Rene Russo
Actor
- Born
- February 17, 1954 (age 72) · Burbank, California, USA
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).
Known for
Avengers: Endgame
April 24, 2019
Thor
April 27, 2011
Thor: The Dark World
October 30, 2013
Nightcrawler
October 23, 2014
The Intern
September 23, 2015
Lethal Weapon 3
May 15, 1992
Lethal Weapon 4
July 10, 1998
Outbreak
March 10, 1995
Ransom
November 8, 1996
Velvet Buzzsaw
February 1, 2019
In the Line of Fire
July 8, 1993
The Thomas Crown Affair
August 6, 1999
Acting30
- 2019Avengers: Endgame as Frigga
- 2019Velvet Buzzsaw as Rhodora Haze
- 2017Just Getting Started as Suzie
- 2015The Intern as Fiona Farwell
- 2015Frank and Cindy as Cindy Brown
- 2014Nightcrawler as Nina Romina
- 2013Thor: The Dark World as Frigga
- 2012Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' as Self
- 2011Thor as Frigga
- 2005Yours, Mine & Ours