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Keri Russell Profile |
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Birth Date: March 23, 1976
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Birth Place: Fountain Valley, California, USA
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Birth Name: Keri Lynn Russell
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Height: 5'4"
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Biography |
Keri Russell was born in Fountain Valley, California,
on March 23, 1976. Most of her early childhood was spent
living in Texas, before her parents decided to move to Mesa,
Arizona. Russell took a serious interest in entertainment at
an early age. At Poston Jr. High School, she discovered a
passion for dancing, and soon applied for ballet and jazz
dance lessons.
Her dancing skills allowed her to tour the country as a
member of the Mesa Stars Dance and Drill team, where she
eventually received a prestigious scholarship.
Just before she started high school, Russell's family moved
to Denver, Colorado. Keri claims that she did not make many
friends, which allowed her to concentrate on her performing
career. She soon appeared on Star Search, where she was
discovered by Disney's talent scouts.
In 1991, she made her debut as a "Mouseketeer" on Disney's
The All New Mickey Mouse Club. The following year, Keri made
her big screen debut in Honey I Blew Up the Kid, as the
unlucky babysitter.
Keri Russell also starred as Andrea McKinsey in the TV
series Emerald Cove, in 1993. Her first regular role was in
a 1994 CBS sitcom called Daddy's Girls, but unfortunately,
the show did not last very long. That same year, Russell
appeared in an episode of Boy Meets World.
In 1996, Russell got her first lead role in the NBC movie
The Babysitter's Seduction and landed her first television
lead in Malibu Shores, one of the rare Aaron Spelling
productions that was unsuccessful. In 1997, Russell starred
in her second big screen film, Eight Days a Week, and in the
made-for-TV movie When Innocence Is Lost. Russell also made
a short appearance in the FOX series Roar and appeared in
the 1998 movie Dead Man's Curve.
When it was time to cast the star of Felicity, the series'
creators (J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves) knew that Keri
Russell was perfect for the part from the moment she arrived
on the set. It was an obvious choice, as Russell's natural
beauty and charm fit perfectly with "Felicity"'s character,
almost as if Keri Russell was playing herself.
Keri played Felicity until the show's demise in 2002. Since
then, she has added many movies to her resume, including Mad
About Mambo (2000), We Were Soldiers (2002) alongside Mel
Gibson, The Upside of Anger with Kevin Costner, and the TV
movie The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005). In 2005, she added
Butterfly, a Grimm Love Story and the miniseries Into the
West to her resume, and 2006 marked Keri's appearance in
Mission: Impossible III alongside Tom Cruise.
Russell resides in L.A.'s Tony Pacific Palisades suburb.
Most of her free time is spent working on her other passion:
photography. |
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Other
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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.
Shares a birthday with fellow "MMC" (1989) cast member Josh
Ackerman.
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 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. |
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