
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).

Avengers: Endgame
2019 · as Frigga

Thor
2011 · as Frigga

Thor: The Dark World
2013 · as Frigga

Lethal Weapon 4
1998 · as Lorna Cole

Nightcrawler
2014 · as Nina Romina

Outbreak
1995 · as Robby Keough

The Intern
2015 · as Fiona Farwell

In the Line of Fire
1993 · as Lilly Raines

The Thomas Crown Affair
1999 · as Catherine Banning

Lethal Weapon 3
1992 · as Lorna Cole

Major League
1989 · as Lynn Wells

Ransom
1996 · as Katherine Mullen

Big Trouble
2002 · as Anna Herk

Get Shorty
1995 · as Karen Flores

Showtime
2002 · as Chase Renzi

Yours, Mine & Ours
2005 · as Helen North

Tin Cup
1996 · as Dr. Molly Griswold

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000 · as Natasha