Keri Russell broke out in the late ’90s as a young woman finding herself in New York City in her first awarding-winning role, Felicity.
In the years since, her genre-spanning career led to her turn as a KGB spy on The Americans, which earned her three consecutive Emmy nominations.
She’s now following that up with another political drama, The Diplomat, in which she plays the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, a woman who is trying to set the world right while dealing with her messy marriage situation.
Russell discusses the mundane realities of the State Department and finding humanity in powerful people. DEADLINE: What led you to follow up The Americans with this? KERI RUSSELL: A lot of things, I guess.
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