Rene Russo
Actor, Producer
February 17, 1954 (72 years)
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).
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
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder · as Frigga |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame · as Frigga |
| 2019 | Velvet Buzzsaw · as Rhodora Haze |
| 2017 | Just Getting Started · as SuzieOn Plex |
| 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 MorrowOn Plex |
| 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 |
| 1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 · as Lorna Cole |
| 1997 | Buddy · as Trudy Lintz |
| 1997 | Ransom: Deleted Scenes · as Kate Mullen |
| 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 |
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| 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 | Sable · as Eden Kendell |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight · as Outbreak |
| 2005 | Two for the Money · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |