Keri Russell Turns 40 With a Hot Romance and a Baby on the Way

Happy birthday, Keri Russell. (Photo: Getty Images)

Keri Russell turns 40 today — and her gift to herself might just be a baby.

The Americans actress is nine months pregnant with her third child, her first with co-star and boyfriend Matthew Rhys. So unless she gives birth, which is totally possible, it will be a low-key celebration.

Talking to the New York Times earlier this month, Russell shared her mindset about turning the big 4-0: “I’d be a lot more excited if I could have, like, five glasses of wine,” she said. “When I think of turning 40, I really think of being at the top of my game — looking great and being reckless and carefree and dancing with my girlfriends. And instead I’ll be barely digesting my dinner, about to deliver a baby. It’s not going to be that idealistic moment of being a woman, like, ‘This is where I am before it starts to turn.’ But maybe when I’m 41?”

Oh, baby. Keri — seen here on The Tonight Show in February — is due to give birth in April. (Photo: Getty Images)

So maybe “reckless” and “carefree” are off the table, but there are some other great adjectives to describe her life right now. She and the Welsh actor — who live together with her two children in Brooklyn, N.Y. — are still coy about their romance but are no longer hiding it. The pair, who play husband and wife onscreen in the FX spy series, are often seen together in their nabe with her kids. He has taken to stepfatherhood and gives piggyback rides.

The couple that rides together thrives together? For the record, this photo was taken two weeks ago. Take that, third trimester. (Photo: Getty Images)

“They’re thrilled,” a friend told People about her pregnancy.

Keri seems to have met her match, but she’s had an interesting love history with a couple of famous exes. Let’s look back…

Shane Deary is Keri’s ex-husband, whom she married on Valentine’s Day in 2007 and was hitched to until the summer of 2013. He has his own carpentry business, Deary Construction, in Brooklyn, making it easy to co-parent their son River, 8, and daughter Willa, 4.

Keri with Shane Deary. (Photo: Splash News)

Swoon! Remember these two together? Russell’s character on Felicity wasn’t the only one with a thing for Ben, played by Scott Speedman. They had a thing in real life from 2000 to 2001. She started dating Deary not long after.

Keri with Scott Speedman. (Photo: WireImage)

Whoa! Yes, she dated Joey Lawrence. It was in the mid-’90s — as you can tell by their attire.

Keri with Joey Lawrence. (Photo: Getty Images)

While appearing on The All-New Mickey Mouse Club, Russell met Tony Lucca, and they had a romance from 1991 to 1999 (though with at least one break so she could couple up with Lawrence). In a 2013 interview with the New York Post, she called him her “high school boyfriend” and described him as “the James Taylor of our group.” Lucca competed on The Voice a few years back, and Russell told the paper she voted for him.

Keri with Tony Lucca. (Photo: Getty Images)

Well, they say life begins at 40. May the birthday girl enjoy her fresh start.