Keri Russell’s Daughter Makes First Public Appearance at PFW

“My daughter about a year ago—she’s kind of mature for her age, and she was bored one day—I said, ‘Hey, Willa, I did this show about this college girl, and you might think it’s cool. It’s really sweet,’” Russell recalled on a 2023 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. “I showed it to her. I put it on, and I downloaded an episode from Amazon or wherever you get it these days.”

“After about 15 minutes, she turned it off and she went, ‘Ugh, mom, it’s so cringy,’” Russell revealed. “She was actually grossed out by me. I was like, ‘Oh, I thought you might like it.'”

Instead, Willa reiterated how “cringy” it was, asking her mom, “Why would you think I’d want to watch your college experience making out with weird boys and stuff?”

And though Willahas no interest in watching Felicity, which ran for four seasons from 1998 to 2002, Russell has made it a priority to spend more time with her kids thanks to The Diplomat being filmed in New York City. 

“I am enormously grateful, because I still have kids at home, and so does DeborahCahn, who writes the show,” she shared with Rolling Stone in 2024. “And it’s just immensely important to be close to home and not leave your kids to be raised by wolves.”

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