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Rebecca Romijn

Rebecca Romijn's photoGETTY

Nationality:
American
Birthday:
November 6, 1972
Born in:
Berkeley, CA
Lives now:
CA, USA
Agencies:
IMG
Known for:
My body, my breasts, my eyes
Status:
Retired (mostly), sexy girl
Married:
Jerry O'Connell (since 2007), John Stamos (1998-2005)
Friends with:
Estella Warren, Heidi Klum, Milla Jovovich
Model turned…
Actress (X-Men, 2000; Ugly Betty, 2007)

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Off the Runway

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Career

Sports Illustrated, 1999

Nov 6, 1972
Born in Berkeley, California
1992
Print ads for Maybelline
Jun 1992
Appears on cover of Elle
1994
Print ads for Christian Dior
1995
Leaves UC-Santa Cruz to pursue modeling
1996
Appears in Victoria’s Secret catalog
Feb 1996
Appears in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
Jun 1996
Appears on cover of Glamour
1997
Named one of People magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People”
1997
Print ads for Tommy Hilfiger
Feb 1997
Appears on cover of GQ as “Woman of the Year” in a bikini bottom with Dennis Rodman’s hands painted on her chest
Nov 1997
Walks in the Victoria’s Secret runway show
1998
Host of MTV’s House of Style
Sep 19, 1998
Marries actor John Stamos; changes her name to Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
1999
Named one of People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People
Jan 1999
Appears on cover of Details
Feb 1999
Appears on cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
May 25, 1999
Has role of Adrienne Barker in TV series Just Shoot Me
Jun 11, 1999
Makes a cameo appearance in the movie Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Video »
Jul 1999
Appears on cover of Cosmopolitan
2000
Print ads for Liz Claiborne’s fall collection
Jul 14, 2000
Role in the movie X-Men as Mystique
Jun 2001
Appears on cover of French Elle
Feb 2002
Appears on cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
Nov 6, 2002
Plays Lily, a sexy con artist, in movie Femme Fatale Video »
May 2, 2003
Appears as Mystique in X2
Apr 16, 2004
Plays the female lead, Joan, in The Punisher, alongside Thomas Jane
Aug 29, 2004
Interviewed by Ron Burgundy, Will Ferrell’s character in Anchorman, for the MTV Video Music Awards Video »
Mar 1, 2005
Divorces Stamos; returns to her birth name
Sep 20, 2005
Announces engagement to actor Jerry O’Connell
2006
Has leading role as Pepper Dennis in the short-lived television series Pepper Dennis
Feb 2006
Appears on cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
May 26, 2006
Appears in movie X-Men 3 as Mystique Video »
2007
Has role as transsexual fashion editor Alexis Meade in the television series Ugly Betty Video »
Jul 14, 2007
Marries O’Connell in Ojai, California
Oct 17, 2007
Interviewed on the Late Night with David Letterman about her recent wedding and fear of rattlesnakes Video »

Quoted

“I have just been meeting the most amazing people who come up and say - transgenders who come up and say... I made my transition a few years ago, thank you for your work. It's a whole new, you know, it's a group of people that's trying to make it into the mainstream consciousness.”

ABC News (May 16, 2007)

“When I was 14, I was the one who rescued a kid from drowning in Central Park. I even hit my head on a rock.”

ABC News (May 16, 2007)

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