People Weekly's Keri Russell Article

Even before her WB show Felicity's debut in September, Keri Russell was the talk of the tube. Madison Avenue ad buyers labeled her TV's next It girl, while magazines slapped her face on their covers and critics rhapsodized over her corkscrew curls and bubbly charm. All of which left the astute 22-year-old with one reaction: "The buzz in this country is a strange and fickle force." Fortunately, Russell has lived up to her hype. "Keri has this amazing ability to make you feel what she's feeling,"says Felicity co-creator Matt Reeves. "You want to root for her."

The middle child of a homemaker and a Nissan executive, Russell identifies with Felicity's independent sprit. At 15, she left her Denver home for Orlando to pursue dancing and acting as a Mouseketeer on Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club. Two years later she moved to California all by herself. "I always did my own thing,"says Russell, who made her movie debut in 1992's Honey, I Blew Up the Kid and later costarred in NBC's short-lived 1996 drama Malibu Shores. But Felicity's 14-hour days may have tamed her. Russell, who dates former Shores costar Tony Lucca, considers herself "a boring old lady. I very rarely go out to clubs," says the actress, who also stars in the forthcoming big-screen comedy Mad About Mambo. "I come home and sleep."

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