Keri Russell's rarely-seen daughter Willa, 13, looks just like famous mom in new Paris Fashion Week photos


Keri Russell welcomed her kids River and Willa with her former husband, Shane Deary, and her youngest son, Sam, with her partner, Matthew Rhys


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Faye James
Faye JamesSenior Editor
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Keri Russell was a proud mom on Tuesday as she stepped out at Paris Fashion Week with her rarely-seen daughter, Willa, who looked just like the Felicity star.

The 13-year-old made her first major appearance alongside her mother, who looked ageless in a white high-neck blouse paired with a black miniskirt, black stiletto heels and a Louis Vuitton bag.

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Keri and Willa looked so alike at the Louis Vuitton show

Keri pulled her brunette locks back into a tousled bun and wore gold earrings to complete the look. Willa, who stood slightly taller than Keri, looked stylish in a pink skirt suit with a zip-up jacket and button detailing. 

She completed the outfit with black heels and a red purse, and kept her hair back in a sleek ponytail. Willa's resemblance to Keri was uncanny, with their button noses, brunette hair, sweet smiles and similar statures.

Keri's family life

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The outing marked Willa's first major public appearance

The 50-year-old welcomed Willa in 2012 with her ex-husband, Shane Deary, five years after their son River arrived. The couple split in 2013, and Keri moved on with her The Americans co-star, Matthew Rhys. Keri and Matthew welcomed their son Sam in 2016.

While Keri is fiercely private about her three kids, she did share insight into Willa's attitude towards her most famous role as Felicity Porter in Felicity from 1998 to 2002.

"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,'" she recalled on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2023.

"After about 15 minutes, she turned it off, and she went, 'Ugh, Mom, it's so cringy.'… Why would you think I'd want to watch your college experience making out with weird boys and stuff?'"

Motherhood 101

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Keri welcomed Willa with her ex-husband, Shane Deary

Everything changed for Keri when she became a mother in 2007, as she told People. "I just think you're so much more vulnerable and kind of exposed emotionally," she explained, before adding that each of her children's personalities were vastly different.

"I'm just starting with, 'Don't be a jerk,'" she quipped. "I think it's just different [based on] the kid. You never know. You get what you get, and they're all so different and wild and weird and good in their own way." She continued: "You do the best you can every single day, and some days are bad days. I feel like people need to remember that more. You get it right sometimes, and then you don't get it right."

Parenting success

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She shares her son Sam with the Widow's Bay actor

Keri was able to impart her parenting wisdom to Matthew when they welcomed Sam in 2016, as the Widow's Bay actor had become a dad for the first time.

"It can go any direction in 12 seconds," he told Esquire of parenting three kids. "You evaluate the success of the entire day on those [evening] hours. And if you get all three fed, vegetables eaten, someone's asked me a question at dinner, bath, Harry Potter's read, they're in bed, and all three haven't cried, it's an enormous success."

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