Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954)[1] is an American actress and 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.[2] She has also appeared in The Intern (2015), Just Getting Started (2017), and Velvet Buzzsaw (2019).
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^Leo Barraclough (January 8, 2015). "'Grand Budapest Hotel,' 'Birdman,' 'Theory of Everything' Lead BAFTA Nominations". Variety. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954) is an American actress and model. She began her career as a fashion model in the 1970s, appearing on magazine...
(2012)—the last in collaboration with his brother Tony Gilroy. His wife, ReneRusso, has also been his frequent collaborator since the two met in 1992 and...
and written by Dan Gilroy and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Zawe Ashton, ReneRusso, Toni Collette, Daveed Diggs, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, Billy Magnussen...
comedy film written and directed by G.J. Echternkamp. The film stars ReneRusso, Oliver Platt, Johnny Simmons, Jane Levy, and Marc Maron and is based...
co-written and directed by Ron Shelton, and starring Kevin Costner and ReneRusso with Cheech Marin and Don Johnson in major supporting roles. The film...
by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich and ReneRusso. Written by Jeff Maguire, the film is about a disillusioned and obsessed...
film directed by Geoff Murphy and starring Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, ReneRusso, and Anthony Hopkins. The screenplay was written by Steven Pressfield...
Whitney Houston (1992), Wyatt Earp with Dennis Quaid (1994), Tin Cup with ReneRusso (1996), The Postman with Will Patton (1997), Message in a Bottle with...
Lethal Weapon film series and stars Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, ReneRusso, and Stuart Wilson. In Lethal Weapon 3, LAPD Sergeants Martin Riggs (Gibson)...
by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, ReneRusso, Chris Rock, and Jet Li (in his international film debut). It is the fourth...
Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, the live-action Natasha was portrayed by ReneRusso. In the 2014, 3D DreamWorks Animation short film Rocky & Bullwinkle, Lauri...
actor in the movie Yours, Mine & Ours (2005) alongside Dennis Quaid and ReneRusso playing Ethan Beardsley. His other roles include Woody Forrester in How...