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 ...
Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series – Drama (1999), Teen Choice Awards, TV-Breakout Performance (1999), Satellite Awards (2015),
Nominations
Critics' Choice Television Awards, Satellite Awards, Young Artist Awards, Women's Image Network Awards (2013), Television Critics Association Awards (2016)
Movies
"Mission: Impossible III" (2006), "Waitress" (2007), "August Rush" (2007), "Extraordinary Measures" (2010), "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (2014), "Free State of Jones" (2016) “Into the West - in the West and Scrubs” (2006), “Bedtime Stories” (2008), “Leaves of Grass” (2009), “Austen...
TV Shows
“Felicity” (1998-2002), “New Mickey Mouse Club” (1991-1993), "Boy Meets World" (1993), "Married... with Children", "The Babysitter's Seduction", “The Americans” (2013-)
I know not every mom is a secret KGB spy, but every mom has this whole other life. Every dad and every person has this whole other life.
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I am crazy for dessert. I eat everything. No one should be denied anything... just don't eat the whole thing.
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Naps are the key to relieving stress. When you are working on two hours of sleep, the fact that cheese comes on something when you ordered it with no cheese is enough to send you crying under the covers for an hour.
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Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world.
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Dance has helped me with everything. It was a great foundation for discipline, hard work and, unfortunately, the ever-elusive idea of perfection. It lends itself easily to fight choreography, because that's what it really is. Choreography. And knowing how to move with someone.
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I am positive I was not a neglected child. I remember reading 'The Jungle Book' and 'The Sleeping Beauty.'
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I love doing laundry! It's so satisfying. I love the way it smells. I love doing the sheets.
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Anything that opens you up emotionally is going to impact your acting. Parenthood, becoming a mom, certainly does that.
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I am literally the worst person at keeping secrets. I'd be the worst spy of all time.
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I want to be able to raise my kid. I was totally being a martyr about it at first, thinking I could totally do it on my own, which I did for a while. I've hired a babysitter before, but as for a full-time caregiver... for a control freak like me, it ain't gonna happen!
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People still take it really personally. They come up to me at breakfast places like, 'When are you growing your hair back?'
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People expect all women to react the same to pregnancy. But anyone who's been around pregnant women knows that it's not all cutesy and sweet. You spaz out and you're angry and you have tantrums.
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Dance is definitely what I love doing much more than anything else.
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Who knows? Maybe years from now I'll be on a ranch in Colorado with 10 kids. The whole point of life is to experience a little bit of everything, and I think it's better when there are a few surprises thrown in.
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It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.
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Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.
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Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.
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People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.
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Was 7 months pregnant with her son Sam when she completed filming the 4th season of The Americans (2013).
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 31, a son named River Russell Deary on June 9, 2007. Child's father is her ex-husband, Shane Deary.
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Gave birth to her 3rd child, a son named Sam at age 40 in May 2016. Child's father is her boyfriend, Matthew Rhys.
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In a relationship with Matthew Rhys since 2013. They have one child together.
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Wed her now ex-husband Shane Deary at the Harrison restaurant in NYC's West Village on Valentine's Day, 2007, before ten immediate family members.
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Is in a relationship with Matthew Rhys since 2013.
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Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 35, a daughter named Willa Lou Deary on December 27, 2011. Child's father is her now ex-husband, Shane Deary.
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She is of English, with smaller (to varying degrees) amounts of German, German-Swiss, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Manx (Isle of Man), Dutch, and Danish ancestry.
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Briefly attended Cypress Creek High School in Orlando, Florida when she worked on the Emerald Cove (1993).
According to an interview which appeared in the October 1999 issue of Jane Magazine, she claims to have lost her virginity at age 15.
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Currently (2006) serving as a model and spokesperson for Cover Girl cosmetics.
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Keri was not a strong singer when she was on The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989) in the early nineties. She very rarely sang solo. She was hired for her acting and dancing abilities.
She attended Highlands Ranch High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
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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.
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Is an accomplished Dancer.
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Raised in Mesa, Arizona and Denver, Colorado.
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Siblings are Todd and Julie.
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Parents are David and Stephanie.
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Cut her signature long, curly locks. [August 1999]
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On People magazine's '50 Most Beautiful' list. [1999]
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