Rene Russo
Born February 17, 1954 (Age: 72)
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Burbank, California, USA
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).
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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Filmography
Avengers: Endgame
2019
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as Frigga
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Age: 65
Velvet Buzzsaw
2019
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as Rhodora Haze
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Age: 64
Just Getting Started
2017
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as Suzie
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Age: 63
The Intern
2015
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as Fiona Farwell
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Age: 61
Nightcrawler
2014
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as Nina Romina
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Age: 60
Thor: The Dark World
2013
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as Frigga
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Age: 59
Thor
2011
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as Frigga
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Age: 57
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
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as Helen North
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Age: 51
Two for the Money
2005
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as Toni Morrow
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Age: 51
Big Trouble
2002
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as Anna Herk
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Age: 48
Showtime
2002
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as Chase Renzi
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Age: 48
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
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as Natasha
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Age: 46
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
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as Catherine Banning
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Age: 45
Lethal Weapon 4
1998
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as Lorna Cole
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Age: 44
Buddy
1997
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as Trudy Lintz
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Age: 43
Ransom
1996
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as Katherine Mullen
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Age: 42
Tin Cup
1996
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as Dr. Molly Griswold
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Age: 42
Get Shorty
1995
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as Karen Flores
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Age: 41
Outbreak
1995
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as Robby Keough
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Age: 41
Major League II
1994
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as Lynn Wells (ucredited)
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Age: 40
In the Line of Fire
1993
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as Lilly Raines
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Age: 39
Lethal Weapon 3
1992
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as Lorna Cole
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Age: 38
Freejack
1992
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as Julie Redlund
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Age: 37
Mr. Destiny
1990
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as Cindy Jo
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Age: 36
Major League
1989
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as Lynn Wells
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Age: 34