Rene Russo
Acting • Born 1954-02-17
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).
Filmography
38 credits
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie • 1999
Catherine Banning
Lethal Weapon 3
Movie • 1992
Lorna Cole
Lethal Weapon 4
Movie • 1998
Lorna Cole
Big Trouble
Movie • 2002
Anna Herk
Thor
Movie • 2011
Frigga
Mr. Destiny
Movie • 1990
Cindy Jo
Ransom
Movie • 1996
Katherine Mullen
Tin Cup
Movie • 1996
Dr. Molly Griswold
Outbreak
Movie • 1995
Robby Keough
Get Shorty
Movie • 1995
Karen Flores
Freejack
Movie • 1992
Julie Redlund
Major League
Movie • 1989
Lynn Wells
In the Line of Fire
Movie • 1993
Lilly Raines
Two for the Money
Movie • 2005
Toni Morrow
Yours, Mine & Ours
Movie • 2005
Helen North
Buddy
Movie • 1997
Trudy Lintz
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Movie • 2000
Natasha
One Good Cop
Movie • 1991
Rita Lewis
Thor: The Dark World
Movie • 2013
Frigga
Major League II
Movie • 1994
Lynn Wells (ucredited)
Nightcrawler
Movie • 2014
Nina Romina
The Intern
Movie • 2015
Fiona Farwell
Frank and Cindy
Movie • 2015
Cindy Brown
Showtime
Movie • 2002
Chase Renzi
Just Getting Started
Movie • 2017
Suzie
The Free Willy Story - Keiko's Journey Home
Movie • 1999
Narrator
Velvet Buzzsaw
Movie • 2019
Rhodora Haze
Avengers: Endgame
Movie • 2019
Frigga
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
Movie • 2003
Self
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
Movie • 2012
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
Sable
TV • 1987
Eden Kendell
The Directors
TV • 1999
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Comedy Central Roasts
TV • 2003
Self
HBO First Look
TV • 1992