Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell Met At a Kickball Party 10 Years Before They Started Dating! Relationship and Affairs Details!
Matthew Rhys, 43, is well known for his role as Philip Jennings on the Fx drama series The Americans( 2013- at present 2017), he is also an Emmy-nominated artist. And this veteran actor is dating the Golden Globe Award-winner Keri Russell.
It’s been quite a few years since the couple has been together. Let's dig out some interesting details of this relationship!
When did Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell Meet- Romance Details
Unlike other actor couples, Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell met each other outside of their profession. They actually met each other 10 years before knowing each other professionally!
On Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell explained how their relationship wasn't sober. In Rhys words:
I very drunkenly asked her for her number when she was a young, single, slip of a thing, so I sort of knew then when I was 26.
Keri Russell has her own side of the story, she said the Welsh actor was “Very Romantic”.
Taking the conversation further they said:
She asked me to open a beer after a kickball party.
As they say, love happens when you least expect it, Keri and Rhys fell in love at a kickball party. Also, after their party, Rhys left "drunken voicemail, but unfortunately Keri Russell did not respond.
It's hard to believe, but they apparently met again on the sets of FX show after ten years and started seeing each other only since 2013.
The couple isn't married, at least to public knowledge, but they do have children together.
Do Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell have a child together?
Keri Russell has three children altogether; two from her former husband Shane Deary ( they got married in 2007 and separated in 2013), and one with Matthew Rhys. Rhys and Russell's child ,Sam, was born in late May of 2016.
The couple who plays spies in the Fx series, The Americans, has nothing to hide when it comes to their personal life and are seen with their son, Sam and Keri’s daughters from her previous relationship.
All everyone is waiting for now is Kerri Russell and Matthew Rhys' marriage!
Quick facts
- Matthew Rhys was born as Matthew Rhys Evans
- Rhys was born on 8 November 1974
- Matthew Rhys was born Cardiff, Wales, U.K
- Rhys attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art as he grew up in Cardiff
- He did his schooling from Welsh-medium schools.