Initially, nothing indicated such a bright future for Rene Russo. When she was two, her father left her, her sister, and her mother. However, at the age of 10, she was diagnosed with a spine defect, so she had to wear a corset for four years. Wanting to financially support her mother, who worked in a factory and in the evenings as a bartender, Rene took a job as a ticket attendant at a local theater, and also worked in a glasses workshop.
Everything changed when talent hunter John Cosby spotted her at one of The Rolling Stones concerts. He invited her to a photo shoot, after which Russo signed a contract with the Ford modeling agency. She has appeared on the covers of magazines such as Vogue , Mademoiselle and Cosmopolitan . In the 1980s, she quit modeling and began performing in small California theaters. She took theater and acting lessons, and one of her teachers was Allan Rich.
She made her debut on the glass screen in the series Sable in 1987, then she appeared in several dozen films, incl. in Mr. Destiny (1990), Freejack (1992), in the third and fourth installments of the Lethal Weapon (1992 and 1998 respectively), Yours, Mine and Ours (2005), Freelancer (2014) , is only the beginning (2017).. She also played Thor’s mother, Frigga, in three MCU productions: Thorze (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Avengers: Endgame(2019). Over her career, she has received AARP, San Diego Film Critics Society and Saturn Awards, all for her role in Freelancer , as well as 17 nominations (including Saturn Awards, Screen Actors Guild and British Film Academy).
On the occasion of Rene Russo’s 67th birthday, we wish you all the best!