I want to be able to raise my kid. I was totally being a martyr about it at first, thinking I could totally do it on my own, which I did for a while. I've hired a babysitter before, but as for a full-time caregiver... for a control freak like me, it ain't gonna happen!

In an appearance on The View on December 15 2008 Russell said Keri Russell got the part because Sandler's wife Jackie had seen Russell in Waitress and suggested her for the movie. The drama which started filming on April 6 2009 and was released on January 22 2010 was the first film to go into production for the new company. Russell played Emmy Kadubic in the premiere season of Running Wilde a Fox comedy series cancelled in May 2011.

After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s Keri Russell came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity which ran from 1998 to 2002 and for which Keri Russell won a Golden Globe Award. Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23 1976) is an American actress and dancer.