March 23: Happy Birthday Keri Russell

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Keri Russell is celebrating her 41st birthday today. She made her performing debut on the All-New Mickey Mouse Club in 1991. A role in the film Honey, I Blew Up the Kid followed, along with a number of TV movies and guest roles. In 1998, she was cast in the lead role of the WB network’s new drama Felicity. Russell won a Golden Globe as Felicity Porter for the first of the show’s four seasons.

In the mid-2000s, there were times when it seemed that Russell might emerge as a major film star. A fairly important supporting role in Mission: Impossible III offered her a chance to be a part of a big hit; however, the film would up with the weakest box office numbers in the series. She received very good critical notice for starring in Waitress, but was not able to follow it up with further successes. However, she is once again finding success on the small screen. She stars on The Americans as Elizabeth Jennings, one half of a Cold War era couple who are Soviet moles. Currently in its fifth season, the show has brought Russell nominations for an Emmy and a Golden Globe.