Table of Biography
Keri Russell is a popular American actress. Keri Russell is widely recognized for playing the leading role of Felicity Porter in the American TV series “Felicity.”
Early Life
Keri Russell opened her eyes to this world on the 23rd of March 1976, in Fountain Valley, California, the United States. Her birth name is Keri Lynn Russell. Her zodiac sign is Aries and she is currently 47 years old as of 2023. Meanwhile, she holds US nationality and belongs to White-Caucasian ethnicity.
She was born to her parents; David Russell and Stephanie Stephens. By profession, her father is a Nissan Motors executive and her mother is a housewife.
In addition, Keri was raised along with her older brother Todd, and a younger sister named Julie. Due to her father’s work, the family frequently moved to Coppell, Texas, Mesa, Arizona, and Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
Keri Russell – Education
The actress graduated from Highlands Ranch High School, in Colorado. Later, she attended Cypress Creek High School, in Orlando, Florida for a brief period. In the early days, she used to perform in various musicals and plays in school and community theatres. As a teenager, she built an interest in acting and decided to pursue acting as a career and moved to New York City at the age of 17.
Professional Career
Keri Russell was discovered by a talent scout when she was just 15 years old and in 1991, she began performing on the TV show “The All-New Mickey Mouse Club.” However, she left the show in 1994, encompassing seasons four to six.
The actress made her film debut in the 1992 comedy science fiction flick “Honey, I Blew Up the Kid.” She then had a role on the sitcom “Boy Meets World” as Mr. Feeny’s niece in the year 1993. Meanwhile, she continued appearing in TV movies “The Babysitter’s Seduction” (1996) and “When Innocence Is Lost” (1997). She also played a lead role in the 1996 short-lived series “Malibu Shores.”
Breakthrough role
However, her breakthrough came in the year 1998, when she started in the lead role of Felicity Porter in the American TV series “Felicity.” The series is about a teenager who abandons her college plans to attend the same university as her high-school crush. The first season of the series was successful, but the series ratings fell in the second season. Following the third season, the series continued to struggle, and it ended in 2002.
Caption: The poster of the American TV series, Felicity (Source: The Movie Database)
Moreover, she has done several supporting roles in such movies as “We Were Soldiers” (2002), and “The Upside of Anger” (2005). In the year 2006, she appeared alongside Tom Cruise in the popular action film “Mission: Impossible III.”
The next year, she appeared in the movie “August Rush” in which she played the mother of a musical prodigy. She later starred with Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford in the medical drama film “Extraordinary Measures” (2010).
Continued appearing in successful TV series and movies
In 2013, she was cast in another hit TV series “The Americans” playing the main role of Elizabeth Jennings. She was part of the series until the series was ended in 2018. She then worked in movies like “Austenland” (2013), in which she played a woman infatuated with Jane Austen, and “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” (2014). In 2016, she played the role of Serena Knight in the historical war film “Free State of Jones.”
She appeared as a minor character in “Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker” (2019) and later in the horror-comedy “Cocaine Bear” (2023). Moreover, she made her Broadway debut in 2019 alongside Adam Driver in a revival of Lanford Wilson’s Burn This. She began starring in the Netflix drama “The Diplomat” playing the role of Kate Wyler as well as working as an executive producer.
Keri Russell – Awards
To this date, this American actress has won a total of 4 awards and 24 nominations. In 1999, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series – Drama category for her works in “Felicity.” That same year, she won the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout TV Star.
Caption: Keri Russell with her Golden Globe award (Source: X.com)
In 2015, she won the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama category for her works in “The Americans.” She won the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama category.
Net Worth 2023
According to various online websites, her net worth is estimated at around $8 million, and earned around $100k from TV series per episode. She has managed to live a good lifestyle in her professional career.
Relationship Status
Currently, Keri Russell is in a relationship with Welsh actor Matthew Rhys, her co-star in “The Americans.” With the relationship, the couple has a son named Sam Evans. Russell and Rhys addressed each other as husband and wife in interviews taken in 2021.
Caption: Keri Russell with her boyfriend and their son walking in the street (Source: Instagram)
In the past, Russell married Shane Deary, a carpenter, on February 14, 2007. The couple is blessed with two kids, a son River, and a daughter Willa. The couple separated in early 2013 and divorced in mid-2014.
Body Measurements
Caption: Keri Russell posing for a photo (Source: Instagram)
The beautiful actress stands 5 feet 4 inches tall (1.63 m) and weighs around 51 kg (112 lbs). In addition, she has a pair of green eyes with blonde hair colour, and her body measurement is 34-24-34 inches.
Social Media
On her Instagram page ‘@kerilynnrussell1976’ there are over 24.8k followers. Meanwhile, she is not present on Facebook and Twitter at the moment.