Keri Lynn Russell is an American actress. Working mainly in dramatic television since the 1990s, she has received a record eight nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. She won a Golden Globe Award in 1999 for her lead role in the drama series Felicity, and has received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations and four additional Golden Globe Award nominations for her roles in The Americans and The Diplomat. In 2017, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to television.
She first appeared on Disney Channel's revival of The Mickey Mouse Club when she was 15 and was a regular cast member on the show from 1991 to 1994. She made her first film appearance in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992). Russell's other film appearances include We Were Soldiers (2002), Waitress (2007), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). On stage, she acted in Neil LaBute's off-Broadway play Fat Pig (2004–2005) and made her Broadway debut in the Lanford Wilson revival Burn This (2019).