Keri Russell's life in pictures

By Bryanne Salazar 8:18am PST, Jan 26, 2018

Today we know Keri Russell as the bad a– spy Elizabeth Jennings on the hit FX drama "The Americans," which celebrates its fifth anniversary on Jan. 30, 2018. But back in 1991, Keri was a 15-year-old Mouseketeer on "The All New Mickey Mouse Club" alongside other famous faces like JC Chasez (top right), Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Ryan Gosling. In honor of Keri's newest series turning five, Wonderwall.com is taking a look at her life in photos! Keep reading to learn all there is to know about this beautiful former teen star…

In 1992, Keri Russell landed her first big-screen movie role in the comedy "Honey I Blew Up the Kid" alongside Robert Oliveri (left). At the time, Keri was also still a regular star on "The All New Mickey Mouse Club." The film was the sequel to the hit comedy "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" starring Rick Moranis and Marcia Strassman.

In 1994, Keri Russell was dating her former "The All New Mickey Mouse Club" co-star Tony Lucca (seen here). The couple were photographed attending a ceremony to honor Jamaican film and TV director-producer Maxine Walters in Beverly Hills on Aug. 6 that year. The couple reportedly dated from 1991 to 1999 and even lived together toward the end of their relationship.

Another hunky TV star Keri Russell was linked to was Joey Lawrence, who's perhaps best known for playing Joey Russo on the hit comedy "Blossom." The two were pictured together on Oct. 28, 1994, at the Carousel of Hope Ball in Beverly Hills. Although they never confirmed they were actually dating, we can still dream.

After leaving "The All New Mickey Mouse Club" in 1993, Keri Russell made guest appearances on several TV shows including "Married with Children," "Boy Meets World" and "Daddy's Girls" before landing a starring role on the Aaron Spelling teen drama "Malibu Shores" in 1996. Keri, seen here with cast members Essence Atkins, Charisma Carpenter and Katie Wright, wouldn't be on the show for long, as it was canceled after one season.

Two years later in 1998, Keri Russell landed one of the defining roles of her career — the title character in the college-set romantic drama "Felicity." It was Keri's first starring role and gave her the platform to prove she was capable of being a leading lady in Hollywood.

On Jan. 24, 1999, Keri Russell won the Golden Globe Award for best performance by an actress in a TV drama series for her work on "Felicity." Although she looked like a teenager, Keri was 22 years old at the time of her win.

On Oct. 3, 1999, Keri Russell starred on the second episode of "Felicity" during Season 2 and it was a doozy. Titled "The List," the dramatic episode ended with Keri (as Felicity) chopping off all her hair. While a character's haircut usually isn't a life-changing career moment for a celebrity, Keri experienced nothing short of a backlash. Fans around the country were so enraged that Felicity cut off all her glorious curls, they vowed to never watch the show again. They weren't lying, either. Ratings for the series dropped significantly after the episode and even today, producers agree the haircut was to blame.

Scott Speedman and Keri Russell are seen here at Dreamworks' Golden Globes afterparty on Jan. 23, 2000 . The "Felicity" co-stars actually dated in real life from 2000 to 2001. On May 31, 2013, the former couple were reunited on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" where Scott confessed he'd been a "disaster of a boyfriend."

In this scene from the 2000 comedy-romance film "Mad About Mambo," Keri Russell got to show off her dancing prowess alongside co-star William Ash. In fact, Keri originally trained as a dancer but was such a good actress, she ended up getting parts that didn't require her smooth moves.

On May 22, 2002, the final episode of "Felicity" aired. While the series had drummed up controversy (especially due to Keri Russell's haircut), it still managed to be one of the best loved dramas on TV at the time. However, no amount of fan love could salvage the hot mess of the final episode dubbed "Back to the Future," which, as the title suggests, includes time travel, a witch's spell and a really unsatisfying conclusion.

After dipping out of the spotlight for three years, Keri Russell returned to Hollywood in the 2005 comedic drama "The Upside of Anger" starring Kevin Costner. In the film, Keri plays Emily Wolfmeyer, the daughter of a woman whose husband has disappeared who has to figure out what to do with her life to move forward.

After a busy 2005, which included a film, a TV miniseries and a made-for-TV movie, Keri Russell returned to the big screen along with one of the hottest action stars in Tinseltown, Tom Cruise, in the 2006 action thriller "Mission: Impossible III." In the film, Keri played IMF agent Lindsey Farris, a bad-a– operative trained by Ethan Hunt (Tom's character) in an ancient form of martial arts.

By 2007, Keri Russell's career was back on the upswing. One of her first films of the year was a starring role in the romantic dramedy "Waitress." The film, which co-starred Lew Temple (left) and Cheryl Hines (right), featured Keri as an unhappily married waitress named Jenna who finds out she's pregnant and must make a difficult choice about her future.

Not only was Keri Russell in the midst of a career revival in 2007, but she'd also found love with carpenter Shane Deary. Keri and Shane (seen here on Jan. 24, 2007, at the Sundance Film Festival) would go on to tie the knot on Feb. 14, 2007 — Valentine's Day. They reportedly began dating in 2005 but kept their relationship private for as long as they could.

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage. On June 9, 2007, Keri Russell and husband Shane Deary welcomed their first child, a baby boy they named River Russell Deary. Keri's seen here with 5-month-old River at MTV's "TRL" studios in New York City on Nov. 12 that year looking as radiant and amazing as ever.

The capstone of Keri Russell's incredible year came on Nov. 21, 2007, with the debut of her musical drama "August Rush" co-starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. In the film, Keri plays Lyla Novacek, a young woman who discovers the child she thought died after birth was actually given up for adoption by her father and has resurfaced years later to find her and his birth father.

In 2010, Keri Russell returned to the world of television with the debut of the comedy series "Running Wilde." Keri's seen here with co-star Will Arnett at the show's New York premiere that Sept. 25. Sadly, the series wasn't a hit with viewers and was canceled after just one season.

The good news about Keri Russell's TV show "Running Wilde" ending in 2011 was that she had time to rest up and prepare for the birth of her and husband Shane Deary's second child, daughter Willa Lou Deary. Seen here on Jan. 26, 2012, just one month after Willa's birth, Keri clearly had her hands (and heart) full.

On Jan. 30, 2013, Keri Russell's life would change in many ways with the premiere of her TV series "The Americans." Co-starring Matthew Rhys, the cable drama was all about the world of espionage, with the pair playing covert Soviet spies posing as an American married couple. The on-screen chemistry between the two was visible from the start. Keri earned a Critic's Choice Award nomination for best actress for her work on the show that same year, proving that she still had the "It" factor and talent that had made her famous 15 years earlier with "Felicity."

Keri Russell, seen here in New York City on Dec. 2, 2013, during filming for "The Americans," might not have known it yet, but she was about to experience one of the most intense months of her life. Just two days later on Dec. 4, Keri was asleep at her home in Brooklyn when thieves broke in and stole jewelry, a purse and her MacBook computer. Thankfully, Keri and her children were unharmed and only discovered the robbery after it happened. A day after that, Keri and her husband of nearly seven years, Shane Deary, announced that they'd separated and had been apart since the summer. While rumors swirled as to what caused the split, the former couple assured fans they were still friends and there was no animosity between them. That didn't change when, around Christmastime, Keri was seen walking arm-in-arm with her "The Americans" co-star Matthew Rhys.

Although early on, Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys avoided confirming their romantic relationship to the media, it was pretty clear they only had eyes for each other. Seen here during filming for "The Americans" on Feb. 19, 2014, the connection between the two stars was undeniable and played well into their on-screen roles as a spy couple.

Along with filming the hit FX series "The Americans," Keri Russell was still showing up on the big screen. On July 11, 2014, she co-starred in the third dramatic action sequel "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" as Ellie, a researcher for the Centers for Disease Control who forms an unlikely bond with the apes.

2016 was another big year in Keri Russell's life. Along with her series "The Americans" being renewed for two more (final) seasons, Keri was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding lead actress in a drama. She also had a role in the historical drama "Free State of Jones" co-starring Matthew McConaughey. But the biggest news of her year was the birth of her and boyfriend Matthew Rhys's first child together, Sam Rhys. When this photo was snapped on May 31, 2016, the two were just weeks into their new lives as parents who also happen to be co-stars.

Keri Russell is seen here on Jan. 5, 2018, during the winter press tour for the upcoming sixth and final season of her hit series "The Americans," which bows in March 2018. If time has taught us anything about Keri, it's that she's the queen of reinvention and will be back on our screens before we know it with another juicy role to make us love her all over again.