Keri Russell Biography

Name: Keri Lynn Russell

Date of Birth: March 23th, 1976

Place of Birth: Fountain Valley, California, USA

Nationality: American

Profession: Actor, Model

A familiar face to audiences, Keri Russell (Lindsey) reteams with J.J. Abrams after bringing to life the title role in the hit Warner Bros. Television series “Felicity,” for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series just four months after the show's acclaimed premiere.

Russell, who is currently filming “August Rush” opposite Robin Williams, in New York, recently completed production on the romantic comedy “Waitress” for director Adrienne Shelly and the psychological thriller “Rohtenburg.”

Russell's film credits include “The Upside of Anger,” “We Were Soldiers,” “Mad About Mambo,” “The Curve,” and “Eight Days a Week.”

Russell's recent television credits include “Into the West,” the six-part mini-series which was executive produced by Steven Spielberg and the critically acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame production “The Magic of Ordinary Days.”

Last year, Russell made her New York theatrical debut in the off-Broadway production of Neil LaBute's play “Fat Pig,” as Jeannie, a vindictive girl furious at her ex-boyfriend, played by Jeremy Piven, for having the gall to fall in love with someone who is overweight.

Russell is also the newest spokesmodel for CoverGirl, the number one-selling make-up in the U.S. Keri joins CoverGirl's current roster of models, including Christie Brinkley, Molly Sims and Queen Latifah. The CoverGirl ads will launch in late summer 2006.

Career Milestones

1991 Appeared as a Mouseketeer on the "Mickey Mouse Club" (The Disney Channel)

1992 Feature debut in "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid"; played a babysitter

1994 Had regular role as Phoebe Walker on the short-lived CBS sitcom "Daddy's Girls"

1996 Appeared in the feature "Eight Days a Week"

1996 Co-starred in the NBC primetime serial "Malibu Road"

1996 Starred opposite Stephen Collins in the NBC TV-movie "The Babysitter's Seduction"

1998 Had title role in the TV series "Felicity" (The WB)

2000 First feature lead in "Mad About Mambo"

2002 Had supporting role in "We Were Soldiers"

2004 Made Broadway debut in Neil LaBute's "Fat Pig" also starring Jeremy Piven and Andrew McCarthy

2005 Starred in the Steven Spielberg-produced miniseries "Into the West" (TNT)

2005 Starred opposite Joan Allen, Erika Christensen and Evan Rachel Wood in the drama "The Upside of Anger" directed by Mike Binder; screened at Sundance

Cast as an agent trainee under the watch of Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible 3," directed by J.J. Abrams (lensed 2005)

Raised in Dallas, Texas, Mesa, Arizona, and Denver, Colorado

Worked briefly as a model.

Filmography

Actor Credits

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Upside of Anger (2005) Emily Wolfmeyer

We Were Soldiers (2002) Barbara Geoghegan

Mad About Mambo (2000) Lucy McLoughlin

Eight Days A Week (1999) Erica

The Babysitter's Seduction (1998)

The Curve (1998)