Rene Russo
Known For
Acting
Born
1954-02-17 in Burbank, California, USA
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).
Most Known For
Avengers: Endgame
as Frigga
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Oscars
as Self
Nightcrawler
as Nina Romina
Thor
as Frigga
Thor: The Dark World
as Frigga
The Intern
as Fiona Farwell
HBO First Look
Showtime
as Chase Renzi
Comedy Central Roasts
as Self
Outbreak
as Robby Keough
Lethal Weapon 4
as Lorna Cole
Lethal Weapon 3
as Lorna Cole
Freejack
as Julie Redlund
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Catherine Banning
Get Shorty
as Karen Flores
In the Line of Fire
as Lilly Raines
Velvet Buzzsaw
as Rhodora Haze
The Directors
as Self