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Keri Russell

Keri Russell

Actor · Born March 23, 1976 (50) · Fountain Valley, California, USA

Golden Globe winner · Screen Actors Guild Award winner · Primetime Emmy nominee · 3 other major award bodies

Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is an American actress and dancer. After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002, and for which she won a Golden Globe Award. Russell has since appeared in several films, including We Were Soldiers, The Upside of Anger, Mad About Mambo, Wonder Woman, Mission: Impossible III, Waitress, August Rush, Bedtime Stories, and Extraordinary Measures.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 23, 1976 (50)
From
Fountain Valley, California, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
39 on Motif · 51 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 69% in 30 days

What are Keri Russell's films like?

Across their 31 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Motif score: 52nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Motif score: 55th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action4 titlesTypical Motif score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Motif score: 27th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies

Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Motif score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
35%
Self
20%
Morality
13%
Survival
12%
Society
8%
Power
7%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds15 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeParenthood3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 26 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 9 · Serious 8 · Dark 9

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 14 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 9 · Intense 11

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 6

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 4

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 14 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 9

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 19 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

22 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 12 of 22 analyzed roles.

Hero
12 of 22
Ally
3 of 22
Shapeshifter
2 of 22
Herald
2 of 22
Trickster
1 of 22
Mentor
1 of 22
Threshold guardian
1 of 22
Show the 22 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Melancholic
13
Hopeful
10
Dread
7
Joyful
6
Other
37

How their films linger

Bittersweet12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet19
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Keri Russell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 34 of their 39 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Keri Russell's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

51 credits, 39 with a Motif page; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Diplomat(2023)

    Show 30 episodes · Executive Producer · as Ambassador Kate Wyler

    Motif score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Extrapolations(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Olivia Drew

    Motif score: 17th percentile of all shows

  • Cocaine Bear(2023)

    as Sari

    Motif score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Antlers(2021)

    as Julia Meadows

    Motif score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Hemingway(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Dorothy Parker (voice) · as Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (voice)

    Motif score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker(2019)

    as Zorii Bliss

    Motif score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Explained(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Narrator (voice)

    Motif score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Secret History of Comics(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Narrator

    Motif score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Free State of Jones(2016)

    as Serena Knight

    Motif score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes(2014)

    as Ellie

    Motif score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Austenland(2013)

    as Jane Hayes

    Motif score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Dark Skies(2013)

    as Lacy Barrett

    Motif score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Americans(2013)

    Show 75 episodes · as Elizabeth Jennings

    Motif score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Goats(2012)

    as Judy Whitman

    Motif score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Running Wilde(2010)

    Show 13 episodes · as Emmy Kadubic

    Motif score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Extraordinary Measures(2010)

    as Aileen Crowley

    Motif score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Leaves of Grass(2009)

    as Janet

    Motif score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Wonder Woman(2009)

    as Wonder Woman (voice)

    Motif score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Bedtime Stories(2008)

    as Jill

    Motif score: 41st percentile of all films

  • August Rush(2007)

    as Lyla Novacek

    Motif score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Girl in the Park(2007)

    as Celeste

    Motif score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Waitress(2007)

    as Jenna Hunterson

    Motif score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Grimm Love(2006)

    as Katie Armstrong

    Motif score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Mission: Impossible III(2006)

    as Lindsey Farris

    Motif score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Into the West (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 6 episodes · as Naomi Wheeler

  • The Upside of Anger(2005)

    as Emily Wolfmeyer

    Motif score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Magic of Ordinary Days(2005)

    as Livy

    Motif score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Arrested Development(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Widow Carr (voice)

    Motif score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • We Were Soldiers(2002)

    as Barbara Geoghegan

    Motif score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Scrubs(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Melody

    Motif score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Mad About Mambo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2000)

    as Lucy McLoughlin

  • Sesame Street: CinderElmo(1999)

    as Princess

    Motif score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Felicity(1998)

    Show 84 episodes · as Felicity Porter

    Motif score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • The Curve(1998)

    as Emma

    Motif score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Roar (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Claire

  • When Innocence Is Lost(1997)

    as Erica French

    Motif score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Eight Days a Week(1997)

    as Erica

    Motif score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Lottery (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)

    as Felice Dunbar

  • 7th Heaven(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Camille

    Motif score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • Malibu Shores (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 10 episodes · as Chloe Walker

  • The Babysitter's Seduction(1996)

    as Michelle Winston

    Motif score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Clerks. (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1995)

    as Sandra

  • Clerks (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Sandra

  • Daddy's Girls (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 13 episodes · as Phoebe

  • Boy Meets World(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Jessica

    Motif score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Honey, I Blew Up the Kid(1992)

    as Mandy

    Motif score: 13th percentile of all films

  • MMC (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 126 episodes · as Mouseketeer

  • Married... with Children(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as April Adams

    Motif score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Quincy, M.E. (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Livy Dunne

  • Emerald Cove (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Show 20 episodes · as Andrea McKinsey

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 51 titles, 50 of them dated from 1951 to 2023; peak year 2008.

Biggest box office

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

$711M worldwide

Highest rated

The Americans (2013)

Motif 98th

Most popular right now

The Diplomat (2023)

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19512023

Peak 2008 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 19 Motif titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting51 of 51: 50 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Motif score57thProducing1 of 51: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1950s1 · acting1970s1 · acting1980s2 · acting1990s15 · acting2000s15 · acting2010s11 · acting2020s5 · 5 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 32% of 25 roles
92020712

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award from 27 major nominations, 1999–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · International
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Drama Series
  2. 2025
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series - Drama
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Drama Series
  3. 2024
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series - Drama
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Drama Series
  4. 2023
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  5. 2019
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Drama Series
  6. 2018
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  7. 2017
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
  8. 2016
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Show 1 earlier year
  1. 1999
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Keri Russell's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 26; across their 26 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Motif score across 39 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up17
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 39 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

Sesame Street: CinderElmo (1999)

80th percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Americans (2013)

Motif 98th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 26 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Keri Russell's work okay for kids?

Across up to 18 Motif titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore14 titles21–89 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity18 titles12–46 · median 25 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 31
Profanity14 titles25–73 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 35
Alcohol & Drugs14 titles15–45 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense14 titles19–87 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Keri Russell work with?

People who share at least 2 of Keri Russell's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nathan Fillion shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers

Producers

Mixed roles