1. Keri Lynn Russell was born on March 23,1976 and is an American actress.
29 Facts About Keri Russell
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Keri Russell has received a record seven nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series.
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Keri Russell first appeared on Disney Channel's revival of The Mickey Mouse Club when she was 15, and was a regular cast member on the show from 1991 to 1994.
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Keri Russell made her first film appearance in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid.
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Keri Russell was born on March 23,1976, in Fountain Valley, California, to Stephanie Stephens, a homemaker, and David Keri Russell, a Nissan Motors executive.
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Keri Russell has an older brother and a younger sister.
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Keri Russell was a dancer in middle school and high school, and her dancing had helped her get cast on The All New Mickey Mouse Club television show on the Disney Channel.
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Keri Russell was on the show from 1991 to 1994, encompassing seasons four to six.
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Keri Russell subsequently starred in several film and television roles, including the 1996 made-for-television film The Babysitter's Seduction.
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In 1994, Keri Russell appeared as the "other woman" in Bon Jovi's music video "Always".
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From 1998 to 2002, Keri Russell starred as the title character on the successful WB Network series Felicity, and in 1999 won a Golden Globe for the role.
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When Felicity ended, Keri Russell moved to New York City and made her off-Broadway stage debut in 2004 in Neil LaBute's Fat Pig.
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In 2005, director JJ Abrams asked Keri Russell to join the cast of Mission: Impossible III, and she accepted.
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Keri Russell was screen tested for the role of Lois Lane in Superman Returns but lost the part to Kate Bosworth.
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In mid-2006, Keri Russell was chosen to be a celebrity spokeswoman for CoverGirl cosmetics.
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Keri Russell next starred in the film Waitress, which marked the fourth time she played a pregnant woman.
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Keri Russell's performance was positively received by critics, with Michael Sragow of The Baltimore Sun writing that Russell's performance had "aesthetic character" and "wields tenderness and fierceness with quiet heat".
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In 2007, Keri Russell completed roles in Grimm Love and The Girl in the Park.
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Keri Russell next appeared in August Rush, released in November 2007.
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Keri Russell voiced Wonder Woman in a direct-to-video animated feature released on March 3,2009.
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Keri Russell starred in the Tom Vaughan-helmed Extraordinary Measures for CBS Films.
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Keri Russell played Aileen Crowley, a mother who tries to build a normal home life for her sick children while her husband and an unconventional scientist race against time to find a cure.
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Keri Russell starred in the Fox series Running Wilde from 2010 to 2011.
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Keri Russell appeared opposite Matthew Rhys, who portrays her character's husband and spy partner.
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In 2013, Keri Russell starred in the science-fiction horror film Dark Skies and the romantic comedy film Austenland.
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Keri Russell starred as Serena Knight in the 2016 historical war film Free State of Jones.
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In July 2018, Keri Russell was announced to have joined the cast of the film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which was released on December 20,2019.
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In 2023, Keri Russell began starring in The Diplomat, a political series on Netflix from writer and producer Debora Cahn.
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In 2006, Keri Russell became engaged to Shane Deary, a Brooklyn-based contractor she met through mutual friends.