Rene Russo
Actor
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
Thor
as Frigga 2011
Thor: The Dark World
as Frigga 2013
Nightcrawler
as Nina Romina 2014
The Intern
as Fiona Farwell 2015
Lethal Weapon 3
as Lorna Cole 1992
Lethal Weapon 4
as Lorna Cole 1998
Outbreak
as Robby Keough 1995
Ransom
as Katherine Mullen 1996
Velvet Buzzsaw
as Rhodora Haze 2019
In the Line of Fire
as Lilly Raines 1993
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Catherine Banning 1999
Get Shorty
as Karen Flores 1995
Showtime
as Chase Renzi 2002
Yours, Mine & Ours
as Helen North 2005
Major League
as Lynn Wells 1989
Two for the Money
as Toni Morrow 2005