Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is an American actress. 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 Mission: Impossible III (2006), Waitress (2007), August Rush (2007), Extraordinary Measures (2010), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), and currently stars as KGB agent Elizabeth Jennings in the FX television series The Americans.

Biography

Russell and Shane Deary, a carpenter she met through mutual friends, became engaged in 2006 and were married on February 14, 2007, in New York. The couple separated in early summer 2013, after six years of marriage, which was confirmed by Russell's representation after media queries about her family's whereabouts when the actress' home was burglarized in early December of that year. Russell and Deary have two children together, son River Russell Deary (born June 9, 2007) and daughter Willa Lou Deary (born December 27, 2011).

Russell has been in a relationship with her Americans co-star Matthew Rhys since 2013.

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