With environmental eyes, clear skin, and a rocker of hair that any pre-Raphaelite would envy, Keri Russell became only of the most recognizable young actresses of the unpunctual 1990s. Propelled to fame by her title role on the WB Network's Felicity, Russell quickly endeared herself to critics and viewers with her searching and above-board portrayal of a college freshman facing subsistence on her own for the at the start time. Born Keri Lynn Russell on Pace 23, 1976 in Well-head Val... ley, California, Russell studied dancing from an at cock crow time.

She later set 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 cheap, which in turn led to a trek to Los Angeles, where in 1991 she was assign as herself on the newly-revived Mickey Mouse Brotherhood. Russell stayed with the show until 1993, during which on one occasion she lived at Disney Humanity, where the screen was taped. During her immediately on the Mickey Mouse Bludgeon, Russell landed her in the first place film job in 1992's Honey, I Blew Up the Kid.

After her TV commitment ended, Russell moved to Los Angeles and in 1996 was cast in Aaron Spelling's Malibu Shores. In the same year, she did more film work in the scarcely-seen The Babysitter's Seduction, and she continued her film come to c clear up in 1997 with the comedy Eight Days a Week. In 1998, with her career flagging, Russell got her distinguished bust leave playing confused college freshman Felicity Porter, a part she nearly wasn't considered for because the exhibit's creators felt she was too beautiful to have the problems her brand did. Suddenly the excuse of countless interviews and ammunition covers, Russell found herself as one of television's hottest commodities, especially in the wake of the Gold Globe she netted for her portrayal of Felicity.

Unsurprisingly, this changed standing led to a renewed range of opportunities, including her situation in The Curve (1998), a thriller which had its first night at Sundance and co-starred Matthew Lillard.