Keri Lynn Russell born March 23 1976 is an American actress and dancer After appearing in a number of madefortelevision films and series during the mid1990s 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