Trivia

Gave birth to her third child, a son named Sam at age 40 in late May 2016. Child's father is her boyfriend, Matthew Rhys.

First met partner, Welsh actor Matthew Rhys, at a kickball party hosted by actress Jennifer Grey in the early 2000s. They have been in a relationship since 2013 and have one child together.

Gave birth to her second child at age 35, a daughter named Willa Lou Deary on December 27, 2011. Child's father is her ex-husband, Shane Deary.

She appeared as the "other woman" in the music video "Always" by the rock group Bon Jovi. (1994)

Raised in Coppell, Texas; Mesa, Arizona and Denver, Colorado.

Good friends with Mission: Impossible III (2006) and August Rush (2007) co-star Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Friends with Jennifer Garner.

Keri was not a strong singer when she was on Le Club Mickey (1989) in the early 1990s. She very rarely sang solo. She was hired for her acting and dancing abilities.

Has three children: one son, River Russell Deary (b. June 9, 2007), and one daughter, Willa Lou Deary (b. December 27, 2011), with ex-husband Shane Deary; one son, Sam Evans (b. May 2016), with husband Matthew Rhys.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6356 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 30, 2017.

Nominated for the 2019 Golden Globe Award in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama category for her role as Elizabeth Jennings in The Americans (2013), but lost to Sandra Oh for Killing Eve (2018).

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 series 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 television 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.

Was 7 months pregnant with her son Sam when she completed filming the fourth season of The Americans (2013).

Keri played Jane, a Darcy (Jane Austen) fanatic in Coup de foudre à Austenland (2013) and her husband, Matthew Rhys, played Darcy in Death Comes to Pemberley (2013).

Attended and graduated from Highlands Ranch High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

One of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. (1999)

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

Married her now ex-husband Shane Deary at the Harrison restaurant in NYC's West Village on Valentine's Day, 2007, before ten immediate family members.

Still friends with fellow Le Club Mickey (1989) cast member Ilana Miller. She brought Ilana with her to the 1999 MTV Movie Awards.

She has English, with smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of German, Swiss-German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Manx (Isle of Man), Dutch, and Danish ancestry.

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

Did not return for the final season of Le Club Mickey (1989) in order to film the short-lived sitcom Daddy's Girls (1994).

Siblings are Todd Russell (older) and Julie Russell (younger).

Briefly attended Cypress Creek High School in Orlando, Florida when she worked on the drama series Emerald Cove (1993).

Born on the same date as Mission: Impossible III (2006) co-star Michelle Monaghan.

According to an interview which appeared in the October 1999 issue of Jane magazine, she claims to have lost her virginity at age 15.

Parents are David Harold and Stephanie Russell.

Cut her signature long, curly locks. (August 1999)