Rene Russo

Known for ActingBorn 1954-02-17 (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). 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).Read more

Movies & web series

Avengers: Endgame

Nightcrawler

The Intern

Comedy Central Roasts

MADtv

In the Line of Fire

Thor

Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'

The Thomas Crown Affair

Major League

Ransom

Lethal Weapon 3

Thor: The Dark World

Lethal Weapon 4

The Oscars

Outbreak

Get Shorty

Yours, Mine & Ours

Mr. Destiny

Two for the Money

Big Trouble

The Directors

Tin Cup

Frank and Cindy

Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary

Major League II

Sable

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

One Good Cop

Showtime

Velvet Buzzsaw

HBO First Look

Freejack

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Just Getting Started

Buddy

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

The Free Willy Story - Keiko's Journey Home