Rebecca Romijn

Rebecca Alie Romijn[2] (/roʊˈmeɪn/ roh-MAYN; Dutch: [roːˈmɛin]; born November 6, 1972) is an American actress and former model. She is known for her role as Mystique in the trilogy of the X-Men film series, as Joan from The Punisher (2004) (both of which are based on Marvel Comics), and the dual roles of Laure Ash and Lily Watts in Femme Fatale (2002).[3][4][5] She has also had recurring roles as Alexis Meade on the television series Ugly Betty and as Number One on Star Trek: Discovery. Her other major roles include Eve Baird on the TNT series The Librarians, voicing Lois Lane in the DC Animated Movie Universe (from The Death of Superman until Justice League Dark: Apokolips War) and as the host of the game show Skin Wars.

Rebecca Romijn
Romijn at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Rebecca Alie Romijn[1] (1972-11-06) November 6, 1972 Berkeley, California, U.S.
Other names	Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
Education	University of California, Santa Cruz
Occupation	Actress & former model
Years active	1991–present
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Spouse(s)	John Stamos ​ ( m. 1998; div. 2005) Jerry O'Connell ( m. 2007)
Children	2

Early life

Romijn was born on November 6, 1972, in Berkeley, California.[6] Her mother, Elizabeth Romijn (née Kuizenga), is a community college instructor of English as a Second Language (ESL) and textbook author. Rebecca's father, Jaap Romijn, is a custom furniture maker.[7][8] Her father is a native of Barneveld, the Netherlands, while her mother is an American of Dutch and English ancestry. Her mother met Rebecca's father as a teenager while living in the Netherlands on a student exchange program.[9][10] Romijn's maternal grandfather, Henry Bernard Kuizenga, was a Presbyterian minister and seminary professor.[11][12]

On The Ellen DeGeneres Show, when questioned about always being glamorous and beautiful, Romijn revealed that in her early teens, she was in fact an insecure "drama geek" and that, as a result of her growth spurt, she suffered from scoliosis and was constantly in pain. Many sources say that she was once nicknamed the "Jolly Blonde Giant" because of her 5-foot-11-inch (1.80 m) height, but she has admitted to making that up "for a laugh".[13] While studying Music (Voice) at the University of California, Santa Cruz,[14] she became involved with fashion modeling and eventually moved to Paris, where she lived for more than three years.

Career

Among other jobs, Romijn started her modeling career in 1991. She has appeared on the covers of American, French, Spanish, Russian and Swedish editions of Elle, Marie Claire, American, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Russian, Greek, and Mexican editions of Cosmopolitan, Allure, Glamour, GQ, Esquire, and Sports Illustrated.

She has appeared in advertising campaigns for Escada, Christian Dior, La Perla, Tommy Hilfiger, Furla, Liz Claiborne, J. Crew, Victoria's Secret, bebe, La Senza, Dillard's, Pantene, Got Milk?, Miller Lite, and Maybelline. She has also walked for Giorgio Armani, Sonia Rykiel, and Anna Molinari along with the likes of Claudia Schiffer, Stephanie Seymour, Karen Mulder, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, Helena Christensen 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).[15] She also appeared as a guest in the animated talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "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, and again for X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In these films, her costume consisted of blue makeup and some strategically placed prosthetics on her otherwise nude body. In X2 she shows up in a bar in one scene in her "normal" look, and in X-Men: The Last Stand, she appears as a dark-haired "de-powered" Mystique. The role has since been recast with Jennifer Lawrence playing the younger version of the character. She had her first leading role in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale (2002).[16][17][18] She also has starred in movies such as Rollerball, The Punisher playing a woman named Joan (Joan and Mystique are both characters from Marvel Comics) and Godsend. She played the leading role in Pepper Dennis, a short-lived TV series on The WB Television Network.

In January 2007, Romijn made her first appearance on the ABC series Ugly Betty as a full-time regular cast member.[19] She played Alexis Meade, a transgender woman and the sister 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 (aligning, fortuitously enough, with Romijn's pregnancy, which would have been inconsistent with her character's storyline).[20] 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.[21]

Romijn starred in the ABC series Eastwick,[22] reuniting her with her former Pepper Dennis co-star, Lindsay Price, before ABC canceled the show on November 9, 2009.[23] She appears in an uncredited cameo in the 2011 feature film X-Men: First Class, appearing as an older version of the character played by Jennifer Lawrence.[24] Romijn appeared as lab worker Jessie on the Adult Swim live-action show NTSF:SD:SUV:: for two seasons. Between June and September 2013, she starred in TNT's series King & Maxwell as Michelle Maxwell, a former Secret Service agent who works as a private investigator.[25]

In addition to her film ventures, Romijn has also recorded music, performing a cover of Prince's "Darling Nikki" for the 2005 album Electro Goth Tribute to Prince. She was also featured on the song "Color Me Love" for RuPaul's eighth studio album Realness in 2015.

Romijn at The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection Fashion Show, 2012

She starred as Eve Baird, the guardian of the eponymous group in The Librarians, a direct spin-off of The Librarian film series. She is also currently the host of GSN's original series and reality show Skin Wars. Romijn has also been confirmed to voice Lois Lane in the latest movie in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies, an adaptation of The Death of Superman.[26] In 2019 she joined the cast of Star Trek: Discovery, playing the role of Number One, first officer of the USS Enterprise.

Personal life

Romijn began dating actor John Stamos in 1994, after they met at a Victoria's Secret fashion show in which she was modeling. Romijn and Stamos became engaged on Christmas Eve 1997, and they married on September 19, 1998 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.[27] During the marriage, she used the name Rebecca Romijn-Stamos in both her personal and professional life. The couple announced their separation in April 2004.[28] Stamos filed for divorce in August 2004,[29] and it became final on March 1, 2005.[30] Romijn subsequently resumed using only her maiden name, but revealed in an August 2013 interview on Conan that she had never legally changed her name back from Romijn-Stamos after a Conan staff member noticed "Romijn-Stamos" on her driver's license.[2]

In 2004 Romijn started dating actor Jerry O'Connell. They became engaged in September 2005,[31] and married at their home in Calabasas, California, on July 14, 2007.[32] Romijn and O'Connell have twin daughters born in 2008.[33]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Dirty Work	Bearded lady
1999	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Herself
2000	X-Men	Raven Darkhölme / Mystique	Credited as Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
2002	Femme Fatale	Laure Ash / Lily Watts
	Rollerball	Aurora
	Run Ronnie Run	Herself
	Simone	Faith	Uncredited
2003	X2	Raven Darkhölme / Mystique	Credited as Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
2004	Godsend	Jessie Duncan
	The Punisher	Joan
2006	The Alibi	Lola	Released on home media as Lies and Alibis
	Man About Town	Nina Giamoro
	X-Men: The Last Stand	Raven Darkhölme / Mystique
2008	Lake City	Jennifer
2010	The Con Artist	Belinda
2011	X-Men: First Class	Raven Darkhölme / Mystique	Uncredited cameo
2012	Good Deeds	Heidi
	The Producers	Ulla
2014	Phantom Halo	Ms. Rose
2015	Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant	Sally
2018	The Death of Superman	Lois Lane (voice)
	The Swinging Lanterns Stories	Malia
2019	Batman: Hush	Lois Lane (voice)
	Reign of the Supermen	Lois Lane (voice)
	Satanic Panic	Danica Ross
2020	Justice League Dark: Apokolips War	Lois Lane (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Friends	Cheryl	Episode: "The One with the Dirty Girl"
1999	Hefner: Unauthorized	Kimberly Hefner	Television film
1999–2000	Just Shoot Me!	Adrienne Barker	8 episodes
2000	Jack & Jill	Paris Everett	Episode: "Starstruck"
2002	MADtv	Herself / Host	Episode: "#7.14"
2006	Pepper Dennis	Pepper Dennis	Main role; also co-producer
2007	Drawn Together	Charlotte	Episode: "Charlotte's Web of Lies"
	Carpoolers	Joannifer	Episode: "A Divorce to Remember"
2007–2008	Ugly Betty	Alexis Mead	Main role
2009	Project Runway	Herself / Guest judge	Episode: "We Expect Fashion"
2009–2010	Eastwick	Roxie Torcoletti	Main role
2011	Chuck	Robin Cunnings	Episode: "Chuck Versus the Curse"
	The Cleveland Show	Speaker / Graduate (voice)	Episode: "Back to Cool"
	Possessing Piper Rose	Joanna Maxwell	Television film
	Special Agent Oso	Miss Garcia (voice)	Episode: "Lost and Get Found/A View to the Truth"
2011–2012	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Jessie Nichols	Main role (seasons 1–2)
2013	Burning Love	Katie	2 episodes
	King & Maxwell	Michelle Maxwell	Main role
2014	The Pro	Margot	Television film
2014–2016	Skin Wars	Herself / Host / Judge
2014–2018	The Librarians	Eve Baird	Main role
2015	Adventure Time	The Empress (voice)	2 episodes
	Key & Peele	Pirate Captain	Episode: "Y'all Ready for This?"
	RuPaul's Drag Race	Herself	Guest judge; Episode: "Hello, Kitty Girls!"
2017	Love Locks	Lindsey Wilson	Television film
2018	Carter	Cassidy Lenox	Episode: "The Ring"
2019	Star Trek: Discovery	Number One	3 episodes
	Star Trek: Short Treks	Number One	2 episodes
2020	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Penelope	Episode: "The Surprise Party"
2021	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	Number One	Pre-production

Other work

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	New Kids on the Block: Please Don't Go Girl	Girl 1	Music video / video short
2003	Tron 2.0	Mercury (voice)	Video game
2004	Tron 2.0: Killer App	Mercury (voice)	Video game
	War Journal: On the Set of The Punisher	Herself	Documentary short Credited as Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
2005	Trippin'	Herself	Television documentary 2 episodes
2006	Wet Dreams	Herself	Documentary Executive producer
2007	Becoming Ugly: A New Face for Television	Herself	Video short
2008	Speechless	Herself	Television documentary
2010	Worst Wedding DJ Ever	Herself	Video short
2012	Bettie Page Reveals All	Herself	Documentary Actress & model
	House of Style: Music, Models and MTV	Herself	Television documentary
2013	The Hand Bra by Rebecca Romijn	Herself	Video short
2014	Haunted House Hunters	Herself	Video short

Awards and nominations

Year	Accolade	Title	Results
2001	Blockbuster Entertainment Award, Favorite Supporting Actress – Science Fiction	X-Men	Won
	Saturn Award, Best Supporting Actress	X-Men	Won
2003	Golden Raspberry Award, Worst Supporting Actress	Rollerball	Nominated
	Teen Choice Award, Choice Movie Actress – Drama/Action-Adventure	X2	Nominated
	Teen Choice Award, Choice Movie – Liar	X2	Nominated
2004	MTV Movie Award (Mexico), Sexiest She-Villain	X2	Nominated
2007	Gold Derby Award, Best Ensemble in a Series	Ugly Betty	Nominated
2008	Screen Actors Guild Award, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Ugly Betty	Nominated
2015	Saturn Award, Best Lead Actress in a Series	The Librarians	Nominated
2016	Saturn Award, Best Lead Actress in a Series	The Librarians	Nominated

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External links

• Rebecca Romijn on IMDb 
• Rebecca Romijn at the Music Television
• Rebecca Romijn at Fashion Model Directory

Preceded by Daisy Fuentes	Host of House of Style 1998–2000	Succeeded by Molly Sims