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Rebecca Romijn
Rebecca Romijn
Rebecca Romijn (aka Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) (born November
6, 1972) is a former supermodel currently
making the switch to become an actress. She was born in
Berkeley, California to parents with Dutch ancestry.
While studying music at the University of California,
Santa Cruz, she became involved with modelling and eventually
moved to Paris, France for more than two years. Among
other jobs, she modeled for the swimsuit issue of Sports
Illustrated and for Victoria's Secret.
She married actor John Stamos in 1998. During her marriage,
she used the name Rebecca Romijn-Stamos in both her personal
and professional life. The couple separated in 2004 and
divorced in 2005. She has returned to using her birth
name. Currently she is dating actor Jerry O'Connell.
In 2000's X-Men, she had her first major movie role as
"Mystique"; she returned to the role in 2003's
sequel X2: X-Men United. In these movies her costume consisted
of blue makeup and some strategically placed prosthetics
on her otherwise nude body. She had her first leading
role in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale (2002). She also
starred in the movies Rollerball (with Chris Klein) and
Godsend (with Greg Kinnear and Robert De Niro).
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