Rene Russo
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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- 2019 · Avengers: Endgame as Frigga
- 2019 · Velvet Buzzsaw as Rhodora Haze
- 2017 · Just Getting Started as Suzie
- 2015 · The Intern as Fiona Farwell
- 2015 · Frank and Cindy as Cindy Brown
- 2014 · Nightcrawler as Nina Romina
- 2013 · Thor: The Dark World as Frigga
- 2012 · Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' as Self
- 2011 · Thor as Frigga
- 2005 · Yours, Mine & Ours as Helen North
- 2005 · Two for the Money as Toni Morrow
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Comedy Central Roasts as Self
- 2003 · Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary as Herself
- 2002 · Big Trouble as Anna Herk
- 2002 · Showtime as Chase Renzi
- 2000 · The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as Natasha
- 1999 · The Thomas Crown Affair as Catherine Banning
- 1999 · The Directors as Self
- 1999 · The Free Willy Story - Keiko's Journey Home as Narrator
- 1998 · Lethal Weapon 4 as Lorna Cole
- 1997 · Buddy as Trudy Lintz
- 1996 · Ransom as Katherine Mullen
- 1996 · Tin Cup as Dr. Molly Griswold
- 1995 · Get Shorty as Karen Flores
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · Outbreak as Robby Keough
- 1994 · Major League II as Lynn Wells
- 1993 · In the Line of Fire as Secret Service Agent Lilly Raines
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Lethal Weapon 3 as Lorna Cole
- 1992 · Freejack as Julie Redlund
- 1991 · One Good Cop as Rita Lewis
- 1990 · Mr. Destiny as Cindy Jo
- 1989 · Major League as Lynn Wells
- 1987 · Sable as Eden Kendell
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self