Rebecca Romijn's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Ugly Betty Alexis Meade Eastwick Roxie Torco… Pepper Dennis Pepper Dennis NTSF:SD:SUV:: Jessie NIch…

Main Movie Roles 2008 - Lake City 2006 - X-Men: The Last Stand 2006 - Man About Town 2006 - The Alibi 2004 - The Punisher 2004 - Godsend 2003 - X2: X-Men United 2002 - S1m0ne 2002 - Rollerball 2002 - Femme Fatale 2000 - X-Men 1999 - Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1998 - Dirty Work

BIOGRAPHY:

Rebecca Romijn (pronounced Romaine, like the lettuce) was born on November 6, 1972, in Berkeley, California. Her father was Dutch-born and worked as a custom-furniture maker; her mother was American-born, of Dutch descent, and was an English teacher. Rebecca attended Berkeley High School where her nickname was the "Jolly Blond Giant", then she attended the University of California at Santa Cruz where she majored in Music, but left in 1995.

Rebecca (in her own words): "I was a freshman at UC Santa Cruz, really poor, and restless to see the world. I used to sit in my dorm room, thinking, "I just know I'm missing out on something. But, of course, I had no money. And so this friend hooked me up with an agency and it happened very quickly. I moved to Paris, got a cover of French Elle, and stayed for two and a half years". This tall (5' 10") blond-haired, blue-eyed beauty was a natural for modeling, and has posed for Sports Illustrated, 'Christian Dior' and Victoria's Secret, to name but a few. Rebecca first met John Stamos in 1994, at a Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and had her first date with him at Disneyland. They married in September 1998, but have since gotten divorced.

Rebecca's favorite foods are fillet mignon, tuna sashimi and Häagen-Dazs Cappuccino Commotion ice cream. But to keep her weight at a svelte 130 pounds, she stays fit with a rigorous stretching and strengthening routine (her firm body tone is evident when compared to photos of her earlier modeling, where she was very slim but not toned).

Rebecca's most famous movie role, so far, was as the shape-shifting "Mystique" in X-Men (2000), based on the long-running comic book series about teenage mutant superheroes (that Jack Kirby and Stan Lee (I) created in 1962). To play "Mystique" every day, Rebecca had to start out nude, and then two female makeup artists would apply blue body paint and other stick-on parts for 8 hours a day. Rebecca told Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) that things like tissue paper would stick to her hips; and, one day, the long hours of wearing sticky paint makeup made her so upset that director 'Bryan Singer (I)' told her to have a glass of white wine and relax. Notwithstanding those technical difficulties, X-Men (2000) was a box-office bonanza, and Rebecca's future in films was assured.


TRIVIA:

• When she was young, her parents didn't have money, so she had to shop at Value Village.
• Ranked #60 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties
• Still shops at thrift stores.
• Ranked #58 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
• She is of entirely Dutch heritage. Her maternal grandmother is first cousins with Dorothy Letterman, 'David Letterman' (qv)'s mother.
• Fan of 'Dolly Parton' (qv).
• Appeared as "Adrienne Barker", Dennis Finch's girlfriend (and later wife) on several episodes of _"Just Shoot Me!" (1997)_ (qv) 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)_ (qv).
• Is left-handed.