Rebecca Alie Romijn was born on November 6, 1972 in Berkeley, California. She was a natural for modeling, and has posed for Sports Illustrated, Christian Dior and Victoria’s Secret.
Rebecca’s most famous movie role, so far, was as the shapeshifting Mystique in X-Men (2000), based on the long-running comic book series about teenage mutant superheroes. To play Mystique every day, Rebecca had to start out nude, and then two female makeup artists would apply blue body paint and other stick-on parts for 8 hours a day.
X-Men was a box-office bonanza, and Rebecca’s future in films was assured. She since starred in X-Men 2 (2003), The Punisher (2004), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), and X-Men: First Class (2011).
She married her fiancé of a year, Jerry O’Connell in a surprise backyard ceremony. The couple exchanged vows in front of 100 family and friends who thought that they had been invited to a barbecue.
