Keri Russell

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Birthday:

23 March 1976, Fountain Valley, California, USA

Birth Name:

Keri Lynn Russell

Height:

163 cm

Keri Russell was born in Fountain Valley, California, to Stephanie (Stephens) and David Harold Russell, an executive at Nissan Motors. She began her career on the Mickey Mouse Club in 1991. She stayed with the show until 1993. After leaving MMC (1989) (where she, along with her castmates recorded an album, MMC), she moved to LA to pursue an acting career. She starred in Aaron Spelling's Malibu Shores (1996) on NBC.Keri's breakthrough role came in 1998 where she played "Felicity Porter" in the WB's popular series Felicity (1998). In 1999, Keri won her first Golden Globe award for her role in Felicity (1998) in which she continued until the show ended in 2002. Keri pursued a movie career starring alongside Mel Gibson in We Were Soldiers (2002) and Joan Allen in The Upside of Anger (2005). In 2004, Keri made her Broadway debut in "Fat Pig" alongside Andrew McCarthy and Jeremy Piven. Show less «

People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

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.

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.

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 everyt...Show more »

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. Show less «

Dance is definitely what I love doing much more than anything else.

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...Show more »

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. Show less «

People still take it really personally. They come up to me at breakfast places like, 'When are you growing your hair back?'

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...Show more »

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! Show less «

I am literally the worst person at keeping secrets. I'd be the worst spy of all time.

Anything that opens you up emotionally is going to impact your acting. Parenthood, becoming a mom, certainly does that.

I love doing laundry! It's so satisfying. I love the way it smells. I love doing the sheets.

I am positive I was not a neglected child. I remember reading 'The Jungle Book' and 'The Sleeping Beauty.'

Dance has helped me with everything. It was a great foundation for discipline, hard work and, unfortunately, the ever-elusive idea of perfec...Show more »

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. Show less «

Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world.

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 i...Show more »

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. Show less «

I am crazy for dessert. I eat everything. No one should be denied anything... just don't eat the whole thing.

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.