Keri Russell Nabs Title Role in All About Eve Reading

Keri Russell will star as Eve Harrington in The Actors Fund’s all-star reading of All About Eve. She joins a previously announced cast that includes Annette Bening as Margo Channing, Brian Bedford Addison DeWitt, Zoe Caldwell Chief Prompter, Jessica Cummings Phoebe, Peter Gallagher Bill, Joel Grey Max Fabian, Angela Lansbury Birdie, Cynthia Nixon Karen, Steven Ross the Pianist, John Slattery Lloyd, Jennifer Tilly Miss Caswell, Maura Lisabeth Malloy and Victor Joel Ortiz. The reading will be presented on November 10 at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre, directed by John Erman.

Russell made her New York stage debut in Neil LaBute's Fat Pig at MCC Theater. Her film credits include last season’s critically acclaimed Waitress, Mission: Impossible III, August Rush, We Were Soldiers, The Upside of Anger, Dead Man’s Curve, Eight Days a Week, Mad About Mambo, and The Girl in the Park. She is most recognizable for her four seasons as the star of the WB’s Felicity, for which she received a Golden Globe Award. Her other TV credits include The Mickey Mouse Club, and guest appearances on Boy Meets World, Emerald Cove, Married with Children, Malibu Shores, Roar, 7th Heaven and Scrubs. Russell’s also appeared in the miniseries Into the West and the made-for-TV movies The Magic of Ordinary Days, When Innocence is Lost, and The Lottery.