
Rene Russo
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1954-02-17 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Burbank, California, USA
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).
Acting
(2019)
Avengers: Endgame
as Frigga
(2019)
Velvet Buzzsaw
as Rhodora Haze
(2017)
Just Getting Started
as Suzie
(2015)
The Intern
as Fiona Farwell
(2015)
Frank and Cindy
as Cindy Brown
(2014)
Nightcrawler
as Nina Romina
(2013)
Thor: The Dark World
as Frigga
(2012)
(2011)
Thor
as Frigga
(2005)
Two for the Money
as Toni Morrow
(2005)
Yours, Mine & Ours
as Helen North
(2003)
(2002)
Showtime
as Chase Renzi
(2002)
Big Trouble
as Anna Herk
(2000)
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Natasha
(1999)
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Catherine Banning
(1999)
The Free Willy Story - Keiko's Journey Home
as Narrator
(1998)
Lethal Weapon 4
as Lorna Cole
(1997)
Buddy
as Trudy Lintz
(1996)
Ransom
as Katherine Mullen
(1996)
Tin Cup
as Dr. Molly Griswold
(1995)
Outbreak
as Robby Keough
(1995)
Get Shorty
as Karen Flores
(1994)
Major League II
as Lynn Wells (ucredited)
(1993)
In the Line of Fire
as Lilly Raines
(1992)
Lethal Weapon 3
as Lorna Cole
(1992)
Freejack
as Julie Redlund
(1991)
One Good Cop
as Rita Lewis
(1990)
Mr. Destiny
as Cindy Jo
(1989)
Major League
as Lynn Wells
Crew
(2005)
Two for the Money
Executive Producer