Keri Russell
Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is an American actress and dancer. 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, and for which she won a Golden Globe Award. Russell has since appeared in several films, including We Were Soldiers, The Upside of Anger, Mad About Mambo, Wonder Woman, Mission: Impossible III, Waitress, and August Rush.
Trivia:
On People magazine’s ’50 Most Beautiful’ list. [1999]
Cut her signature long, curly locks. [August 1999]
Parents are David and Stephanie.
Siblings are Todd and Julie.
Raised in Mesa, Arizona and Denver, Colorado.
Is an accomplished Dancer.
After Keri had her hair clipped in August 1999, this affected the overall performance of “Felicity” (1998), where it affected fan consensus and the Nielsen ratings. A letter-writing campaign saved the show for another season, and the WB network came up with a resolution, where young stars will not alter their current hairstyles as a strategy to avoid a TV series airing on the WB network, to cause it to be cancelled, or for worse, having an actor/actress fired or subsequently terminated out of his/her contract.
She attended Highlands Ranch High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
Read for the part of Lois Lane for Superman Returns (2006), but lost to Kate Bosworth.
Did not return for the final season of “MMC” (1989) in order to film the short-lived sitcom “Daddy’s Girls” (1994).
Is still friends with fellow “MMC” (1989) cast member Ilana Miller. She brought Ilana with her to the 1999 MTV Movie Awards.
Keri was not a strong singer when she was on “MMC” (1989) in the early nineties. She very rarely sang solo. She was hired for her acting and dancing abilities.
Currently (2006) serving as a model and spokesperson for Cover Girl cosmetics.
She and her fiancé, Shane Deary, were married on Valentine’s Day, 2007, at a restaurant in New York City. Deary is a contractor.
Wed Shane Deary at the Harrison restaurant in NYC’s West Village on Valentine’s Day, 2007, before ten immediate family members.
Gave birth to a boy, River Russell Deary, on June 9, 2007 in New York City.
Keri and her husband are remodeling a brownstone in Brooklyn [November, 2007].
Had a child in real life almost exactly a year after playing a pregnant woman in Waitress (2007).
