Rene Russo

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).

Known For

Avengers: Endgame

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Oscars

Thor

Thor: The Dark World

Nightcrawler

The Intern

All Movies (30)

• Avengers: Endgame2019 · as Frigga
• Velvet Buzzsaw2019 · as Rhodora Haze
• Just Getting Started2017 · as Suzie
• The Intern2015 · as Fiona Farwell
• Frank and Cindy2015 · as Cindy Brown
• Nightcrawler2014 · as Nina Romina
• Thor: The Dark World2013 · as Frigga
• Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'2012 · as Self
• Thor2011 · as Frigga
• Yours, Mine & Ours2005 · as Helen North
• Two for the Money2005 · as Toni Morrow
• Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary2003 · as Self
• Big Trouble2002 · as Anna Herk
• Showtime2002 · as Chase Renzi
• The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle2000 · as Natasha
• The Thomas Crown Affair1999 · as Catherine Banning
• The Free Willy Story - Keiko's Journey Home1999 · as Narrator
• Lethal Weapon 41998 · as Lorna Cole
• Buddy1997 · as Trudy Lintz
• Ransom1996 · as Katherine Mullen
• Tin Cup1996 · as Dr. Molly Griswold
• Get Shorty1995 · as Karen Flores
• Outbreak1995 · as Robby Keough
• Major League II1994 · as Lynn Wells (ucredited)
• In the Line of Fire1993 · as Lilly Raines
• Lethal Weapon 31992 · as Lorna Cole
• Freejack1992 · as Julie Redlund
• One Good Cop1991 · as Rita Lewis
• Mr. Destiny1990 · as Cindy Jo
• Major League1989 · as Lynn Wells

All TV Shows (8)

• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Comedy Central Roasts2003 · as Self
• The Directors1999 · as Self
• MADtv1995 · as Self
• HBO First Look1992
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Sable1987 · as Eden Kendell
• The Oscars1953 · as Self