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    Rene Russo

    1954-02-17 (70 years old) in Burbank, California, USA

    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).

    Movies

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    Avengers: Endgame
    82 %|Apr 24, 2019
    Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
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    Velvet Buzzsaw
    53.64 %|Feb 1, 2019
    Thriller, Mystery, Horror
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    Just Getting Started
    49 %|Dec 1, 2017
    Action, Comedy
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    The Intern
    72.18 %|Sep 23, 2015
    Comedy
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    Frank and Cindy
    54 %|Jun 16, 2015
    Comedy, Drama
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    Nightcrawler
    77.07 %|Oct 23, 2014
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Thor: The Dark World
    65.22 %|Oct 30, 2013
    Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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    Thor
    67.69999999999999 %|Apr 21, 2011
    Adventure, Fantasy, Action
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    Yours, Mine & Ours
    61.589999999999996 %|Nov 23, 2005
    Comedy, Family, Romance
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    Two for the Money
    60.61 %|Oct 7, 2005
    Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
    59 %|Aug 10, 2003
    Comedy, TV Movie, Documentary
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    Big Trouble
    61 %|Apr 5, 2002
    Action, Comedy, Thriller, Mystery
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    Showtime
    55 %|Mar 14, 2002
    Action, Comedy
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    The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
    41 %|Jun 30, 2000
    Family, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
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    The Thomas Crown Affair
    67.41 %|Aug 6, 1999
    Drama, Crime, Romance
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    Lethal Weapon 4
    65.9 %|Jul 10, 1998
    Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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    Buddy
    48 %|Jun 6, 1997
    Family, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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    Ransom
    66.87 %|Nov 8, 1996
    Action, Thriller
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    Tin Cup
    60 %|Aug 16, 1996
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
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    Get Shorty
    64.72 %|Oct 20, 1995
    Comedy, Thriller, Crime
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    Outbreak
    65.55 %|Mar 10, 1995
    Action, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
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    Major League II
    57 %|Mar 30, 1994
    Comedy
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    In the Line of Fire
    69.88000000000001 %|Jul 8, 1993
    Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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    Lethal Weapon 3
    66.98 %|May 15, 1992
    Adventure, Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime
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    Freejack
    54 %|Jan 17, 1992
    Science Fiction, Action, Crime, Drama
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    One Good Cop
    57 %|May 3, 1991
    Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Mr. Destiny
    62 %|Oct 12, 1990
    Fantasy, Comedy, Science Fiction, Romance
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    Major League
    68.83 %|Feb 16, 1989
    Comedy

    Series

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    The Ellen DeGeneres Show
    58 %|Sep 8, 2003
    Comedy, Talk
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    Comedy Central Roasts
    0 %|Aug 10, 2003
    Comedy
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    The Directors
    51 %|Jan 1, 1999
    Documentary
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    MADtv
    68.77 %|Oct 14, 1995
    Comedy
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    HBO First Look
    49 %|Jun 12, 1992
    Documentary
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    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
    54 %|May 25, 1992
    Talk, Comedy
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    Sable
    47 %|Nov 7, 1987
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Mystery
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    Matlock
    71.5 %|Mar 3, 1986
    Crime, Drama
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    The Oscars
    70 %|Mar 19, 1953