Theresa Russell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1957-03-20 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

San Diego, California, USA

Theresa Russell

Biography

Theresa Russell (born Theresa Lynn Paup; March 20, 1957) is an American actress. Russell made her film debut in The Last Tycoon (1976), followed by a lead role in Straight Time (1978). She was then cast in Nicolas Roeg's controversial thriller Bad Timing (1980), which earned her critical praise. After marrying Roeg in 1982, she appeared in many films directed by him, mainly arthouse and experimental films, including Eureka (1983), Insignificance (1985), and Cold Heaven (1991). Russell starred in Whore and Kafka, both released in 1991. Russell appeared in the box-office hit thriller Wild Things (1998), starred in the critically acclaimed dram...

Acting

2007

Spider-Man 3

as Emma Marko

1998

Wild Things

as Sandra Van Ryan

1991

Kafka

as Gabriela

2001

The Believer

as Lina Moebius

1991

Whore

as Liz

2001

Earth vs. the Spider

as Trixie Grillo

1978

Straight Time

as Jenny Mercer

1984

The Razor's Edge

as Sophie MacDonald

1980

Bad Timing

as Milena Flaherty

1989

Physical Evidence

as Jennifer "Jenny" Hudson

1988

Track 29

as Linda Henry

1985

Insignificance

as The Actress

1990

Impulse

as Lottie Mason

2010

Jolene

as Aunt Kay

1976

The Last Tycoon

as Cecilia Brady

1983

Eureka

as Tracy

2003

Love Comes Softly

as Sarah Graham

2000

Luckytown

as Stella

1996

Public Enemies

as Kate Barker

1995

The Grotesque

as Lady Harriet Coal

1987

Black Widow

as Catharine Petersen

2011

Born to Ride

as Frances Callahan

1987

Aria

as King Zog

2003

Passionada

as Lois Vargas

2009

16 to Life

as Louise

2002

Project Viper

as Dr. Nancy Burnham

2003

The Box - 2003

as Dora Baker

1992

Cold Heaven

as Marie Davenport

2005

Blind Injustice

as Joanna Bartlett

2012

Liz & Dick

as Sara Taylor

1994

The Flight of the Dove

as Mary Ann Curran (aka Alex Canis)

2002

The House Next Door

as Helen Schmidt

1998

Running Woman

as Emily Russo

2002

Now & Forever

as Dori Wilson

2012

1 Out of 7

as Lexi's Mom

1996

Once You Meet a Stranger

as Margo Anthony

1996

The Proposition

as Catherine Morgan

1995

2003

Water Under the Bridge

as Jackie O'Connor

1993

Thicker Than Water

as Debbie / Jo

2012

The Legends of Nethiah

as Nethiah's Mother

2016

A Winter Rose

as Rachal Love

2014

Moving Mountains

as Trish Bragg

2008

Dark World

as Nicole

1994

Being Human

as The Storyteller

1995

Trade Off

as Jackie Daniels

2011

Rid of Me

as Mrs. Lockwood

2007

On the Doll

as Diane

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