Theresa Russell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 20 March 1957 · 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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- 2026Mr. Kneff
- 2022Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe as Self (archive footage)
- 2016A Winter Rose as Rachal Love
- 2015Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time... as Self
- 2014Moving Mountains as Trish Bragg
- 2012Liz & Dick as Sara Taylor
- 2012The Legends of Nethiah as Nethiah's Mother
- 20121 Out of 7 as Lexi's Mom
- 2011Rid of Me as Mrs. Lockwood
- 2011Born to Ride as Frances Callahan
- 2011That's Insignificance as Self
- 2010Jolene as Aunt Kay
- 200916 to Life as Louise
- 2008Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance as Mrs. Williams
- 2008Dark World as Nicole
- 2007On the Doll as Diane
- 2007Spider-Man 3 as Emma Marko
- 2006Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero as Self
- 2006Prohibition Opens the Floodgates as Self
- 2006Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films as Self
- 2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light as Self
- 2006Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood as Self
- 2005Blind Injustice as Joanna Bartlett
- 2004Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession as Self
- 2003Passionada as Lois Vargas
- 2003The Box as Dora Baker
- 2003Love Comes Softly as Sarah Graham
- 2003Water Under the Bridge as Jackie O'Connor
- 2002Now & Forever as Dori Wilson
- 2002Searching for Debra Winger as Self
- 2002Project Viper as Dr. Nancy Burnham
- 2002The House Next Door as Helen Schmidt
- 2001Earth vs. the Spider as Trixie Grillo
- 2001The Believer as Lina Moebius
- 2000Luckytown as Stella
- 1998Wild Things as Sandra Van Ryan
- 1998Running Woman as Emily Russo
- 1996The Proposition as Catherine Morgan
- 1996Once You Meet a Stranger as Margo Anthony
- 1996Public Enemies as Kate Barker
- 1995Hotel Paradise as Bride
- 1995The Grotesque as Lady Harriet Coal
- 1995A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Morgan Le Fay
- 1995Trade Off as Jackie Daniels
- 1994The Spy Within as Mary Ann Curran (aka Alex Canis)
- 1994Being Human as The Storyteller
- 1993Thicker Than Water as Debbie / Jo
- 1992Cold Heaven as Marie Davenport
- 1991Kafka as Gabriela
- 1991Whore as Liz
- 1990Impulse as Lottie Mason
- 1989Physical Evidence as Jennifer "Jenny" Hudson
- 1988Track 29 as Linda Henry
- 1987Aria as King Zog
- 1987Black Widow as Catharine
- 1985Insignificance as The Actress
- 1984The Razor's Edge as Sophie MacDonald
- 1983Eureka as Tracy
- 1980Bad Timing as Milena Flaherty
- 1978Straight Time as Jenny Mercer
- 1976The Last Tycoon as Cecilia Brady