Name: Rebecca Romijn

Birth Name: Rebecca Romijn

Birthdate: Nov. 6, 1972

Birthplace: Berkeley, Calif.

Rebecca Romijn (pronounced like the lettuce) grew up in the hippie area of Berkeley with her furniture-maker father and public-school-teacher mother, both Dutch. Her parents never expected their Birkenstocks-clad daughter would ditch her studies at UC Santa Cruz to pay the bills via modeling. Although she didn't plan to make a career of it, she quickly landed major fashion contracts, and became a staple of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and the Victoria's Secret catalog. Other than a stint hosting MTV's House of Style, she received mostly small roles on TV and in movies. Of course, until she donned the Mystique "suit" in the X-Men series. Over the years, she's become known for her sense of humor (witness he role as a transvestite magazine editor in TV's Ugly Betty) and her good looks.


1. She has a tattoo on her ankle with the initials of her three best friends.
2. She once owned a house that was a brothel in the 1920s.
3. Her character in the X-Men movies was completely nude other than blue body paint.
4. She went to Disneyland on her first date with ex-husband, John Stamos.
5. She was known as the "jolly blonde giant" in school; at 17, she grew so quickly that she developed scoliosis, which she alleviates with Pilates.


"In my early twenties, I wondered if I was interested in women, and so I kind of, well … did my homework."
Elle, Apr. 2002

Fiancé: Jerry O'Connell, actor, born Feb. 17, 1974; engaged Sept. 2005
Husband: John Stamos, actor, born Aug. 19, 1963; married Sept. 19, 1998, divorced Mar. 2005

 

FILMS

X-Men: The Last Stand - (2006) - Actor
Godsend - (2004) - Actor
The Punisher - (2004) - Actor
X2: X-Men United - (2003) - Actor
Femme Fatale - (2002) - Actor
Rollerball - (2002) - Actor
X-Men - (2000) - Actor