Theresa Russell

Born: 1957-03-20

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 drama The Believer (2001) and, in the later 2000s, appeared in HBO miniseries Empire Falls (2005) and had a minor role in Spider-Man 3 (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Theresa Russell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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as Emma Marko
Released: 2007-05-01

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Love Comes Softly

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as Sandra Van Ryan
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Bad Timing

as Milena Flaherty
Released: 1980-03-02

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Black Widow

as Catharine Petersen
Released: 1987-02-06

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Whore

as Liz
Released: 1991-06-21

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Physical Evidence

as Jennifer "Jenny" Hudson
Released: 1989-01-27

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Insignificance

as The Actress
Released: 1985-08-02

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Track 29

as Linda Henry
Released: 1988-05-15

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Aria

as King Zog
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Earth vs. the Spider

as Trixie Grillo
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The Believer

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On the Doll

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The Last Tycoon

as Cecilia Brady
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Impulse

as Lottie Mason
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Liz & Dick

as Sara Taylor
Released: 2012-11-25

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Jolene

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The Razor's Edge

as Sophie MacDonald
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Kafka

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Straight Time

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Luckytown

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The Flight of the Dove

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as Margo Anthony
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Cold Heaven

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Running Woman

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Now & Forever

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Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe

as uncredited
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as Self
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The Box - 2003

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as Self
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Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

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A Winter Rose

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Romantic comedy. A small town teenager's angst about sexual inexperience drives a comic quest...

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That's Insignificance

as Self
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A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

as Morgan Le Fay
Released: 1995-05-27

A modern riff of the 1889 novel by Mark Twain.

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as Rebecca Kibner
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Regina Reid
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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Cold Case

as Rachel Malone (2010)
First aired: 2003-09-28

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...

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Nash Bridges

as Ellen Holiday
First aired: 1996-03-29

Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite...

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Nash Bridges

as Sarah Williams / Ellen Holiday
First aired: 1996-03-29

Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite...

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Glory Days

as Hazel Walker
First aired: 2002-01-16

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Delete

as Fiona
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Empire Falls

as Charlene
First aired: 2005-05-28

The humorous, poignant story of a declining New England town and its inhabitants, whose lives...

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Blind Ambition

as Maureeen Dean
First aired: 1979-05-20

The Watergate crisis as viewed by John Dean and his wife Maureen, based on their personal...

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American Heiress

as Jordan Wakefield
First aired: 2007-03-13

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A Woman's Guide to Adultery

as Rose
First aired: 1993-11-29

The story of three women who are involved in adulterous affairs - and Rose, who believes that...

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