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Keri Lynn Russell

Actress Keri Lynn Russell plays Ellie, a leading role in the movie Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Russell was born in Fountain Valley, California, and raised in Arizona and Colorado. A childhood dancer, she earned a spot on the Disney Channel's All-New Mickey Mouse Club (), followed by Married with Children (), Clerks (TV pilot, ), the title role on the series Felicity (), Scrubs () and The Americans (). In , she made her Broadway debut in Fat Pig. Movie roles have included Honey, I Blew Up the Kids (), We Were Soldiers (), The Upside of Anger (), J. J. Abrams' Mission: Impossible III (), Waitress (), August Rush () and Extraordinary Measures ().

Like Kodi Smit-McPhee who played her stepson in Dawn, Keri had worked with director Matt Reeves before. Kodi worked with Matt on Let Me In () while Keri worked with Matt on Felicity (). Becoming a good friend of Matt Reeves, she was personally asked by him to take the female hu

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Most recently, Keri can be seen starring in "The Diplomat" for Netflix in which Keri plays the titular role of an American Diplomat in London. She also stars in an episode of the limited anthology series "Extrapolations" created bygd Scott Burns. She also recently starred in "Cocaine Bear" for Universal Pictures from director Elizabeth Banks. Last year, she starred in the supernatural horror thriller "Antlers" for director Scott Cooper and producer Guillermo sektion Toro, and in "Star Wars: Episode IX" which reunited her with friend and director J.J. Abrams.

For six seasons Keri starred in the critically acclaimed FX series "The Americans" for which she received a Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in teaterpjäs, three Emmy Award nominations, two Golden Globe Award nominations, six Critics' Choice Award nominations - one win - and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.

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'Extraordinary Measures': Keri Russell grows into the role of mom

In "Extraordinary Measures," Keri Russell stars with Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford as a remarkable mom. Based on a true story, the film chronicles the lives of John and Aileen Crowley, a New Jersey couple who fought to find a treatment for an enzyme deficiency that threatened to kill two of their children. Doubling as executive producer, Ford plays a scientist helping to develop a life-saving drug.

The year-old actress, who launched her career on the popular s TV series "Felicity," explores new dramatic terrain portraying a mother of three. To prepare for the role, Russell, who became a mother two years ago, visited the Crowleys at their Princeton home and spent a day with Aileen. The couple's daughter, Megan, and son, Patrick, were born with Pompe disease, a rare condition characterized by the accumulation of a complex sugar known as glycogen in the body's cells.

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