Rebecca Alie Romijn ( /ro??me?n/ roh-mayn; Dutch: [ro??m?jn], born November 6, 1972) is an American actress and former fashion model. She is best known for her role as Mystique in the X-Men films, and for her recurring role as Alexis Meade on the television series Ugly Betty.
Rebecca Romijn And Jerry O'Connell Expecting Twins
Attended the University of California in Santa Cruz but dropped out in 1991 to pursue her modeling career.
One of People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People (1999).
One of People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People (1997).
Is left-handed.
GQ’s Woman Of The Year. [1997]
Has starred in four movies based on Marvel comic book characters: X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), The Punisher (2004) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
Ranked #60 on VH1′s 100 Hottest Hotties
She is of entirely Dutch heritage. Her maternal grandmother is first cousins with Dorothy Mengering, David Letterman’s mother.
Ranked #82 in Stuff magazine’s “102 Sexiest Women In The World” (2002).
Born on the same day as actress Thandie Newton.
She and her ex-husband John Stamos, have both guest-starred on the TV show “Friends” (1994), though not in the same episode.
Announced her engagement to actor Jerry O’Connell in September 2005.
When she was young, her parents didn’t have money, so she had to shop at Value Village.
Still shops at thrift stores.
Named #80 on the Maxim magazine “Hot 100 of 2005″ list.
Ranked as #99 in FHM’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005″ special supplement. (2005)
Ranked #30 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
Measurements in 1998: 35B – 24 – 35.
Sister-in-law of Charlie O’Connell.
Married her boyfriend of 2 1/2 years, Jerry O’Connell, in a surprise backyard ceremony. The couple exchanged vows in front of 100 family and friends that thought that they had been invited to a barbecue.
Appeared as “Adrienne Barker”, Dennis Finch’s girlfriend (and later wife) on several episodes of “Just Shoot Me!” (1997) in 1999 and early 2000. During one scene for that show, Adrienne voices her contempt at Finch’s obsession with science fiction movies, and he retorts that she’d do anything for a part in one of those movies. Subsequently, in July of 2000, she did have a part in such a movie, appearing as “Mystique” in X-Men (2000).
Ranked #58 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
Fan of Dolly Parton.
On December 28, 2008, Rebecca and Jerry welcomed fraternal twin daughters, Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tulip.
Along with Ian McKellen playing “Magneto” in the first three live-action X-Men films, James Franco as “Harry Osborn” in the first three live-action Spider-Man, and Gene Hackman’s non-consecutive turns as “Lex Luthor” in three Superman films, one of the few people to play a comic book criminal in three live-action films.
The film Femme Fatale (2002), which she starred in, opened on her 30th birthday in North America. November 6, 2002.
Returned to work three months after giving birth to her twins Dolly and Charlie when she began filming The Con Artist (2010).
Was five months pregnant with her twins Dolly and Charlie when she completed filming on “Ugly Betty” (2006).
