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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).
As actor
Velvet Buzzsaw
Avengers: Endgame
Just Getting Started
The Intern
Frank and Cindy
Nightcrawler
Thor: The Dark World
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
Thor
Two for the Money
Yours, Mine & Ours
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
Big Trouble
Showtime
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Free Willy Story - Keiko's Journey Home
Lethal Weapon 4
Buddy
Ransom
Tin Cup
Outbreak
Get Shorty
Major League II
In the Line of Fire
Lethal Weapon 3
Freejack
One Good Cop
Mr. Destiny
Major League