
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).
Filmography

Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Frigga

Velvet Buzzsaw
2019
as Rhodora Haze

Just Getting Started
2017
as Suzie

The Intern
2015
as Fiona Farwell

Frank and Cindy
2015
as Cindy Brown

Nightcrawler
2014
as Nina Romina

Thor: The Dark World
2013
as Frigga

Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
2012
as Self

Thor
2011
as Frigga

Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
as Helen North

Two for the Money
2005
as Toni Morrow

Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
2003
as Self

Big Trouble
2002
as Anna Herk

Showtime
2002
as Chase Renzi

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
as Natasha

The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
as Catherine Banning

The Free Willy Story - Keiko's Journey Home
1999
as Narrator

Lethal Weapon 4
1998
as Lorna Cole

Buddy
1997
as Trudy Lintz

Ransom
1996
as Katherine Mullen

Tin Cup
1996
as Dr. Molly Griswold

Get Shorty
1995
as Karen Flores

Outbreak
1995
as Robby Keough

Major League II
1994
as Lynn Wells (ucredited)