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

• 2019Avengers: Endgame — Frigga
• 2019Velvet Buzzsaw — Rhodora Haze
• 2017Just Getting Started — Suzie
• 2015Frank and Cindy — Cindy Brown
• 2015The Intern — Fiona Farwell
• 2014Nightcrawler — Nina Romina
• 2013Thor: The Dark World — Frigga
• 2011Thor — Frigga
• 2005Two for the Money — Toni Morrow, Executive Producer
• 2005Yours, Mine & Ours — Helen North
• 2002Big Trouble — Anna Herk
• 2002Showtime — Chase Renzi
• 2000The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle — Natasha
• 1999The Free Willy Story - Keiko's Journey Home — Narrator
• 1999The Thomas Crown Affair — Catherine Banning
• 1998Lethal Weapon 4 — Lorna Cole
• 1997Buddy — Trudy Lintz
• 1996Ransom — Katherine Mullen
• 1996Tin Cup — Dr. Molly Griswold
• 1995Get Shorty — Karen Flores
• 1995Outbreak — Robby Keough
• 1994Major League II — Lynn Wells (ucredited)
• 1993In the Line of Fire — Lilly Raines
• 1992Freejack — Julie Redlund
• HBO First Look
• 1992Lethal Weapon 3 — Lorna Cole
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991One Good Cop — Rita Lewis
• 1990Mr. Destiny — Cindy Jo
• 1989Major League — Lynn Wells
• Sable — Eden Kendell

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2012Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' — Self
• 2003Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary — Self
• Comedy Central Roasts — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The Directors — Self
• MADtv — Self
• The Oscars — Self