Rebecca Romijn Biography

Fast Facts

• Made her TV acting debut on a 1997 episode of Friends
• Posed for several Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues, including one in 1999 in which she modeled body-painted bikinis
• Endured many hours of makeup and blue body painting for her role as Mystique in X-Men (2000), and then again for X2: X-Men United (2003)
• Won a Saturn Award in 2001 as Best Supporting Actress for X-Men
• Has been cited as among the most attractive female celebrities by such male-oriented publications as Maxim and FHM
• Had a regular, and, later, a recurring role on ABC's Ugly Betty as a transgender character, Alexis Meade
• Subsequently had a lead role in a short-lived 2009 ABC series, Eastwick, based on the John Updike novel and the 1987 movie The Witches of Eastwick