Rene Russo

Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954) is an American actress, producer, and former model. Russo began her career in the 1970s as a popular fashion model, appearing several times on the covers of magazines like Vogue and Cosmopolitan. In the late 1980s, she transitioned to an acting career. She became known for starring in a series of popular, big budget thrillers and action movies throughout the 1990s. She made her big screen debut in the 1989 comedy film Major League and later co-starred in Mr. Destiny (1990) and One Good Cop (1991). In the 1990s she played the female lead in box office hits including Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), In the Line of Fire (1993), Outbreak (1995), Get Shorty (1995), Tin Cup (1996), Ransom (1996), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) and The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000). After she starred in the family comedy Yours, Mine and Ours in 2005, she took a six-year break from acting. Russo appeared as Frigga, the mother of the titular hero in the superhero films Thor (2011) and Thor: The Dark World (2013). In 2014, Russo co-starred in the crime thriller film Nightcrawler, for which she received critical praise, won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She appeared in the 2015 comedy film The Intern and is set to star in the action comedy Villa Capri, which is scheduled for release in August 2017.