Keri Russell is a talented actress who has been captivating audiences for decades with her versatile performances and undeniable charm. She has managed to remain a prominent figure in Hollywood, taking on a diverse array of roles that showcase her incredible range as an actress. From her early days as a child star to her recent successes in television and film, Keri Russell has become a true force to be reckoned with in Hollywood and beyond. In this article, we will explore her journey, her impact on the industry, and her future as a leading lady.
Keri Russell’s early life and career beginnings Keri Russell. Depostiphotos
Born in Fountain Valley, California, Keri Lynn Russell grew up in a family with a strong connection to the entertainment industry. Her father, David Russell, was a Nissan Motors executive, and her mother, Stephanie, was a homemaker. Keri discovered her love for performing at a very young age,...
Keri Russell’s early life and career beginnings Keri Russell. Depostiphotos
Born in Fountain Valley, California, Keri Lynn Russell grew up in a family with a strong connection to the entertainment industry. Her father, David Russell, was a Nissan Motors executive, and her mother, Stephanie, was a homemaker. Keri discovered her love for performing at a very young age,...
- 4/18/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
2020 has been a real mindfuck.
I mean, I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know. The year has been defined by the world being turned upside down, all while remaining exactly the same. Many Californians are still sheltering in place, caught between the old normal and whatever way we’re living now, but fire season comes regardless. Yes, millions of people are unemployed, driven largely by an insufficient pandemic response made at the highest levels of government, but taxes still have to be collected. People take to the streets night after night to protest systemic racism and police misconduct, but officer-involved shootings persist. Sports leagues have been forced to great lengths to transform their respective games to make environments as safe as possible, playing to empty stadiums, while fans are still as anxious as they’ve ever been to watch athletes play ball, regardless of the circumstances.
I mean, I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know. The year has been defined by the world being turned upside down, all while remaining exactly the same. Many Californians are still sheltering in place, caught between the old normal and whatever way we’re living now, but fire season comes regardless. Yes, millions of people are unemployed, driven largely by an insufficient pandemic response made at the highest levels of government, but taxes still have to be collected. People take to the streets night after night to protest systemic racism and police misconduct, but officer-involved shootings persist. Sports leagues have been forced to great lengths to transform their respective games to make environments as safe as possible, playing to empty stadiums, while fans are still as anxious as they’ve ever been to watch athletes play ball, regardless of the circumstances.
- 9/21/2020
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
Following the highly-anticipated release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Keri Russell might find herself starring in another blockbuster movie. According to our sources, the actress is currently being eyed by Warner Bros. for a role in The Batman. It’s unknown which part she’s being considered for, and she’s only on an internal studio wishlist at the moment, but fans should be excited that this highly talented performer might be about to land a role in the upcoming flick regardless.
The 43-year-old rose to prominence in 1998 by anchoring the titular part in the WB drama Felicity, for which she won a Golden Globe. Though this probably won’t factor into the final decision at all, it’s interesting to note that her tenure on the show means she has at least a bit of a relationship with Warner Bros.
Russell’s career revitalization came in 2013 though...
The 43-year-old rose to prominence in 1998 by anchoring the titular part in the WB drama Felicity, for which she won a Golden Globe. Though this probably won’t factor into the final decision at all, it’s interesting to note that her tenure on the show means she has at least a bit of a relationship with Warner Bros.
Russell’s career revitalization came in 2013 though...
- 8/29/2019
- by Evan Lewis
- We Got This Covered
After losing a whopping six Emmys for “Mad Men,” TV academy members are poised to make it up to Elisabeth Moss in a big way. She just won Best Drama Actress for “The Handmaid’s Tale” last year, and now she’s on track to claim a bookend trophy, according to Gold Derby’s Emmy predictions. One of the major pluses in Moss’ favor is that there’s no clear runner-up in sight. In fact, you could make a strong case for all of her co-nominees, which likely will cause a split vote for second place and help Moss claim victory again.
Of Gold Derby’s 26 Emmy Experts from major media outlets, Moss is predicted to win by 17 of them, resulting in leading 1/2 odds. She plays June/Offred on “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a woman who lives as a concubine for the rich and powerful in a dystopian future. She...
Of Gold Derby’s 26 Emmy Experts from major media outlets, Moss is predicted to win by 17 of them, resulting in leading 1/2 odds. She plays June/Offred on “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a woman who lives as a concubine for the rich and powerful in a dystopian future. She...
- 9/14/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Keri Russell isn’t ready to say goodbye to “The Americans”. Currently halfway through production on the sixth and final season of the FX spy drama, the 41-year-old actress took a moment to reflect on her six-year journey playing Elizabeth Jennings, a Kgb officer posing as one-half of a married couple opposite real-life partner Matthew Rhys. “I had […]...
- 1/6/2018
- by Rachel West
- ET Canada
The whirlwind that has been the FX hit show, The Americans, is now winding down to deliver us it's final season. This is definitely in my top 10 favorite shows, and it's been such a wild ride! If you haven't been watching (which you totally should), here's a rundown:
Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, played by the incredible Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell, are a couple of undercover Soviet spies in the Reagan-era, cold war. They live in Washington D.C. with their two kids, and have cover jobs at a travel agency. At night, they become whoever they need to be to get the info they need. To top it off, their new neighbor, played by Noah Emmerich, moves in and is an FBI agent, who they befriend, adding to the complicated web they weave. It's an incredible, edge of your seat show that gives you the perspective of the "other...
Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, played by the incredible Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell, are a couple of undercover Soviet spies in the Reagan-era, cold war. They live in Washington D.C. with their two kids, and have cover jobs at a travel agency. At night, they become whoever they need to be to get the info they need. To top it off, their new neighbor, played by Noah Emmerich, moves in and is an FBI agent, who they befriend, adding to the complicated web they weave. It's an incredible, edge of your seat show that gives you the perspective of the "other...
- 12/28/2017
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Max Medina, beware the Russian spies!
Gilmore Girls vet Scott Cohen has booked a recurring role on the sixth and final season of the FX spy drama The Americans, per The Hollywood Reporter.
RelatedThe Americans Bosses on the Finale’s Tragic Twist, Season 5’s Slow Burn and the Show’s Ultimate Endgame
Cohen — whose other TV credits include Allegiance, The Carrie Diaries and Necessary Roughness — will play Glenn Haskard, a member of a State Department negotiating team that Russian secret agent Elizabeth Jennings is covertly working against.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* TBS’ Angie Tribeca has...
Gilmore Girls vet Scott Cohen has booked a recurring role on the sixth and final season of the FX spy drama The Americans, per The Hollywood Reporter.
RelatedThe Americans Bosses on the Finale’s Tragic Twist, Season 5’s Slow Burn and the Show’s Ultimate Endgame
Cohen — whose other TV credits include Allegiance, The Carrie Diaries and Necessary Roughness — will play Glenn Haskard, a member of a State Department negotiating team that Russian secret agent Elizabeth Jennings is covertly working against.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* TBS’ Angie Tribeca has...
- 10/25/2017
- TVLine.com
Love stories are often hard to execute on TV, because ongoing shows will try to manipulate romances for plot purposes — yet at the same time, it’s so easy to get hooked on a tale of two people finding each other. The couples featured below have undergone no shortage of strife as they forged their own unique paths, but one thing these narratives all have in common is that they illustrate the ways in which romance can be found in the most unexpected of circumstances, and how it can become the foundation of something so much bigger and profound.
Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings, “The Americans”
They met as strangers, but the complicated relationship between these two Russian agents has never lacked for passion and love, even as they find themselves tied up with other partners. Their ultimate fate could go in a lot of different directions, but for right now...
Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings, “The Americans”
They met as strangers, but the complicated relationship between these two Russian agents has never lacked for passion and love, even as they find themselves tied up with other partners. Their ultimate fate could go in a lot of different directions, but for right now...
- 10/17/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller, Zack Sharf, Hanh Nguyen, Ben Travers and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Keri Russell received her second consecutive Emmy nomination as Best Drama Actress for FX’s “The Americans.” The Golden Globe winner for “Felicity” (Best TV Drama Actress in 1999) contends for playing Elizabeth Jennings, a Russian Kgb agent posing as an American housewife in the 1980s. She has submitted the Season 5 episode “Dyatkovo” for Emmy consideration. […]...
- 8/14/2017
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
In the red-hot race for Best Drama Actress, most of Gold Derby’s Emmy experts are split between Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) and Claire Foy (“The Crown”). However, one expert — Kerr Lordygan (Rotten Tomatoes) — goes rogue in predicting that Keri Russell will win for her long-running character of Elizabeth Jennings on FX’s Russian spy […]...
- 7/6/2017
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
The producers of “The Americans” are very happy with how Season 5 turned out, but they’re also aware that not all viewers are on the same page. Joe Weisberg, the creator of the FX spy drama that stars Keri Russell (Elizabeth Jennings) and Matthew Rhys (Philip Jennings), told TheWrap that he and executive producer Joel Fields are a bit surprised that some fans and critics have felt that the penultimate season, which ended last week, was not up to par creatively with the previous ones. “If you want the honest answer, I think we’re struggling a little bit because we really love this season,...
- 6/8/2017
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Wrap
To say “The Americans” has been a critical darling since its inception would be an understatement. The adoration that’s flowed, from those writing about the FX drama to those making it, has been so unrelenting there are parody articles devoted entirely to the subsect of TV culture.
So when the penultimate entry in the now Emmy-nominated series began to receive some critical backlash, it felt like the world had gone topsy-turvy. Or, to steal a fateful joke from the latest season of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”:
But showrunners Joel Fields and Joe Wesiberg are taking it all in stride.
“You gotta take your lumps,” Weisberg said during a recent conference call. “We said at the end of last season that this season was going to be slower than usual, but we were thinking about 15 percent slower than usual, and some of the critics and fans seem to be thinking...
So when the penultimate entry in the now Emmy-nominated series began to receive some critical backlash, it felt like the world had gone topsy-turvy. Or, to steal a fateful joke from the latest season of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”:
But showrunners Joel Fields and Joe Wesiberg are taking it all in stride.
“You gotta take your lumps,” Weisberg said during a recent conference call. “We said at the end of last season that this season was going to be slower than usual, but we were thinking about 15 percent slower than usual, and some of the critics and fans seem to be thinking...
- 5/31/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Warning: The following contains spoilers for Tuesday’s Season 5 premiere of The Americans.
Can you dig it, The Americans fans?
FX’s riveting spy drama capped its Season 5 premiere with an unbearably tense sequence: Over twelve virtually silent minutes, Philip, Elizabeth and friends snuck onto a U.S. military facility to dig up the infected body of William, the bio-weapons expert who killed himself last season with a lethal virus. They did succeed in slicing off a flap of skin from William’s corpse… but Kgb informant Hans stumbled and fell onto the body, exposing himself to the virus. Elizabeth...
Can you dig it, The Americans fans?
FX’s riveting spy drama capped its Season 5 premiere with an unbearably tense sequence: Over twelve virtually silent minutes, Philip, Elizabeth and friends snuck onto a U.S. military facility to dig up the infected body of William, the bio-weapons expert who killed himself last season with a lethal virus. They did succeed in slicing off a flap of skin from William’s corpse… but Kgb informant Hans stumbled and fell onto the body, exposing himself to the virus. Elizabeth...
- 3/8/2017
- TVLine.com
Welcome to the People’s Choice Awards, pretty much the only place you’ll see Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings and Uber A duking it out in the same category.
The Americans, Pretty Little Liars, Atlanta and Baby Daddy are among the varied nominations for the 2017 honors, which were announced Tuesday. This year’s honorees also include Outlander, The Walking Dead, Stranger Things and The Big Bang Theory.
The ceremony will air Wednesday, Jan. 18. Check out the full list of TV nominees below:
Favorite TV Show
The Big Bang Theory
Grey’s Anatomy
Outlander
Stranger Things
The Walking Dead
Favorite Network...
The Americans, Pretty Little Liars, Atlanta and Baby Daddy are among the varied nominations for the 2017 honors, which were announced Tuesday. This year’s honorees also include Outlander, The Walking Dead, Stranger Things and The Big Bang Theory.
The ceremony will air Wednesday, Jan. 18. Check out the full list of TV nominees below:
Favorite TV Show
The Big Bang Theory
Grey’s Anatomy
Outlander
Stranger Things
The Walking Dead
Favorite Network...
- 11/15/2016
- TVLine.com
You know those TV shows that everyone in your Twitter feed can't stop talking about? The ones you keep meaning to get into on your next Netflix binge-watch, but then never manage to actually get started?
Well, now that they're officially Emmy nominees, it's time for you to finally add these critically acclaimed shows to your DVR queue. Forget fall: it's now binge-watching season.
The Americans
FX's cult hit spy drama has earned raves from fans and television critics alike thanks to its emotionally complex portrayal of the professional and personal lives of two Russian Kgb officers posing as a married couple.
Well, now that they're officially Emmy nominees, it's time for you to finally add these critically acclaimed shows to your DVR queue. Forget fall: it's now binge-watching season.
The Americans
FX's cult hit spy drama has earned raves from fans and television critics alike thanks to its emotionally complex portrayal of the professional and personal lives of two Russian Kgb officers posing as a married couple.
- 9/16/2016
- by Julia Emmanuele, @julesemm
- People.com - TV Watch
You know those TV shows that everyone in your Twitter feed can't stop talking about? The ones you keep meaning to get into on your next Netflix binge-watch, but then never manage to actually get started? Well, now that they're officially Emmy nominees, it's time for you to finally add these critically acclaimed shows to your DVR queue. Forget fall: it's now binge-watching season. The Americans FX's cult hit spy drama has earned raves from fans and television critics alike thanks to its emotionally complex portrayal of the professional and personal lives of two Russian Kgb officers posing as a married couple.
- 9/16/2016
- by Julia Emmanuele, @julesemm
- PEOPLE.com
After four seasons, FX’s “The Americans,” starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Soviet spies posing as Americans in the 1980s, has finally received Emmy Awards in the major categories. So should you start watching? Yes. Here are the reasons why. 1. The Couple The show is built around the dynamic between Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings (Rhys and Russell, who became a real-life couple over the course of the show). Their relationship is complicated by disguises, the sex they have with strangers to steal their secrets, Phillip’s marriage to another woman, and the fact that they got married for country,...
- 7/14/2016
- by Jeremy Fuster and Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
The Television Academy has announced the nominations for the 68th Emmy Awards at the newly-opened Saban Media Center. Television Academy Chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum joined Anthony Anderson and Lauren Graham at the nominations ceremony to announce this year's candidates.
The Emmys will be telecast live from The Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 18th with the broadcast hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Here's the list of the key nominees:
Outstanding Drama Series
The Americans (FX Networks)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game Of Thrones (HBO)
Homeland (Showtime)
House Of Cards (Netflix)
Mr. Robot (USA)
Outstanding Comedy Series
black-ish (ABC)
Master Of None (Netflix)
Modern Family (ABC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Transparent (Amazon)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings, The Americans (FX Networks)
Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill, Better Call Saul (AMC)
Kyle Chandler as John Rayburn, Bloodline...
The Emmys will be telecast live from The Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 18th with the broadcast hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Here's the list of the key nominees:
Outstanding Drama Series
The Americans (FX Networks)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game Of Thrones (HBO)
Homeland (Showtime)
House Of Cards (Netflix)
Mr. Robot (USA)
Outstanding Comedy Series
black-ish (ABC)
Master Of None (Netflix)
Modern Family (ABC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Transparent (Amazon)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings, The Americans (FX Networks)
Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill, Better Call Saul (AMC)
Kyle Chandler as John Rayburn, Bloodline...
- 7/14/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Performer | Keri Russell
The Show | The Americans
The Episode | “The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears” (May 4)
The Performance | Good lord, we never want to get on Elizabeth Jennings’ bad side. Because in the heated moments when the pragmatic spy loses control and says what she’s actually thinking, portrayer Russell is a scary force of nature. In Wednesday’s episode, the Jennings’ halfhearted argument about Est quickly escalated into a stinging discussion of past lovers, with Russell pointedly staring down Matthew Rhys’ Philip as Elizabeth reminded him she’d endured loss, too.
VideosKeri Russell...
The Show | The Americans
The Episode | “The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears” (May 4)
The Performance | Good lord, we never want to get on Elizabeth Jennings’ bad side. Because in the heated moments when the pragmatic spy loses control and says what she’s actually thinking, portrayer Russell is a scary force of nature. In Wednesday’s episode, the Jennings’ halfhearted argument about Est quickly escalated into a stinging discussion of past lovers, with Russell pointedly staring down Matthew Rhys’ Philip as Elizabeth reminded him she’d endured loss, too.
VideosKeri Russell...
- 5/7/2016
- TVLine.com
[caption id="attachment_48228" align="aligncenter" width="560"] The Americans TV show on FX. Pictured: Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings and Alison Wright as Martha Hanson. Cr: Patrick Harbron/FX./caption]
Although there has been no official word, it looks like The Americans TV show on FX has been renewed for a fifth season. Early this month, executive producer Joel Fields tweeted a photo of what must be The Americans writers' war room. The picture features a conference table set up with name cards, notebooks, pens, and highlighters. A message on the whiteboard in the background reads: "Welcome To Season 5." Check it out, below.
Something is scrawled underneath in smaller letters, but it is illegible to us. If you can tell what it says, hit us up, in the comments. We can report the text of Fields' tweet reads, "First day of Season 5 Writers’ Camp! :-) #TheAmericans." The series stars Matthew...
Although there has been no official word, it looks like The Americans TV show on FX has been renewed for a fifth season. Early this month, executive producer Joel Fields tweeted a photo of what must be The Americans writers' war room. The picture features a conference table set up with name cards, notebooks, pens, and highlighters. A message on the whiteboard in the background reads: "Welcome To Season 5." Check it out, below.
Something is scrawled underneath in smaller letters, but it is illegible to us. If you can tell what it says, hit us up, in the comments. We can report the text of Fields' tweet reads, "First day of Season 5 Writers’ Camp! :-) #TheAmericans." The series stars Matthew...
- 4/29/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Keri Russell Turns 40! The Birthday Girl Explains Why She's Nothing Like Her The Americans Character
Happy birthday, Keri Russell! Everyone's favorite TV spy turns the big 4-0 today. Fans of the FX drama The Americans all know that Russell's character Elizabeth Jennings is a badass spy and one half of the dynamic duo more commonly known as just: the Jennings. Elizabeth definitely has espionage and fighting for her motherland down in this spy thriller set in the 1980's, but what about motherhood? Russell's character has two children, Paige and Henry, who seem to get the short end of the stick when it comes to their mother's allotment of attention. Critics of the show have all been quick to question the character's competency as a mother, but when Keri was asked how she...
- 3/23/2016
- E! Online
Four episodes were provided prior to broadcast.
“We’re in trouble,” Elizabeth Jennings tells her husband early in the new season of FX’s The Americans, premiering next Wednesday. Considering what life has looked like for the Jennings family for three seasons now, she may as well be saying that vodka is wet. As a couple, as parents, and as undercover Kgb operatives, Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth (Keri Russell) have lived perpetually in the soup – or borscht, rather. But steamy spy roleplay and boiling Cold War tensions have always been the show’s side dish, a means of assembling the real ingredients that make The Americans TV’s richest viewing experience, as it continues to be in season 4.
The show’s creators, Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields, have structured their series with the same shrewdness they afford to writing their characters. Hailed by critics while remaining a faint blip on Nielsen radars,...
“We’re in trouble,” Elizabeth Jennings tells her husband early in the new season of FX’s The Americans, premiering next Wednesday. Considering what life has looked like for the Jennings family for three seasons now, she may as well be saying that vodka is wet. As a couple, as parents, and as undercover Kgb operatives, Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth (Keri Russell) have lived perpetually in the soup – or borscht, rather. But steamy spy roleplay and boiling Cold War tensions have always been the show’s side dish, a means of assembling the real ingredients that make The Americans TV’s richest viewing experience, as it continues to be in season 4.
The show’s creators, Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields, have structured their series with the same shrewdness they afford to writing their characters. Hailed by critics while remaining a faint blip on Nielsen radars,...
- 3/9/2016
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
FX has released more promos for the fourth season of The Americans TV series. Watch them, below. The Americans season four premieres Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 10:00pm Et/Pt, on FX.
A period drama, The Americans features Kgb spies Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) posing as Americans, during the Reagan administration. Under the alias, Clark, Philip has entered into a fraudulent marriage with FBI Employee Martha Hanson (Alison Wright), for the purpose of getting classified information from her.
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A period drama, The Americans features Kgb spies Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) posing as Americans, during the Reagan administration. Under the alias, Clark, Philip has entered into a fraudulent marriage with FBI Employee Martha Hanson (Alison Wright), for the purpose of getting classified information from her.
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- 2/18/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
This year’s Writers Guild Awards’ television nominees include Inside Amy Schumer's Kim Caramele, Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields of The Americans, and Sam Esmail, whose show, Mr. Robot, became the breakout hit of 2015. The writers gathered at the New York Institute of Technology auditorium Wednesday night for an hour-plus conversation that covered how Keri Russell was cast in The Americans, and why Esmail’s decision to direct all ten episodes of Mr. Robot’s second season is keeping him up at night. Keri Russell was cast on a hunch. Discussion of casting strategies featured prominently throughout the panel, included this tidbit of how Keri Russell was hired to star as Elizabeth Jennings in The Americans. According to Weisberg: “I was in a room with John Landgraf, the president of [FX] and five other people, and a list of the 100 best-known television and some film actresses in Hollywood, who were...
- 1/22/2016
- by Matthew Giles
- Vulture
[caption id="attachment_42720" align="aligncenter" width="393"] Image courtesy of FX. Photo credit: James Minchin/caption]
The Americans, season four, premieres Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 10:00pm Et/Pt, on FX. This period drama features married Kgb spies posing as Americans, during the Reagan administration.
Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings' (Keri Russell) arranged marriage has grown into something real. The third season of The Americans TV series ended with daughter, Paige (Holly Taylor), telling Pastor Tim (Kelly AuCoin) the truth about her parents' identities.
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The Americans, season four, premieres Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 10:00pm Et/Pt, on FX. This period drama features married Kgb spies posing as Americans, during the Reagan administration.
Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings' (Keri Russell) arranged marriage has grown into something real. The third season of The Americans TV series ended with daughter, Paige (Holly Taylor), telling Pastor Tim (Kelly AuCoin) the truth about her parents' identities.
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- 1/17/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Mom-to-be Keri Russell is back to work.
The Americans star was spotted on set in Brooklyn, New York, filming scenes along with costar and boyfriend boyfriend Matthew Rhys.
Photos showed Russell smoking while in character as undercover spy Elizabeth Jennings. (Don't worry, a rep for the series tells People that the cigarette is fake.)
In the scene, a pregnant Russell appears to be in a phone booth, puffing on the cigarette in a large brown coat that hides her baby bump.
A source confirmed to People earlier this month that the Felicity alum is expecting a baby with Rhys, 41.
The...
The Americans star was spotted on set in Brooklyn, New York, filming scenes along with costar and boyfriend boyfriend Matthew Rhys.
Photos showed Russell smoking while in character as undercover spy Elizabeth Jennings. (Don't worry, a rep for the series tells People that the cigarette is fake.)
In the scene, a pregnant Russell appears to be in a phone booth, puffing on the cigarette in a large brown coat that hides her baby bump.
A source confirmed to People earlier this month that the Felicity alum is expecting a baby with Rhys, 41.
The...
- 1/14/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- People.com - TV Watch
FX has released a brief new promo for the fourth season of The Americans TV show. The Americans season four is set to premiere on FX in March 2016. The exact premiere date is yet to be announced.
Set in D.C., this Cold War period Kgb spy drama features the (arranged) marriage of Kgb spies posing as Americans. Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell), have two children: Paige (Holly Taylor) and Henry (Keidrich Sellati), who know nothing about their parents’ real identities. The cast also includes Noah Emmerich, Annet Mahendru, Lev Gorn, and Susan Misner.
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Set in D.C., this Cold War period Kgb spy drama features the (arranged) marriage of Kgb spies posing as Americans. Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell), have two children: Paige (Holly Taylor) and Henry (Keidrich Sellati), who know nothing about their parents’ real identities. The cast also includes Noah Emmerich, Annet Mahendru, Lev Gorn, and Susan Misner.
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- 12/9/2015
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
All this week, we’re presenting the Vulture TV Awards, honoring the best in television from the past year. The nominees are: The AmericansMad MenBetter Call SaulTransparentJustified And the Best Drama is ...The Americans How many years in a row will The Americans top lists of the “Best Dramas You’re Not Watching?” As long as it’s on FX, probably — and no matter how long it runs, the writers, actors, and filmmakers involved in its production should take it as a compliment. The Americans’ commitment to its dramatic mission is so uncompromising that the show’s heroine, Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell), a warrior for Mother Russia, would approve of it. Created by Joe Weisberg and co-executive-produced by him and Joel Fields, the series is subtle and quiet and often works in a minor key; it never had the extravagant visuals and grandiose cultural aspirations of, say, Mad Men, this...
- 6/26/2015
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
The age of the TV anti-hero may be drawing to a close, but the TV anti-heroine is just getting started.
This week, as we welcome back Piper Chapman and her fellow prison inmates (with binge-viewers catching up with the third-season launch of Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black" last Friday), and as we're introduced to Ani Bezzerides -- Rachel McAdams new morally ambiguous cop on Season 2 of HBO's "True Detective," debuting this Sunday -- TV viewers are becoming fully invested in dramas whose female leads are every bit as complicated, fascinating, charismatic, dangerous, and messily human as the Don Drapers and Tony Sopranos of the recent past.
The end of "Mad Men" last month seemed to mark the end of an era, and not just the 1960s as
experienced by the ad gurus at Sterling Cooper. With the departures from our screens in recent years of Don Draper, Jax Teller...
This week, as we welcome back Piper Chapman and her fellow prison inmates (with binge-viewers catching up with the third-season launch of Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black" last Friday), and as we're introduced to Ani Bezzerides -- Rachel McAdams new morally ambiguous cop on Season 2 of HBO's "True Detective," debuting this Sunday -- TV viewers are becoming fully invested in dramas whose female leads are every bit as complicated, fascinating, charismatic, dangerous, and messily human as the Don Drapers and Tony Sopranos of the recent past.
The end of "Mad Men" last month seemed to mark the end of an era, and not just the 1960s as
experienced by the ad gurus at Sterling Cooper. With the departures from our screens in recent years of Don Draper, Jax Teller...
- 6/19/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Deutschland 83, Season 1, Episode 1, “Quantum Jump”
Written by Anna Winger
Directed by Edward Berger
Airs Wednesdays at 11pm (Et) on SundanceTV
Germany isn’t known for its television programming. While Scandinavia has produced worldwide sensations like The Killing, The Bridge, Wallander, and Borgen, and France exported The Returned, Germany has been largely content to get by on its reputation for fine beer, upscale autos, and rabid soccer fans, while importing most of its TV dramas.
There were some indications that Germany’s long disinterest in television artistry was coming to an end in 2013 when Generation War (Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter) premiered to mostly positive reviews. The World War II drama, which follows an idealistic group of young friends as they are changed by war, was broadcast in Germany and Europe as a mini-series and initially released as a film in the U.S. before landing on Netflix in serialized form.
Written by Anna Winger
Directed by Edward Berger
Airs Wednesdays at 11pm (Et) on SundanceTV
Germany isn’t known for its television programming. While Scandinavia has produced worldwide sensations like The Killing, The Bridge, Wallander, and Borgen, and France exported The Returned, Germany has been largely content to get by on its reputation for fine beer, upscale autos, and rabid soccer fans, while importing most of its TV dramas.
There were some indications that Germany’s long disinterest in television artistry was coming to an end in 2013 when Generation War (Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter) premiered to mostly positive reviews. The World War II drama, which follows an idealistic group of young friends as they are changed by war, was broadcast in Germany and Europe as a mini-series and initially released as a film in the U.S. before landing on Netflix in serialized form.
- 6/19/2015
- by A.R. Wilson
- SoundOnSight
It’s a well worn trope of the internet era to honor mother’s day with a list, and we here at Hitfix were happy to partake. But while working on our list of TV’s Best Mothers, one thing became clear – there aren’t a whole lot of mothers front and center on TV these days. And in movies, the anti-mom bias is even worse. Well, let’s put the part part of this with some qualifiers. In an era of 85,000 weekly shows airing between the broadcast networks, basic cable, premium cable and streaming services, if you poke around enough, you can find a bunch of moms; just as you can find a few serial killers, a mad king or two, some talking animals and baristas living in $4000 a month apartments. But you have to dig to find more than a handful of them. A smaller number of those...
- 5/9/2015
- by Richard Rushfield
- Hitfix
The two lives of Mr. and Mrs. Jennings have always moved at different speeds: While their Kgb missions have pinballed wildly between sex, murder, and international intrigue from one week to the next, the story of their family life has always been in slow motion — at least until now. The tension with Paige had been building for a season, but now that the Berlin Wall between their work and their family has finally fallen, things are changing, and fast.After a few more lies and a plane ride, Elizabeth Jennings and her daughter find themselves in West Berlin, a city divided in two by democracy and communism. As they walk the streets, Paige gets a glimpse into the anxiety and subterfuge that are her parents’ constant companions, when Elizabeth briefly thinks someone might be following them. She maneuvers them around until she's confident that they're safe, and then tells Paige...
- 4/23/2015
- by Laura Hudson
- Vulture
FX's "The Americans" just completed a third season (here's my finale review) that was as emotionally rich as the series has ever been, but that at times to my mind suffered from an over-abundance of problems for its Kgb protagonists to deal with. When I got on the phone with showrunners Joel Field and Joe Weisberg, we talked about where they left things involving Paige, Martha, Stan, Nina, and, of course, Philip and Elizabeth, about why they don't feel there's too much going on, how much longer they see their story going, and a lot more. (A couple of notes on the transcript. First, because I was talking to them on the phone for the first time in a while, I asked them at the start to identify which one was speaking so I didn't mis-attribute a quote; this later turned into a running gag where Fields would be...
- 4/23/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Hey, hot body! Keri Russell took a break from her character Elizabeth Jennings' conservative duds on The Americans, and slipped into a retro-inspired bikini on Monday, April 6, in Miami. See more photos of Keri's hot bikini bod. Russell, 39, turned heads in a red floral-printed swimsuit by J.Crew as she played on the beach with son River, 7, and daughter Willa, 3, whom she shares with ex-husband Shane Deary. The Felicity alum confidently displayed her abs and toned legs in the barely there beach ensemble. Photos: Hot celebs [...]...
- 4/9/2015
- Us Weekly
A weekly feature in which we spotlight shining stars
The Performer | Andrew Lincoln
The Show | The Walking Dead
The Episode | “Try” (March 22, 2015)
The Performance | We always knew that Lincoln could play the living daylights out of anything that was thrown at him. But until this week’s episode of The Walking Dead, we didn’t realize that he could act his way from A to Z all within the span of a single hour.
Talk about a revelation! Early on in “Try,” the native of London revealed his character’s sweet, sensitive side during his interaction with (forbidden) love interest Jessie.
The Performer | Andrew Lincoln
The Show | The Walking Dead
The Episode | “Try” (March 22, 2015)
The Performance | We always knew that Lincoln could play the living daylights out of anything that was thrown at him. But until this week’s episode of The Walking Dead, we didn’t realize that he could act his way from A to Z all within the span of a single hour.
Talk about a revelation! Early on in “Try,” the native of London revealed his character’s sweet, sensitive side during his interaction with (forbidden) love interest Jessie.
- 3/28/2015
- TVLine.com
The third episode of The Americans’ third season built toward one of the most excruciatingly brutal scenes in the show's history: Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) and her husband Philip (Matthew Rhys) in a laundry room, extracting Elizabeth's damaged tooth without anesthesia. Titled "Open House," and scripted by Stuart Zicherman, the hour was directed by Thomas Schlamme, a veteran of TV drama and comedy and a regular on The Americans. He spoke to Vulture about the specific challenges of shooting a scene of such intensity. So are you ever going to go back to the dentist again? [Laughs] I've never liked to go to the dentist to begin with! When I got Stuart Zicherman's script, I thought this could be the dentistry scene in Marathon Man, or we could ask, "What is the story, what's really going on?” You know: Okay, we know this is a gunfight, but are we...
- 2/12/2015
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
I know what you’re thinking, and yes. The title is a Very bold statement. You’re sitting there going “What is this guy thinking?? He really thinks that The 100, a CW show that not many people watch, is the best show on TV?” The short answer is yes, yes I do. My hope is to use this to convince you to watch the show. Since it’s already renewed for Season 3, I’m not begging you to watch in hopes of a ratings boost, but rather I’m asking you to watch to do yourself a favor. It’s That good. The 100, in my opinion, is the best show on television for several reasons. Number one: They have some of the strongest female characters on TV. Feminism on television is in a growth period. Everywhere we look we see strong, central female characters, such as Agent Carter’s Peggy Carter,...
- 2/11/2015
- by Nick Hogan
- TVovermind.com
A weekly feature in which we spotlight shining stars
The Performer | Jaime Camil
The Show | Jane the Virgin
The Episode | “Chapter 12”
The Airdate | Feb. 2, 2015
The Performance | Vain, egotistical, absentee – those are all qualities that describe Jane the Virgin‘s father, Rogelio. And yet, we adore him, in big part thanks to the hilarious performance of his portrayer Jaime Camil. Week after week, the actor has brought a sweetness and naivete that keeps his self-absorbed character from becoming unlikable. And his superb comedic timing has us rolling on the floor with gems like this line from Monday’s episode: “You can...
The Performer | Jaime Camil
The Show | Jane the Virgin
The Episode | “Chapter 12”
The Airdate | Feb. 2, 2015
The Performance | Vain, egotistical, absentee – those are all qualities that describe Jane the Virgin‘s father, Rogelio. And yet, we adore him, in big part thanks to the hilarious performance of his portrayer Jaime Camil. Week after week, the actor has brought a sweetness and naivete that keeps his self-absorbed character from becoming unlikable. And his superb comedic timing has us rolling on the floor with gems like this line from Monday’s episode: “You can...
- 2/7/2015
- TVLine.com
Monday night’s Jane the Virgin keeps the identity of Sin Rostro in the family, but it’s not the member everyone suspected.
Rafael’s dad Emilio returns with plans to whisk Rose away to a location he won’t disclose. Rose is convinced that her husband is the big, bad criminal and wants to go the police, but Rafael convinces her not to for the sake of the hotel.
When Luisa gets wind that a bellboy was murdered with a corkscrew at the hotel, she writes her ex-lover a letter. She was drinking on the night of the killing,...
Rafael’s dad Emilio returns with plans to whisk Rose away to a location he won’t disclose. Rose is convinced that her husband is the big, bad criminal and wants to go the police, but Rafael convinces her not to for the sake of the hotel.
When Luisa gets wind that a bellboy was murdered with a corkscrew at the hotel, she writes her ex-lover a letter. She was drinking on the night of the killing,...
- 2/3/2015
- TVLine.com
In the ranking of hellish, soul-sucking endeavors, spending eons in Purgatory falls just below delving into the local real estate market.
Yet that gray void full of closing costs and fixer-uppers is precisely where our Witnesses head in this exclusive sneak peek at Monday’s Sleepy Hollow (Fox, 9/8c)
Once Abbie ascertains that Crane’s not calling her to a strange house because of an emergency, Lt. Mills educates her property-perusing partner about what all of those home-listing buzzwords really mean.
But can someone who’s survived death, war and skinny jeans withstand the siren call of realtor-baked mini muffins?...
Yet that gray void full of closing costs and fixer-uppers is precisely where our Witnesses head in this exclusive sneak peek at Monday’s Sleepy Hollow (Fox, 9/8c)
Once Abbie ascertains that Crane’s not calling her to a strange house because of an emergency, Lt. Mills educates her property-perusing partner about what all of those home-listing buzzwords really mean.
But can someone who’s survived death, war and skinny jeans withstand the siren call of realtor-baked mini muffins?...
- 2/2/2015
- TVLine.com
A weekly feature in which we spotlight shining stars
The Performer | Kerry Washington
The Show | Scandal
The Episode | “Run”
The Airdate | January 29, 2015
The Performance | Even when grabbed from her home and (seemingly) whisked off to a dingy destination unknown, Olivia Pope has it handled. On-screen for nearly the entirety of the midseason premiere’s 43 minutes, Washington walked the fine line between fierce fixer and Marvel-caliber hero, as Liv slowly took stock of her environs and abductors, never acting too hastily and, for better or worse, never superhumanly seeing too many steps ahead.
Even when Olivia taunted Otto about his obvious No.
The Performer | Kerry Washington
The Show | Scandal
The Episode | “Run”
The Airdate | January 29, 2015
The Performance | Even when grabbed from her home and (seemingly) whisked off to a dingy destination unknown, Olivia Pope has it handled. On-screen for nearly the entirety of the midseason premiere’s 43 minutes, Washington walked the fine line between fierce fixer and Marvel-caliber hero, as Liv slowly took stock of her environs and abductors, never acting too hastily and, for better or worse, never superhumanly seeing too many steps ahead.
Even when Olivia taunted Otto about his obvious No.
- 1/31/2015
- TVLine.com
If you have any tissues leftover from Thursday’s Parenthood series finale, we’ve found a good use for them.
NBC has released three deleted scenes from the drama’s last two episodes, including John Corbett’s return as Seth, who surprises Sarah and Amber with a visit to see his grandson.
Also featured in the videos below: The Braverman kids roast Sarah for the men she’s dated since moving back home — who else completely forgot about the forklift guy from Tns? — and Ruby gives her dad some crucial fashion advice before he ties the knot.
One scene that...
NBC has released three deleted scenes from the drama’s last two episodes, including John Corbett’s return as Seth, who surprises Sarah and Amber with a visit to see his grandson.
Also featured in the videos below: The Braverman kids roast Sarah for the men she’s dated since moving back home — who else completely forgot about the forklift guy from Tns? — and Ruby gives her dad some crucial fashion advice before he ties the knot.
One scene that...
- 1/30/2015
- TVLine.com
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Sleepy Hollow, Jane the Virgin, Parenthood and Scandal!
1 | Which Saturday Night Live intern goofed, that the Family Feud sketch featured a weirdly outdated array of American Idol judges? (Also, raise your hand if you could do a better Harry Connick Jr. impression.)
2 | Were you as floored as we were, during the SAG Awards, to learn that Lifetime Achievement winner Debbie Reynolds didn’t know how to dance before Singin’ in the Rain? And...
1 | Which Saturday Night Live intern goofed, that the Family Feud sketch featured a weirdly outdated array of American Idol judges? (Also, raise your hand if you could do a better Harry Connick Jr. impression.)
2 | Were you as floored as we were, during the SAG Awards, to learn that Lifetime Achievement winner Debbie Reynolds didn’t know how to dance before Singin’ in the Rain? And...
- 1/30/2015
- TVLine.com
Also See: NBC’s Allegiance is not FX’s The Americans … maybe Keri Russell talks about The Americans Season 2 5 Questions With Noah Emmerich of FX’s The Americans Prized Kgb assets Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) will have the heat turned up on them as FX’s Cold War spy drama The Americans returns for Season 3 on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 10pm Et/Pt. Philip and Elizabeth will be more focused on parenting this season, and they’ll have conflicts over the decision to groom their daughter Paige (Holly Taylor) for Kgb service by orders of the Center. Putting … Continue reading →
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The post FX “The Americans” Season 3: The next move in Philip and Elizabeth’s spy game appeared first on Channel Guide Magazine.
- 1/28/2015
- by Ryan Berenz
- ChannelGuideMag
The Americans – Season Three Premieres Wednesday, January 28th at 10:00 p.m. Est on FXThe Americans, FX’ intelligent, complex, character driven drama about two Kgb officers planted in the Us begins its third season with a bang. The spies, passing themselves off as ordinary middle class married couple with two children, are at a pivotal time in their personal and professional lives. It’s the 80’s Cold War, one of the most dangerous periods in political history as the Us and the Soviet Union dance around one another, as the threat of nuclear war looms. Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings played by […]...
- 1/27/2015
- by Anne Brodie
- Monsters and Critics
In the season three premiere of FX's "The Americans," Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) goes to church with her teenage daughter, Paige (Holly Taylor). They fold flyers advocating for nuclear disarmament and Paige exchanges furtive glances with her latest crush, but the most potent image may be that of Elizabeth, committed atheist, joining in a hymn. "O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear," the lyrics caution, as though to acknowledge the series' heightened stakes. Combining white-knuckle suspense and family drama, "The Americans" is, now more than ever, a brilliant chronicle of the Cold War at home. As Elizabeth and her husband, Philip (Matthew Rhys), Soviet spies posing as an American couple in the environs of Washington, D.C., confront the dilemma of their handlers' latest command -- to recruit Paige as a "second-generation illegal" -- the first four episodes of season three see their potential for causing collateral.
- 1/26/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
This article is based on the first two episodes of season three, which were provided to us for review.
There’s a scene in episode two of The Americans’ third season, premiering this Wednesday, that’s a nice road marker for where the show has come from, what it is now, and where it feels like this is all heading. What impresses is how the scene – featuring nothing more than two spies, a low-lit backalley, and a gun – can look like a throwback, yet feel like something bracingly immediate. The secret is in the details: the gunman holds the pistol close to his waist, ready to thread some lead through his target’s trench coat. A few words are exchanged, and in a flash, the would-be shooter’s stance changes from a pose worthy of Raymond Chandler to something out of a 21st century action movie. In one motion, The Americans...
There’s a scene in episode two of The Americans’ third season, premiering this Wednesday, that’s a nice road marker for where the show has come from, what it is now, and where it feels like this is all heading. What impresses is how the scene – featuring nothing more than two spies, a low-lit backalley, and a gun – can look like a throwback, yet feel like something bracingly immediate. The secret is in the details: the gunman holds the pistol close to his waist, ready to thread some lead through his target’s trench coat. A few words are exchanged, and in a flash, the would-be shooter’s stance changes from a pose worthy of Raymond Chandler to something out of a 21st century action movie. In one motion, The Americans...
- 1/26/2015
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
Fox reimagining “Frankenstein” Fox’s version of the Mary Shelley mythology revolves around a corrupt FBI agent who is brought back from the dead as a younger and stronger man by an antisocial billionaire and his bio-engineer twin sister. It’s from “Homeland’s” Howard Gordon” and “Crisis” and “Life” creator Rand Ravich. Fox and Will Smith are remaking “Hitch” as a sitcom Smith will serve as a producer on a comedy based on the 2005 rom-com he made with Kevin James. HBO bringing back Michael Kenneth Williams with “Crime” The “Boardwalk Empire” and “The Wire” vet will play a NYC gangster in the eight-hour miniseries that James Gandolfini was originally set to star in. Click Read Full Post For More Carlton from “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” is named after “Lost’s” Carlton Cuse “The Strain” and “Bates Motel" exec producer mentioned that tidbit in an on-stage conversation with “Fresh Prince” creator Andy Borowitz,...
- 10/23/2014
- by Norman Weiss
- Hitfix
The Television Academy of Arts & Sciences released this year's Emmy ballots last week. Now that the ballots are out, it's time for our annual two-pronged experiment, in which Dan tries to predict the likeliest nominees in each major category, while I pretend that I'm an actually TV Academy member and pick the six nominees that would make me the happiest. We are, as always, playing by the Emmy rules, which means we can't argue for someone who didn't submit themselves (say, Alan Cumming for "The Good Wife"), can't move someone from lead to supporting or vice versa, and can't declare that "True Detective" is a miniseries and therefore clear more room in the drama categories. I'm also obviously limited by what I watched and what I haven't. I think I saw maybe three episodes of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" this season, for instance, and while I like the show a lot,...
- 6/18/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
"Nothing beats Ronald Reagan," proclaimed Joe Weisberg, co-creator of the hit FX drama series "The Americans," during our recent webchat, which also included fellow executive producer Joel Fields (watch below). He elaborated, "The way that he started talking about the evil empire and the quiet period during Ronald Reagan ramped up that tension again and made it such a high stakes period when everyone was wanting to kill each other. You thought the nuclear weapons might fly at any time." -Break- Their show is set in the early 1980s, the peak of the Cold War between the United States and Russia. While Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings (Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell) seem like an all-American couple with two children, they are actually highly trained agents who murder people, steal secrets and disrupt our way of life. They have been in the U.S. since the 1960s and are deeply hidden in their cover disguises.
- 6/16/2014
- Gold Derby
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