Rene Russo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1954 (age 72)
- Birthplace
- Burbank, California, USA
Biography
Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954) is an American actress and former model. She began her career as a fashion model in the 1970s, appearing on magazine covers such as Vogue and Cosmopolitan. She made her film debut in the 1989 comedy Major League, and rose to international prominence in a number of thrillers and action films throughout the 1990s, including Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), In the Line of Fire (1993), Outbreak (1995), Get Shorty (1995), Ransom (1996), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999). After headlining the family comedy Yours, Mine & Ours (2005), Russo took a five-year break from acting. She returned to the screen as Frigga, the mother of the titular hero, in the superhero film Thor (2011), a role she reprised in Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). In 2014, Russo starred in the acclaimed crime thriller Nightcrawler, for which she won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She has also appeared in The Intern (2015), Just Getting Started (2017), and Velvet Buzzsaw (2019).
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Filmography
Velvet Buzzsaw
Movie · as Rhodora Haze
Avengers: Endgame
Movie · as Frigga
Just Getting Started
Movie · as Suzie
The Intern
Movie · as Fiona Farwell
Frank and Cindy
Movie · as Cindy Brown
Nightcrawler
Movie · as Nina Romina
Thor: The Dark World
Movie · as Frigga
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
Movie · as Self
Thor
Movie · as Frigga
Two for the Money
Movie · as Toni Morrow
Yours, Mine & Ours
Movie · as Helen North
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
Movie · as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Comedy Central Roasts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Big Trouble
Movie · as Anna Herk
Showtime
Movie · as Chase Renzi
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Movie · as Natasha
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie · as Catherine Banning
The Free Willy Story - Keiko's Journey Home
Movie · as Narrator
The Directors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lethal Weapon 4
Movie · as Lorna Cole
Buddy
Movie · as Trudy Lintz
Ransom
Movie · as Katherine Mullen
Tin Cup
Movie · as Dr. Molly Griswold
Outbreak
Movie · as Robby Keough
Get Shorty
Movie · as Karen Flores
MADtv
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Major League II
Movie · as Lynn Wells (ucredited)
In the Line of Fire
Movie · as Lilly Raines
Lethal Weapon 3
Movie · as Lorna Cole
Freejack
Movie · as Julie Redlund
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 1 ep
HBO First Look
TV · 1 ep
One Good Cop
Movie · as Rita Lewis
Mr. Destiny
Movie · as Cindy Jo
Major League
Movie · as Lynn Wells
Sable
TV · as Eden Kendell · 7 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep