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Who is Theresa Russell?

Theresa Russell was born Theresa Paup on the 20th of March, 1957, in San Diego, California, USA. She was discovered by a photographer in 1969 and began modelling. Seven years later, she made her debut as a feature film actress in The Last Tycoon, with Robert De Niro. She has since portrayed roles in Straight Time, Bad Timing, Black Widow, and The Believer. In 1982, she married director Nicolas Roeg, 29 years her senior. They had two children together, Maximillian Roeg and Statten Roeg, and they have since divorced. The song Athena, by The Who, is about Theresa – which was the song’s original name. Theresa was most recently seen in Spider-Man 3.