- Gave birth to her third child, a son named Sam at age 40 in late May 2016. Child's father is her boyfriend, Matthew Rhys.
- First met partner, Welsh actor Matthew Rhys, at a kickball party hosted by actress Jennifer Grey in the early 2000s. They have been in a relationship since 2013 and have one child together.
- Raised in Coppell, Texas; Mesa, Arizona and Denver, Colorado.
- Gave birth to her second child at age 35, a daughter named Willa Lou Deary on December 27, 2011. Child's father is her ex-husband, Shane Deary.
- She appeared as the "other woman" in the music video "Always" by the rock group Bon Jovi. (1994)
- Good friends with Mission: Impossible III (2006) and August Rush (2007) co-star Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Friends with Jennifer Garner.
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6356 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 30, 2017.
- Has three children: one son, River Russell Deary (b. June 9, 2007), and one daughter, Willa Lou Deary (b. December 27, 2011), with ex-husband Shane Deary; one son, Sam Evans (b. May 2016), with husband Matthew Rhys.
- Keri was not a strong singer when she was on MMC (1989) in the early 1990s. She very rarely sang solo. She was hired for her acting and dancing abilities.
- After Keri had her hair clipped in August 1999, this affected the overall performance of Felicity (1998), where it affected fan consensus and the Nielsen ratings. A letter-writing campaign saved the series for another season, and the WB network came up with a resolution, where young stars will not alter their current hairstyles as a strategy to avoid a television series airing on the WB network, to cause it to be cancelled, or for worse, having an actor/actress fired or subsequently terminated out of his/her contract.
- Nominated for the 2019 Golden Globe Award in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama category for her role as Elizabeth Jennings in The Americans (2013), but lost to Sandra Oh for Killing Eve (2018).
- Was 7 months pregnant with her son Sam when she completed filming the fourth season of The Americans (2013).
- Attended and graduated from Highlands Ranch High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
- Keri played Jane, a Darcy (Jane Austen) fanatic in Austenland (2013) and her husband, Matthew Rhys, played Darcy in Death Comes to Pemberley (2013).
- One of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. (1999)
- Read for the role of Lois Lane for Superman Returns (2006), but lost to Kate Bosworth.
- Married her now ex-husband Shane Deary at the Harrison restaurant in NYC's West Village on Valentine's Day, 2007, before ten immediate family members.
- Still friends with fellow MMC (1989) cast member Ilana Miller. She brought Ilana with her to the 1999 MTV Movie Awards.
- Currently (2006) serving as a model and spokesperson for Cover Girl cosmetics.
- She has English, with smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of German, Swiss-German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Manx (Isle of Man), Dutch, and Danish ancestry.
- Did not return for the final season of MMC (1989) in order to film the short-lived sitcom Daddy's Girls (1994).
- Siblings are Todd Russell (older) and Julie Russell (younger).
- Briefly attended Cypress Creek High School in Orlando, Florida when she worked on the drama series Emerald Cove (1993).
- Born on the same date as Mission: Impossible III (2006) co-star Michelle Monaghan.
- According to an interview which appeared in the October 1999 issue of Jane magazine, she claims to have lost her virginity at age 15.
- Parents are David Harold and Stephanie Russell.
- Cut her signature long, curly locks. (August 1999)
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