Rene Russo

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).

Known For

Birth Location Burbank, California, USA
Born 1954-02-17

Movies

Avengers: Endgame as Frigga
2019
Velvet Buzzsaw as Rhodora Haze
2019
2017
The Intern as Fiona Farwell
2015
Frank and Cindy as Cindy Brown
2015
Nightcrawler as Nina Romina
2014
2013
Thor as Frigga
2011
Yours, Mine & Ours as Helen North
2005
Two for the Money as Toni Morrow
2005
Big Trouble as Anna Herk
2002
Showtime as Chase Renzi
2002
The Thomas Crown Affair as Catherine Banning
1999
Lethal Weapon 4 as Lorna Cole
1998
Buddy as Trudy Lintz
1997
Ransom as Katherine Mullen
1996
Tin Cup as Dr. Molly Griswold
1996
Get Shorty as Karen Flores
1995
Outbreak as Robby Keough
1995
Major League II as Lynn Wells
1994
In the Line of Fire as Secret Service Agent Lilly Raines
1993
Lethal Weapon 3 as Lorna Cole
1992
Freejack as Julie Redlund
1992
One Good Cop as Rita Lewis
1991
Mr. Destiny as Cindy Jo Bumpers/Burrows
1990
Major League as Lynn Wells
1989

Movies

Two for the Money Executive Producer
2005