Rebecca Alie Romijn, who was born on November 6, 1972 in Berkeley, California, previously studied music at University of California, Santa Cruz, before moving to Paris to involve herself in fashion modeling. She modeled for the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated, as well as working with Victoria’s Secret. She is also a fixture on the annual lists of the most beautiful women of a number of publications.
In 1998, Rebecca Romjin became the host of MTV's House of Style and took on the big screen upon leaving the show after two years. Another television appearance of hers was being a guest on the animated talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast. In 2000, she got her first major movie role, as Mystique in the film X-Men. She reprised her role on its 2003 sequel, X2: X-Men United and 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand. Romijn's first leading role was in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale in 2002, after which she starred in movies such as the action film Rollerball with Chris Klein and Jean Reno and 2004’s thriller The Punisher with Thomas Jane and John Travolta. She was also in the Nick Hamm-directed horror Godsend in 2004. She returned to television to appear on The WB's short-lived series, Pepper Dennis. Early 2007 saw Romijn joining the cast of ABC's Ugly Betty as Alexis Meade. Her character is that of a transsexual forced to undergo masculine activities by his stubborn parents. Because of the gravity of his parents’ refusal to see him transformed as a woman, he faked his own death and underwent a sex change. She revealed this later to her brother, Daniel, who is the head of MODE magazine, the company she wants to steal from him.
Romjin was also given roles in episodes of Carpoolers, where she guest-starred as the ex-wife of the character Laird. She also lent her voice to the animated series Drawn Together. In 2008, she was cast as Jennifer in the film Lake City.