Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 17, 1954
Place of Birth
Burbank, California, USA
Credits
38 titles
Rene Russo
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).
Known For
Filmography
Avengers: Endgame
Frigga
Velvet Buzzsaw
Rhodora Haze
Just Getting Started
Suzie
The Intern
Fiona Farwell
Frank and Cindy
Cindy Brown
Nightcrawler
Nina Romina
Thor: The Dark World
Frigga
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
Self
Thor
Frigga
Yours, Mine & Ours
Helen North
Two for the Money
Toni Morrow
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Comedy Central Roasts
Self
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
Self
Big Trouble
Anna Herk
Showtime
Chase Renzi
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Natasha
The Thomas Crown Affair
Catherine Banning
The Directors
Self
The Free Willy Story - Keiko's Journey Home
Narrator
Lethal Weapon 4
Lorna Cole
Buddy
Trudy Lintz
Ransom
Katherine Mullen
Tin Cup
Dr. Molly Griswold
Get Shorty
Karen Flores
MADtv
Self
Outbreak
Robby Keough
Major League II
Lynn Wells (ucredited)
In the Line of Fire
Lilly Raines
HBO First Look
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Lethal Weapon 3
Lorna Cole
Freejack
Julie Redlund
One Good Cop
Rita Lewis
Mr. Destiny
Cindy Jo
Major League
Lynn Wells
Sable
Eden Kendell
The Oscars
Self