Contents
* 1 Life and career
o 1.1 Early life
o 1.2 Career
o 1.3 Personal life
* 2 Filmography
o 2.1 Film
o 2.2 Television
* 3 References
* 4 External links
Life and career
Early life
Romijn was born in Berkeley, California, United States. She is the daughter of Elizabeth (née Kuizenga), a Community College teacher of English as a Second Language and textbook author, and Jaap Romijn, a custom furniture maker. Her father is a native of Barneveld, the Netherlands, and her mother is a third-generation Dutch American who met Romijn's father while staying in the Netherlands on a teen-age exchange program.Romijn's maternal grandfather, Dr. Henry B. Kuizenga, was a Presbyterian minister and seminary professor. Many sources say that she was once nicknamed the "Jolly Blonde Giant" because of her 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) height, but she has admitted to making that up "for a laugh". While studying music (voice) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, she became involved with fashion modeling and eventually moved to Paris for more than two years.
Career
Among other jobs, Romijn started her modeling career in 1991. She modeled for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Victoria's Secret, bebe, Miller Lite beer, and for Anna Molinari on the runway, along with the likes of Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, and Christy Turlington. She also was the host of MTV's House of Style from 1998 to 2000. Romijn has been featured numerous times in annual lists of the world's most beautiful women by publications such as Maxim (2003–2007), AskMen.com (2001–2003, 2005–2006) and FHM (2000–2005). She also appeared as a guest in the animated talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast in an episode titled "Chinatown."
In 2000's X-Men Romijn had her first major movie role as Mystique; she returned to the role in 2003's sequel X2: X-Men United, and again for X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In these movies her costume consisted of blue makeup and some strategically placed prosthetics on her otherwise nude body. In X2: X-Men United she shows up in a bar in one scene in her "normal" look, and also in X-Men: The Last Stand, she appears as a dark-haired "de-powered" Mystique. She had her first leading role in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale (2002). She also has starred in movies such as Rollerball, The Punisher and Godsend. She played the leading role in Pepper Dennis, a short-lived TV series on The WB.
In January 2007 Romijn made her first appearance on the ABC series Ugly Betty as a full time regular. She plays Alexis Meade, a male-to-female transsexual and the sibling of lead character Daniel Meade. In April 2008, however, it was reported that Romijn would only be appearing as a recurring character in season 3 due to a change in direction by the writing staff. In November 2007 Romijn made a guest appearance on the ABC series Carpoolers, where she played the ex-wife of the character Laird, played by her real-life husband Jerry O'Connell.
Romijn starred in the 2009 ABC series Eastwick, reuniting her with her former Pepper Dennis co-star, Lindsay Price, before ABC canceled the show on November 9, 2009.
Personal life
Romijn attended the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1990–91 where she lived in dorm 1 at Stevenson College. She studied music and participated in the dorm talent show, singing a musical comedy routine with a high school friend who joined her at UCSC. During the summer following her freshman year, Rebecca began her career modeling and did not return for her sophomore year.
She married actor John Stamos on September 19, 1998. During her marriage, she used the name Rebecca Romijn-Stamos in both her personal and professional life. The couple announced their separation on April 12, 2004, and divorced on March 1, 2005. She has since returned to using her maiden name.
Romijn was asked by Elle magazine in April 2002 whether making Femme Fatale had given her any new ideas about her sexuality. She said, "You know, in my early twenties I wondered if I was interested in women and so I kind of, well ... did my homework. And it turns out I'm pretty straight".
On September 19, 2005, Romijn announced her engagement to actor Jerry O'Connell. They were married on their ranch in Southern California on July 14, 2007. On July 28, 2008, it was announced that Romijn was pregnant. Romijn and O'Connell welcomed twin daughters Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tulip on December 28, 2008. Dolly is from Dolly Parton's first name and Charlie is for O'Connell's brother.
Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Other notes
1998 Dirty Work Bearded Lady
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Herself uncredited
2000 X-Men Mystique / Raven Darkholme Won Best Supporting Actress Blockbuster Entertainment Award
Won Best Supporting Actress Saturn Award
2002 Femme Fatale Laure Ash / Lily
S1m0ne Faith uncredited
Rollerball Aurora Nominated Worst Actress Razzie Award
2003 X2: X-Men United Mystique / Raven Darkholme Nominated Choice Movie Liar Teen Choice Award
Nominated Choice Movie Actress Teen Choice Award
Nominated Sexiest She-Villain MTV Movie Award
2004 The Punisher Joan
Godsend Jessie Duncan
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Mystique / Raven Darkholme
Man About Town Nina Giamoro
The Alibi Lola Davis
2008 Lake City Jennifer
2006 // Pepper Dennis // Patty Dinkle//
Television
Year Title Role Other notes
1997 Friends (episode: "The One with the Dirty Girl") Cheryl (Series)
1998–2000 House of Style Herself/Host (Series)
1999 Hefner: Unauthorized Kimberly Hefner (Movie)
1999–2000 Just Shoot Me! Adrienne Barker (Series)
2000 Jack & Jill Paris Everett (Series)
2002 MADtv Herself/Host (Series)
2006 Pepper Dennis Pepper Dennis (Series)
2006–2008 Ugly Betty Alexis Meade The first episodes starring her were filmed in autumn 2006.
Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Award
2007 Drawn Together (episode: "Charlotte's Web of Lies") Charlotte (Series)
2007 Carpoolers Joannifer (Series)
2009–2010 Eastwick Roxanne Torcoletti (Series)
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