Keri Russell Biography
Keri's breakthrough role came in 1998 where she played "Felicity Porter" in the WB's popular series
Felicity. In 1999, Keri won her first Golden Globe award for her role in
Felicity in which she continued until the show ended in 2002. Keri pursued a movie career starring alongside
Mel Gibson in
We Were Soldiers and
Joan Allen in
The Upside of Anger. In 2004, Keri made her Broadway debut in "Fat Pig" alongside
Andrew McCarthy and
Jeremy Piven.
Trivia

On People magazine's '50 Most Beautiful' list. [1999]

Parents are David and Stephanie.

Raised in Mesa, Arizona and Denver, Colorado.

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.

Read for the part of Lois Lane for Superman Returns (2006), but lost to Kate Bosworth.

Is still friends with fellow "MMC" (1989) cast member Ilana Miller. She brought Ilana with her to the 1999 MTV Movie Awards.

Currently (2006) serving as a model and spokesperson for Cover Girl cosmetics.

Wed Shane Deary at the Harrison restaurant in NYC's West Village on Valentine's Day, 2007, before ten immediate family members.

Keri and her husband are remodeling a brownstone in Brooklyn [November, 2007].

Lost her virginity at age 15, on the bathroom floor of a friend's apartment.
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