Rene Russo
28 movies · 2 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 17, 1954 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Burbank, California, USA
- Also known as
- Rene Marie 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).
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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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Known for
Rene Russo: movies and TV shows
Acting (30)
- 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
- 2011 Thor
as Frigga
- 2005 Yours, Mine & Ours
as Helen North
- 2005 Two for the Money
as Toni Morrow
- 2002 Big Trouble
as Anna Herk
- 2002 Showtime
as Chase Renzi
- 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 Get Shorty
as Karen Flores
- 1995 Outbreak
as Robby Keough
- 1994 Major League II
as Lynn Wells (ucredited)
- 1993 In the Line of Fire
as Lilly Raines
- 1992
- 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
- 1987
Behind the camera (1)
- 2005 Two for the Money
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (8)
- 2012
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2003
- 2003 Comedy Central Roasts
1 episode
- 1999 The Directors
1 episode
- 1995 MADtv
1 episode
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode