Keri Russell - Biography

Last Editor: allibloor				Keri Russell Biography -   Name : Keri Russell Birth Date : March 23, 1976 Birth Place : Fountain Valley, California Birth Name : Keri Lynn Russell Height : 5' 4'' Education : Kino Junior High School; Highlands Ranch High School outside Denver, Colorado; Mesa Stars Dance and Drill Team; Mickey Mouse Club Nationality : American Relationship : Scott Speedman (actor), Tony Lucca (actor; together 1991-1999) Occupation : Actress Claim to fame : as Felicity Porter in TV Series Felicity

Keri Russell 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).

Keri Russell Detailed Biography -

Born Keri Lynn Russell on March 23, 1976 in Fountain Valley, CA, the oldest of three, she was raised in the Southwest and in Denver. Russell studied dancing from an early age. She later found that her love of dancing was good preparation for acting, insofar as both disciplines demanded self-discipline and an adherence to timing and choreography. Dancing led to a modeling stint, which in turn led to a trip to Los Angeles, where in 1991 she landed her first regular TV gig as one of the Mouseketeers on the Disney Channel's "All New Mickey Mouse Club". Russell stayed with the show until 1993, during which time she lived at Disney World, where the show was taped. During her time on the Mickey Mouse Club, Russell landed her first film role as the babysitter for a giant toddler in the Disney-produced sequel 1992's Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. After her TV commitment ended, Russell moved to Los Angeles . After stints on two failed series (the 1994 CBS sitcom "Daddy's Girls" and the 1996 NBC primetime soap "Malibu Shores"), the young actress landed the coveted title role in "Felicity" (The WB, 1998-2002), a fantasy drama about a college freshman coping with life changes. In 1996, she did more film work in the little-seen The Babysitter's Seduction, and she continued her film work in 1997 with the comedy Eight Days a Week. With her career flagging, playing confused college freshman Felicity Porter, turned out to be her big break. Russell nearly wasn't considered for the part because the show's creators felt she was too beautiful to have the problems her character did. Suddenly the subject of countless interviews and magazine covers, Russell found herself as one of television's hottest commodities, especially in the wake of the Golden Globe she netted for her portrayal of Felicity. Unsurprisingly, this new status led to a new range of opportunities, including her role in The Curve (1998), a thriller which had its premiere at Sundance and co-starred Matthew Lillard and Michael Vartan. Russell undertook her first lead in the independent romance Mad About Mambo (1999). After playing a soldier's wife in the Vietman drama We Were Soldiers in 2002, alongside Mel Gibson and Madeleine Stowe, she will next be seen in the British flick Cabbages & Queens (2004).