Keri Russell
Actor
Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is an American actress and dancer. After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002, and for which she won a Golden Globe Award. Russell has since appeared in several films, including We Were Soldiers, The Upside of Anger, Mad About Mambo, Wonder Woman, Mission: Impossible III, Waitress, August Rush, Bedtime Stories, and Extraordinary Measures.
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Antlers (2020)
As: Julia Meadows
A young teacher discovers that her troubled student's father and younger brother harbor a deadly supernatural secret. Taking the boy into her care, the teacher must fight for their survival against horrors beyond imagination.
Directed by: Scott Cooper
Stars: Jesse Plemons | Graham Greene | Keri Russell | Scott Haze | Jeremy Thomas
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
Runtime: 141 min.
Directed by: J.J. Abrams
Stars: Oscar Isaac | Carrie Fisher | Adam Driver | John Boyega | Daisy Ridley
The Free State of Jones (2016)
As: Serena Knight
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with ...
Runtime: 139 min.
Directed by: Gary Ross
Stars: Matthew McConaughey | Keri Russell | Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Jacob Lofland | Mahershala Ali
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
As: Ellie
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Matt Reeves
Stars: Gary Oldman | Andy Serkis | Toby Kebbell | Jason Clarke | Keri Russell
Austenland (2013)
As: Jane Hayes
Obsessed with the BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice", a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Jerusha Hess
Stars: Bret McKenzie | James Callis | Jennifer Coolidge | Keri Russell | J. J. Feild
Dark Skies (2013)
As: Lacy Barrett
From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Scott Stewart
Stars: J.K. Simmons | Trevor St. John | Josh Hamilton | Dakota Goyo | Keri Russell
Goats (2012)
As: Judy Whitman
Having a self-absorbed New Age mother and an estranged father means 15-year-old Ellis Whitman has grown up relying on an unconventional guardian: a goat-trekking, marijuana-growing sage called Goat Man. So when Ellis decides to leave the alternative ways of his desert homestead for a stuffy East Coast prep school, major changes are in store. But not in the way you’d think. ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Christopher Neil
Stars: Justin Kirk | Vera Farmiga | David Duchovny | Keri Russell | Graham Phillips
Extraordinary Measures (2010)
As: Aileen Crowley
Working-class father John Crowley is finally on the fast track to corporate success when his two young children, Megan and Patrick, are diagnosed with Pompe disease - a condition that prevents the body from breaking down sugar. With the support of his wife, Aileen, John ditches his career and teams with unconventional specialist Dr. Robert Stonehill to found a bio-tech company and develop a cure in time to ...
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Tom Vaughan
Stars: Harrison Ford | Brendan Fraser | Courtney B. Vance | Keri Russell | Meredith Droeger
Leaves of Grass (2009)
As: Janet
An Ivy League professor returns home, where his pot-growing twin brother has concocted a plan to take down a local drug lord.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Tim Blake Nelson
Stars: Edward Norton | Susan Sarandon | Richard Dreyfuss | Melanie Lynskey | Keri Russell
Wonder Woman (2009)
As: Wonder Woman (voice)
On the mystical island of Themyscira, a proud and fierce warrior race of Amazons have raised a daughter of untold beauty, grace and strength: Princess Diana. When an Army fighter pilot, Steve Trevor, crash-lands on the island, the rebellious and headstrong Diana defies Amazonian law by accompanying Trevor back to civilization.
Runtime: 74 min.
Directed by: Lauren Montgomery
Stars: Nathan Fillion | Rosario Dawson | Alfred Molina | Virginia Madsen | Keri Russell
Bedtime Stories (2008)
As: Jill
Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a bewildered Skeeter manage his own unruly fantasies now that the outrageous characters and situations from his mind have morphed into actual people and events?
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Adam Shankman
Stars: Guy Pearce | Lucy Lawless | Adam Sandler | Courteney Cox | Keri Russell
August Rush (2007)
As: Lyla Novacek
A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Kirsten Sheridan
Stars: Freddie Highmore | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Robin Williams | Terrence Howard | Keri Russell
The Girl in the Park (2007)
As: Celeste
A mother, enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year old daughter 15 years ago, has cut herself off from her ex-husband and son. However, when a troubled young woman with a checkered past enters her life, old psychic wounds painfully resurface, as does the illogical and increasingly irrational hope that the young woman may be the daughter she lost so long ago.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: David Auburn
Stars: Kate Bosworth | Sigourney Weaver | David Rasche | Alessandro Nivola | Keri Russell
Waitress (2007)
As: Jenna
Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Adrienne Shelly
Stars: Nathan Fillion | Eddie Jemison | Cheryl Hines | Keri Russell | Andy Griffith
Grimm Love (2006)
As: Katie Armstrong
In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen's and the thousands of people like him.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Martin Weisz
Stars: Thomas Kretschmann | Keri Russell | Marcus Lucas | Thomas Huber | Rainier Meissner
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
As: Lindsey Farris
Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian. Hunt must try to protect his girlfriend while working with his new team to complete the mission.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: J.J. Abrams
Stars: Ving Rhames | Michelle Monaghan | Tom Cruise | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Billy Crudup
The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
As: Livy
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Brent Shields
Stars: Skeet Ulrich | Tania Gunadi | Mare Winningham | Keri Russell | Eric Winter
The Upside of Anger (2005)
As: Emily Wolfmeyer
After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two grow closer, and her daughters increasingly rely on Denny, Terry starts to have reservations about where their relationship is headed.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Mike Binder
Stars: Alicia Witt | Kevin Costner | Erika Christensen | Joan Allen | Keri Russell
We Were Soldiers (2002)
As: Barbara Geoghegan
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Runtime: 138 min.
Directed by: Randall Wallace
Stars: Mel Gibson | Sam Elliott | Greg Kinnear | Madeleine Stowe | Chris Klein
Mad About Mambo (2000)
As: Lucy McLoughlin
High school student tries to improve soccer skills by practicing dance and falls for his dance partner.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: John Forte
Stars: Brian Cox | Keri Russell | William Ash | Alan McKee
CinderElmo (1999)
As: Princess
Our favorite little red monster is the star of this delightful film that playfully skews the story of Cinderella. Originally aired on Fox television in 1999, the feature is a playful mix of human actors and Sesame Street characters that is an easy watch for families with 3- to 7-year-olds. Cinderelmo (he's a boy, if you didn't know) dreams of playing in a castle and meeting the princess (Keri Russell). ...
Runtime: 65 min.
Directed by: Bruce Leddy
Stars: Oliver Platt | French Stewart | Keri Russell | Steve Whitmire | Kevin Clash
The Curve (1998)
As: Emma
Two roommates plan to kill a third to take advantage of college policy giving a 4.0 grade to a suicide's roommates.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Dan Rosen
Stars: Matthew Lillard | Michael Vartan | Keri Russell | Randall Batinkoff | Tamara Craig Thomas
When Innocence Is Lost (1997)
As: Erica French
When Erica French opts to keep the baby she conceived in high school, she never dreamed that one day she would be fighting for custody against the child's father, Scott Stone. Scott Stone initially fought for custody when Erica threatened to cut off his access to their daughter. Scott continues to try to be a part of his daughter's life, but when Molly first breaks her arm at the playground ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Bethany Rooney
Stars: Vince Corazza | Keri Russell | Roberta Maxwell | Barry Flatman | Dave Nichols
Eight Days a Week (1997)
As: Erica
Peter loves his next door neighbour Erica and, on the advice of his grandfather, decides to camp out on her front lawn for the entire summer, or until she agrees to go out with him. His father is none too happy about the idea and refuses to let his son back in the house, even to get a change of clothes.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Michael Davis
Stars: Mark L. Taylor | Joshua Schaefer | Keri Russell | Johnny Green | R.D. Robb
The Lottery (1996)
As: Felice Dunbar
On his deathbed in the hospital, Jason's father asks that his ashes be spread over the top of his wife's grave. Jason, who came to the city with his father at a young age, remembers little of the town or his mother, but he undertakes the charge. It is an idyllic place, but gradually snips of memory return, until he remembers the significance of the fact that most of the tombstones in the town cemetery, ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Daniel Sackheim
Stars: Veronica Cartwright | Dan Cortese | Keri Russell
The Babysitter's Seduction (1996)
As: Michelle Winston
The mother of the family for which Michelle baby-sits dies unexpectedly. Michelle is asked to take over looking after the children and is gradually "seduced" by the father.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: David Burton Morris
Stars: Tobin Bell | Keri Russell | Stephen Collins | John D'Aquino | Phylicia Rashād
Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
As: Mandy
Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working. And when Adam comes right up to the machine, he gets zapped along with his stuffed bunny.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
Stars: Rick Moranis | Marcia Strassman | Robert Oliveri | Daniel Shalikar | Joshua Shalikar