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Rene Russo

Acting Born Feb 17, 1954 Burbank, California, USA 24 credits

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).

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Known for

Film

Avengers: Endgame

as Frigga
Film

Die Hard

as Self
Film

Thor

as Frigga
Film

The Intern

as Fiona Farwell

Full filmography

  • Avengers: Endgame (2019) as Frigga
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Thor (2011) as Frigga
  • Thor: The Dark World (2013) as Frigga
  • Nightcrawler (2014) as Nina Romina
  • The Intern (2015) as Fiona Farwell
  • HBO First Look (1992)
  • Comedy Central Roasts (2003) as Self
  • Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) as Lorna Cole
  • Outbreak (1995) as Robby Keough
  • Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) as Lorna Cole
  • Get Shorty (1995) as Karen Flores
  • Ransom (1996) as Katherine Mullen
  • The Directors (1999) as Self
  • The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) as Catherine Banning
  • In the Line of Fire (1993) as Lilly Raines
  • Major League (1989) as Lynn Wells
  • Big Trouble (2002) as Anna Herk
  • Yours, Mine & Ours (2005) as Helen North
  • Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) as Rhodora Haze
  • Tin Cup (1996) as Dr. Molly Griswold
  • Two for the Money (2005) as Toni Morrow