Rebecca Romijn
Rebecca Alie Romijn (born November 6, 1972 in Berkeley , California ) is an American actress and former model .
Life
Romijn has Dutch roots: Her father Jaap Romijn came from the Netherlands and her American mother Elizabeth Kuizenga also had Dutch ancestors.
After graduating from Berkeley High School, Romijn studied music at the University of California . But she broke off her studies and started modeling. She moved to Paris for two and a half years and posed in front of the camera for Sports Illustrated , Christian Dior and Victoria's Secret , among others . From 1998 to 2000 she hosted the MTV show House of Style .
She was also on the big screen. In 1999 she played herself in Austin Powers - Spy in a secret missionary position. She made her breakthrough in 2000 with her first major role, the shape shifter Mystique , in the successful comic book adaptation X-Men , which she also featured in the sequel X- Men 2 (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) played. In the prequel X-Men: First Decision , she got a cameo when the young Mystique ( Jennifer Lawrence ) is getting a few years older. In 2002 she played her first leading role in the remake Rollerball and in the same year she took on the leading role in the erotic thriller Femme Fatale . In 2004 she starred again in a Marvel Comics film adaptation called The Punisher .
In 1998 Romijn married the actor John Stamos and took on the double name Rebecca Romijn-Stamos . When the two separated in 2004 and divorced in 2005, she resumed her maiden name. In 2007 she married actor Jerry O'Connell . On December 28, 2008, she became the mother of twins.
From 2007 to 2008, she played alongside Eric Mabius and Vanessa Lynn Williams , a trans woman after sex reassignment in the US television series Alles Betty! . From 2011 to 2013 she had a supporting role in the television series NTSF: SD: SUV :: . In 2013 she starred in the TNT series King & Maxwell alongside Jon Tenney . From 2014 to 2018 she was Eve Baird in the series The Quest .
Filmography (selection)
- 1997: Friends (TV series, episode 4x06 The Velvet Rabbit )
- 1998: Dirty Work
- 1999: Austin Powers - Spy Who Shagged Me (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)
- 1999: The Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story ( Hefner: Unauthorized , TV movie)
- 1999–2000: Just Shoot Me - editorial team cut through ( Just Shoot Me!, TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2000: X-Men
- 2000: Jack & Jill (TV series, episode 1x19 Starstruck )
- 2002: Rollerball
- 2002: MADtv (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2002: S1m0ne
- 2002: Femme Fatale
- 2003: X-Men 2
- 2004: The Punisher
- 2004: Godsend
- 2006: Man About Town
- 2006: X- Men: The Last Stand
- 2006: Pepper Dennis (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2006: Alibi - Your dirty little secret is safe with us (The Alibi)
- 2007: Drawn Together (TV series, episode 3x09 Charlotte's Web of Lies )
- 2007: Carpoolers (TV series, episode 1x05 A Divorce to Remember )
- 2007-2008: Ugly Betty (TV series, 33 episodes)
- 2008: Lake City
- 2009-2010: Eastwick (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2010: The Con Artist
- 2011: X-Men: First Decision (X-Men: First Class)
- 2011–2013: NTSF: SD: SUV :: (TV series, 17 episodes)
- 2012: Good Deeds
- 2012: Chuck (TV series, episode 5x06 Chuck Versus the Curse )
- 2013: King & Maxwell (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2013: Burning Love (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2014: Phantom Halo
- 2014–2018: The Quest - The Series ( The Librarians , TV series, 42 episodes)
- 2015: Larry Gaye - Renegade Male Flight Attendant
- 2015: Key and Peele (TV series, episode 5x01 Y'all Ready for This? )
- 2015: Adventure Time - Adventure Time with Finn and Jake ( Adventure Time , TV series, 2 episodes, voice)
- 2017: Love Locks (TV movie)
- 2018: The Death of Superman (voice)
- 2019: Reign of the Supermen (voice)
- 2019: Star Trek: Discovery (TV series, 3 episodes)
- Since 2019: Star Trek: Short Treks (TV series)
- 2019: Satanic Panic
- 2020: Leave it, Larry! ( Curb Your Enthusiasm , TV series, episode 10x06 The Surprise Party )
Web links
- Rebecca Romijn in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rebecca Romijn on fashionmodeldirectory.com
- Rebecca Romijn at filmreference.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Rebecca Romijn Biography . People.com . Retrieved February 1, 2008.
- ↑ Rebecca Romijn & Jerry O'Connell Are Expecting Twins , People , July 28, 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2008.
- ^ Marisa Laudadio: Rebecca Romijn Welcomes Twin Girls - Babies, Rebecca Romijn . People.com. January 5, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ↑ Comic-Con 2018: World Premiere of The Death of Superman. In: comiccon2018.sched.com. July 20, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Romijn, Rebecca |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Romijn, Rebecca Alie (full name); Romijn-Stamos, Rebecca (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress and former model |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berkeley , California |