Theresa Russell
Known for: Acting
Born: March 20, 1957
Place of birth: San Diego, California, USA
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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Filmography
59 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
3.0
A Winter Rose
2016
5.0
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
2015
1.0
Moving Mountains
2014
5.5
Delete
2013
3.6
Liz & Dick
2012
2.8
The Legends of Nethiah
2012
5.6
1 Out of 7
2012
5.5
Rid of Me
2011
3.5
Born to Ride
2011
NR
That's Insignificance
2011
6.2
Jolene
2010
4.1
16 to Life
2009
8.1
Fringe
2008
4.7
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
2008
4.1
Dark World
2008
5.1
On the Doll
2007
6.5
Spider-Man 3
2007
3.0
American Heiress
2007
NR
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
2006NR
Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero
2006
4.0
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
2006
7.1
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
NR
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
2006
6.6
Empire Falls
2005
5.7
Blind Injustice
2005
7.1
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
7.7
Cold Case
2003
6.9
Passionada
2003
4.3
The Box
2003
6.8
Love Comes Softly
20034.0
Water Under the Bridge
2003
5.1
Now & Forever
2002
6.4
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
4.9
Project Viper
2002
4.6
The House Next Door
2002
7.0
Glory Days
2002
5.6
Earth vs. the Spider
2001
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
6.9
The Believer
2001
5.5
Luckytown
2000
6.4
Wild Things
1998
4.7
Running Woman
1998
3.6
The Proposition
1996
4.3
Once You Meet a Stranger
1996
3.9
Public Enemies
1996
6.6
Nash Bridges
1996
4.1
Hotel Paradise
1995
5.4
The Grotesque
1995
6.0
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1995
3.8
Trade Off
1995
5.5
The Spy Within
1994
5.1
Being Human
1994
5.0
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
1993
5.0
Thicker Than Water
1993
4.3
Cold Heaven
1992
6.4
Kafka
1991
5.3
Whore
1991
5.6
Impulse
1990
5.1
Physical Evidence
1989
5.6
Track 29
1988
5.3
Aria
1987
6.2
Black Widow
1987
6.4
Insignificance
1985
6.4
The Razor's Edge
1984
5.3
Eureka
1983
6.5
Bad Timing
1980
6.3
Blind Ambition
1979
7.1
Straight Time
1978
6.3
The Last Tycoon
1976