---
name: "Keri Russell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/keri-russell"
fi1m_id: "keri-russell"
imdb_id: "nm0005392"
tmdb_id: 41292
wikidata_id: "Q229426"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 March 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-07T04:02:45.343325+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Keri Russell

## Identity

Keri Russell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/keri-russell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** keri-russell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005392
- **TMDB ID:** 41292
- **Wikidata ID:** Q229426
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keri_Russell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229426, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005392/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41292

Actor. Born 23 March 1976 in Fountain Valley, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 March 1976, Fountain Valley, California, USA
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Also known as:** Keri Lynn Russell, Κέρι Λιν Ράσελ, Care Bear
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Bernstein](https://film.one/person/andrew-bernstein.md), [J.J. Abrams](https://film.one/person/j-j-abrams.md), [Matt Reeves](https://film.one/person/matt-reeves.md), [Peter Ackerman](https://film.one/person/peter-ackerman.md)
- **SAG Awards:** 1 SAG Award (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 70 (1), 2010s 73 (3), 2020s 68 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 67 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 3, Drama 3, Thriller 3, Adventure 2, Crime 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,272m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keri_Russell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229426, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005392/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41292

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Americans*](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md) (91), [*Dawn of the Planet of the Apes*](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) (78), [*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker*](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md) (50)
- **Netflix:** [*The Diplomat*](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md) (76)
- **Paramount+:** [*Mission: Impossible III*](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md) (70)
- **Peacock:** [*Cocaine Bear*](https://film.one/film/cocaine-bear.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Keri Russell

> Keri Russell gives capable, difficult women a convincing sense of work still to be done. We like her best when the writing lets impatience and private muddle coexist, without asking us to find either charming.

In *The Diplomat* (2023), Keri Russell makes talking to people look like an effort, even for someone employed to do it. Her Kate Wyler, the new US ambassador to the UK, has work to finish and limited patience for anyone prolonging the discussion. Debora Cahn’s writing gives her plenty of conversation, and Russell keeps it from sounding like an audition for the cleverest person present. We recommend the programme chiefly for her, with the caveat that its account of the job is less convincing than its difficult people.

Television has given those awkward habits time to become more than a character description. After the lead in *Felicity* (1998–2002) and a period concentrating on film roles, including *Waitress* (2007), *The Americans* (2013–2018) cast her as Elizabeth Jennings, a Soviet spy. Working alongside Matthew Rhys, she could suggest feelings that her character would rather keep private, as well as adopt multiple disguises. The attraction is watching her show us what someone is struggling not to say.

Her partnership with Rufus Sewell in *The Diplomat* brings that skill into less guarded exchanges. His Hal is Kate’s husband, and their quarrels sound as though each has had years to learn precisely which remark will irritate the other. We laughed at their squabbling because Russell and Sewell make the urge to have one more go so recognisable. Russell’s impatience gives those scenes momentum, while the familiarity between their characters makes the disagreement matter. The programme is less persuasive when it expects these conversations to carry the weight of consequences it has not made real.

The films do not always give her that much to work with. In Elizabeth Banks’s *Cocaine Bear* (2023), she plays Sari, a nurse heading into the woods after her truant daughter. It is decent creature-comedy fun, but the long waits between attacks leave a good cast with little to do. We would not choose it as an introduction to her work. Try *The Diplomat* for Russell and Sewell, provided a prolonged argument between two people who know each other too well sounds like an evening worth having.

## Biography

Keri Russell is an American actress. She began her career as a cast member on the Disney Channel's *The All New Mickey Mouse Club* from 1991 to 1994 and made her film debut in *Honey, I Blew Up the Kid* (1992).

Russell gained prominence for her title role in the series *Felicity* (1998–2002), for which she won a Golden Globe Award. She later starred as Elizabeth Jennings in *The Americans* (2013–2018) and as Ambassador Kate Wyler in *The Diplomat* (2023–). Her film roles include *We Were Soldiers* (2002), *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), *Cocaine Bear* (2023) as Sari, and *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019).

She has received multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017. Russell's partner is actor Matthew Rhys.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Cocaine Bear* (2023), Fi1m 60, as Sari — [page](https://film.one/film/cocaine-bear.md)
- *The Diplomat* (2023), Fi1m 76, as Ambassador Kate Wyler — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), Fi1m 50, as Zorii Bliss — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)
- *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), Fi1m 78, as Ellie — [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *The Americans* (2013), Fi1m 91, as Elizabeth Jennings — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)
- *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), Fi1m 70, as Lindsey Farris — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Diplomat* (2023), series, as Ambassador Kate Wyler · Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *Extrapolations* (2023), series, as Olivia Drew
- *Cocaine Bear* (2023), as Sari — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/cocaine-bear.md)
- *Antlers* (2021), as Julia Meadows
- *Hemingway* (2021), series, as Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (voice), Dorothy Parker (voice)
- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), as Zorii Bliss — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)
- *Explained* (2018), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics* (2017), series, as Narrator
- *Free State of Jones* (2016), as Serena Knight
- *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), as Ellie — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Austenland* (2013), as Jane Hayes
- *Dark Skies* (2013), as Lacy Barrett
- *The Americans* (2013), series, as Elizabeth Jennings — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)
- *Goats* (2012), as Judy Whitman
- *Running Wilde* (2010), series, as Emmy Kadubic
- *Extraordinary Measures* (2010), as Aileen Crowley
- *Leaves of Grass* (2009), as Janet
- *Wonder Woman* (2009), as Wonder Woman (voice)
- *Bedtime Stories* (2008), as Jill
- *August Rush* (2007), as Lyla Novacek
- *The Girl in the Park* (2007), as Celeste
- *Waitress* (2007), as Jenna Hunterson
- *Grimm Love* (2006), as Katie Armstrong
- *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), as Lindsey Farris — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md)
- *Into the West* (2005), series, as Naomi Wheeler
- *The Upside of Anger* (2005), as Emily Wolfmeyer
- *The Magic of Ordinary Days* (2005), as Livy
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, as Widow Carr (voice) — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *We Were Soldiers* (2002), as Barbara Geoghegan
- *Scrubs* (2001), series, as Melody
- *Mad About Mambo* (2000), as Lucy McLoughlin
- *CinderElmo* (1999), as Princess
- *Felicity* (1998), series, as Felicity Porter
- *The Curve* (1998), as Emma
- *Roar* (1997), series, as Claire
- *When Innocence Is Lost* (1997), as Erica French
- *Eight Days a Week* (1997), as Erica
- *The Lottery* (1996), as Felice Dunbar
- *7th Heaven* (1996), series, as Camille
- *Malibu Shores* (1996), series, as Chloe Walker
- *The Babysitter's Seduction* (1996), as Michelle Winston
- *Clerks.* (1995), as Sandra
- *Clerks* (1995), series, as Sandra
- *Daddy's Girls* (1994), series, as Phoebe
- *Boy Meets World* (1993), series, as Jessica
- *Honey, I Blew Up the Kid* (1992), as Mandy
- *MMC* (1989), series, as Mouseketeer
- *Married... with Children* (1987), series, as April Adams
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, Actor
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Livy Dunne
- *Emerald Cove*, series, as Andrea McKinsey

## Gallery

- ![Keri Russell](https://film.one/media/person/21672/gallery-5218d3d88491.jpg) Keri Russell — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Keri_Russell_%2831481731266%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![James Callis, Georgia King, Ricky Whittle, JJ Feild, Jane Seymour, Keri Russell, Bret McKenzie and Jerusha Hess (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/21672/gallery-f4cfb4fea0ff.jpg) James Callis, Georgia King, Ricky Whittle, JJ Feild, Jane Seymour, Keri Russell, Bret McKenzie and Jerusha Hess (2013) — PunkToad, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Austenland_Talent_at_Sundance.jpg/1280px-Austenland_Talent_at_Sundance.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Left to right: actor James Callis, book author and associate producer Shannon Hale, film scriptwriter Stephenie Meyer, actor Ricky Whittle, actor JJ Feild, actr (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/21672/gallery-66e89c8dd17a.jpg) Left to right: actor James Callis, book author and associate producer Shannon Hale, film scriptwriter Stephenie Meyer, actor Ricky Whittle, actor JJ Feild, actr (2013) — PunkToad, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Austenland_Talent_at_Sundance_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Austenland_Talent_at_Sundance_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Keri Russell, Gary Oldman and Andy Serkis speaking at the 2014 WonderCon, for "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Cal](https://film.one/media/person/21672/gallery-bddecc22d15a.jpg) Keri Russell, Gary Oldman and Andy Serkis speaking at the 2014 WonderCon, for "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Cal — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Keri_Russell%2C_Gary_Oldman_%26_Andy_Serkis_%2813925559951%29.jpg/1280px-Keri_Russell%2C_Gary_Oldman_%26_Andy_Serkis_%2813925559951%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Keri Russell](https://film.one/media/person/21672/gallery-24d6ecd0751f.jpg) Keri Russell — Image via TMDB
- ![Keri Russell, Gary Oldman and Andy Serkis speaking at the 2014 WonderCon, for "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Cal](https://film.one/media/person/21672/gallery-7c88fc3130cc.jpg) Keri Russell, Gary Oldman and Andy Serkis speaking at the 2014 WonderCon, for "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Cal — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Keri_Russell%2C_Gary_Oldman_%26_Andy_Serkis_%2813948504553%29.jpg/1280px-Keri_Russell%2C_Gary_Oldman_%26_Andy_Serkis_%2813948504553%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The American actress Keri Russell. (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/21672/gallery-efcb5c4403ef.jpg) The American actress Keri Russell. (2006) — Frog Brother, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Keri_Russell.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### SAG Awards — 1 won

- 2026: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (won), for *The Diplomat*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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