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