Rebecca Alie Romijn (born
November 6 1972) is an
American film and television
actress and former
fashion model.
Biography
Early life
Romijn (pronounced "Ro-Maine" in the USA - its proper Dutch pronunciation is
ɛin[The [1] in Romijn as a Dutch word is an alveolar trill. The diphthong 'ɛi', not found in English, involves something like a move from the vowel 'ɛ' in 'bed' to the vowel 'i' in 'bead']) was born in
Berkeley,
California, the daughter of Elizabeth (
née Kuizenga), a public school English teacher and textbook author, and Jaap Romijn, a custom furniture maker.
[Rebecca Romijn-Stamos Biography (1972-)][Rebecca rules. | Cosmopolitan (, 2000)] Her father, a native of
Barneveld,
The Netherlands, is Dutch, and her mother is a second-generation
Dutch American[Rebecca Romijn Biography - Yahoo! Movies] who met Romijn's father while studying in
Europe.
[The Rebecca Romijn Fanpage] Romijn's maternal grandfather, Dr. Henry B. Kuizenga, was a
Presbyterian minister and
seminary professor.
[www.sfgate.com/cgi-birticle.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/25/MNKUIZENGA1.DTL] Her maternal grandmother is first cousins with
Dorothy Letterman,
David Letterman's mother. Many sources say that she was once nicknamed the "Jolly Blonde Giant" but she has admitted to making that up 'for a laugh'.
[Rebecca Romijn biography] While studying
music (voice) at the
University of California, Santa Cruz,
she became involved with
fashion modeling and eventually moved to
Paris for more than two years. She stands .
