduction. She also had a role on the short-lived soap opera series Malibu Shores the same year. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Malibu Shores is a primetime Teen drama / teen soap opera that aired from March to June 1996 for ten episodes on NBC. In 1994, she appeared in Bon Jovi's music video "Always" with Jack Noseworthy and on Married with Children. Bon Jovi is an American Hard rock band from Sayreville New Jersey. " Always " is a Power ballad by New Jersey band Bon Jovi. Jack Noseworthy (born December 21 1969) is an American Actor, whose most visible movie roles were perhaps Event Horizon and In 1997, she appeared in two episodes of Roar alongside Heath Ledger. Roar is an American Television show that originally aired on the FOX network in the summer of 1997. Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008 was an Australian television and film actor
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. Felicity is a Golden Globe -winning American Primetime television Drama produced by Touchstone Television Russell's long and curly hair was one of her character's defining characteristics, and a drastic hairstyle change at the beginning of the show's second season was considered to be the cause of a significant drop in the show's ratings. Hair is a keratinised protein filament that grows through the epidermis from follicles deep within the Dermis. As a result, new policies were enacted at the network requiring hairstyle changes by cast to be approved by the network's executives. Felicity 's ratings drop also coincided with the show's move to a Sunday night time slot, so it is unclear exactly how much effect the hairstyle change actually had. During the show's run, Russell appeared in the films Eight Days a Week, The Curve and Mad About Mambo, all of which received only limited releases in North America. Eight Days a Week is a 1997 Comedy film written and directed by Michael Davis. The Curve is a 1998 thriller / Neo-noir starring Matthew Lillard, Keri Russell, and Michael Vartan. Mad About Mambo is a 2000 Irish Film written and directed by John Forte Her next role was in the Mel Gibson-starring film We Were Soldiers, playing the wife of an American serviceman. Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 We Were Soldiers is a 2002 American War film that dramatized the Battle of Ia Drang in November 1965, the first major engagement The film was released in March 2002, two months before the end of Felicity's run.
When Felicity ended, Russell took a break from acting. She moved to New York City and took two years off to avoid the business of Hollywood, spending time with friends. The City of New York Russell subsequently made her off-Broadway stage debut in 2004, appearing opposite Jeremy Piven, Andrew McCarthy, and Ashlie Atkinson in Neil LaBute's Fat Pig. Jeremy Samuel Piven (born July 26 1965 and attended Harand Theater Camp in Elkhart Lake Wisconsin, as a teenager Andrew McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American Actor. Neil N LaBute (born March 19, 1961) is an American Film director, Screenwriter and Playwright. Fat Pig is a play by Neil Labute, in which slim male office-worker Tom falls for an extremely overweight librarian Helen but then has to deal with a plot hatched [3] 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. Hallmark Hall of Fame is a long-running irregularly scheduled anthology program on American Television. The Magic of Ordinary Days was a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation based on a novel of the same name by Ann Howard Creel and adapted as a teleplay by The Upside of Anger is a 2005 Drama / Comedy / romance written and directed by Mike Binder and filmed in Bloomfield Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American Actor, producer and Academy Award -winning director Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956) is an American multiple Academy Award -nominated and Tony Award -winning Actress, perhaps Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987) is an American Actress and Singer. A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes Into the West is a 2005 Miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks, with six two-hour episodes (including commercials
Although a number of her Felicity co-stars went on to appear in producer J. J. Abrams' series, Alias, Russell declined invitations to be part of the show. Jeffrey Jacob "JJ" Abrams (born in 1966 is an American Emmy Award -winning film and Television producer, writer actor composer director Alias is an American " Spy-fi " television series created by J In a seminar at the Museum of Television and Radio, Abrams said, "I've asked Keri if she would ever do it, and I usually get this, sort of like, giggle—and then she hangs up". The Paley Center for Media, formerly The Museum of Television & Radio ( MT&R) and The Museum of Broadcasting, founded in 1975 by William S In 2005, Abrams asked Russell to join the cast of Mission: Impossible III, a film he directed, and she accepted. Mission Impossible III (abbreviated MiIII) is the third 2006 Action film based on the spy-themed television series Mission The film was released on May 5, 2006. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. In the summer of 2006, Russell was chosen to be a celebrity spokeswoman for CoverGirl Cosmetics. CoverGirl is a Cosmetics line founded in 1958 in Baltimore Maryland, by the Noxzema Chemical Company (later called Noxell and acquired by Procter Before she was in Mission Impossible: III she was screen tested for the role of "Lois Lane" in Superman Returns but lost the role to Kate Bosworth with whom she is co-starring in The Girl In The Park. Superman Returns is a 2006 Academy Award -nominated Superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Catherine Ann "Kate" Bosworth (born January 2 1983 is an American actress. The Girl In The Park is a drama Film by writer / director David Auburn, who makes his directorial debut here after having
Russell has taped two episodes as a guest character on the NBC show Scrubs in 2007. Scrubs is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning American Comedy-drama that premiered on October 2 2001 on NBC. She played Melody, a sorority sister and good friend of Elliot (Sarah Chalke). Sarah Cassandra Chalke (born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian - American Television The first episode aired on April 26, and the second on May 3. Her most recent film role was in Waitress, a well-reviewed independent film in which she plays Jenna, a pregnant waitress in the American South; it was the fourth film in a row in which Russell had played a pregnant woman. Waitress is a 2007 film, an American Dramedy written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, who also appears in a supporting role An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood Studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive [4] The film opened on May 4, 2007 and Russell's performance was positively received by critics,[5] with Michael Sragow of The Baltimore Sun writing that Russell's performance had "aesthetic character" and "welds tenderness and fierceness with quiet heat". Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Baltimore Sun (officially just The Sun) is Maryland ’s largest general circulation daily newspaper and provides comprehensive coverage [6] 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. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary CoverGirl is a Cosmetics line founded in 1958 in Baltimore Maryland, by the Noxzema Chemical Company (later called Noxell and acquired by Procter MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and [5]
Russell next appeared in August Rush, a drama released in November of 2007. August Rush is a 2007 Drama film directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Paul Castro, Nick Castle, and James V She also appeared on the cover of the cover of New York Post's Page Six Magazine On November 11, 2007. She has completed roles in Butterfly: A Grimm Love Story (titled Rohtenburg for its German release), in which she plays 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. Rohtenburg (also known as Grimm Love) is a 2007 Psychological horror Film inspired by the Armin Meiwes Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described A dissertation (also called thesis or disquisition) is a document that presents the author's Research and findings and is submitted in support of candidature Cannibalism (from Spanish es ''caníbal'' in connection with cannibalism among the Antillean Caribs, also called anthropophagy (from Greek ἄνθρωπος The Girl In The Park is a drama Film by writer / director David Auburn, who makes his directorial debut here after having Sigourney Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress, best known for her roles as Lt Catherine Ann "Kate" Bosworth (born January 2 1983 is an American actress. Alessandro Antine Nivola (born June 28, 1972) is an American Actor, perhaps best known for his roles in the films Best Laid Plans
Russell has recently joined the cast of Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler playing the lead. Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9 1966 is an American Comedian, [7]
Russell has recently been confirmed to provide the voice of Wonder Woman in a direct to DVD animated feature to be released sometime in either late 2008 or early 2009. [8]
In 2005, several reports claimed that Russell was set to adopt Scientology, after working with actor Tom Cruise, who is a Scientologist, on Mission: Impossible III. Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices initially created by American Science fiction author L Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( born July 3 1962 better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American Actor and Film producer Mission Impossible III (abbreviated MiIII) is the third 2006 Action film based on the spy-themed television series Mission Russell's representative subsequently threatened to sue the reporter who first made the claim. Stories about the incident had noted that Russell is of Jewish heritage and religion;[9] older reports, which had originally suggested her conversion to Scientology, had mentioned that she was once a member of the Mormon church. American Jews, or Jewish Americans TalkMormon#Latter Day Saint vs Latter-day Saint --> Mormon [10]
As of 2007, Russell resides in Brooklyn. [11][12] Russell and Shane Deary, a carpenter she met through mutual friends,[4] became engaged in 2006 and were married on February 14, 2007 in New York. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [13] Russell gave birth to a boy, named River Russell Deary, on June 9, 2007 in New York. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous [14] Russell had a midwife-assisted hospital birth;[15] she has described her pregnancy experience as "real great and easy". [16]
She also dated Felicity co-star Scott Speedman during the show's run. Felicity is a Golden Globe -winning American Primetime television Drama produced by Touchstone Television Scott Speedman (born September 1, 1975) is an UK -born Canadian film and television Actor. She also dated her Mickey Mouse Club and Malibu Shores co-star Tony Lucca who accompanied her to the Golden Globe and Emmy awards in 1999. Malibu Shores is a primetime Teen drama / teen soap opera that aired from March to June 1996 for ten episodes on NBC. Tony Lucca (born Anthony James Lucca on January 23, 1976 in Pontiac, Michigan) is an American Singer,
Keri still remains friends with a handful of her Mickey Mouse Club costars including Ilana Miller, who she took to the 1999 MTV Movie Awards, and Lindsey Alley, who she mentioned on the red carpet of the Oscar ceremony in 2008. Lindsey Erin Alley (born December 6, 1977 in Lakeland Florida, USA is an actress and singer who for several years lived in New York City
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1992 | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Mandy Park | |
| 1996 | The Babysitter's Seduction | Michelle Winston | |
| 1996 | The Lottery | Felice Dunbar | TV movie |
| 1997 | When Innocence is Lost | Erica French | Lifetime movie |
| 1999 | The Curve | Emma | direct-to-video |
| Eight Days a Week | Erica | limited release | |
| 2000 | Mad About Mambo | Lucy McLoughlin | |
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | Barbara Geoghegan | |
| 2005 | Into the West | Naomi Wheeler | television mini-series |
| The Upside of Anger | Emily Wolfmeyer | ||
| The Magic of Ordinary Days | Livy | TV movie | |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | Lindsey Farris | |
| 2007 | Waitress | Jenna Hunterson | |
| The Girl In The Park | Celeste | ||
| Butterfly: A Grimm Love Story | Katie Armstrong | ||
| August Rush | Lyla Novacek | ||
| 2008 | Bedtime Stories | Jill |