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- Born: February 17, 1954
- Birth Name: Rene Marie Russo
- Birthplace: Burbank, California
- Discovered in 1972 by an agent at a Rolling Stones concert
- Was a successful model by age 18
- Breakout film: Lethal Weapon 3
- Married to screenwriter Dan Gilroy
- Once up for the role Debra Winger played in Urban Cowboy
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Rene Russo is an American film actress who began her career modeling for the Ford Modeling Agency. In 1989, she had a bit part as Tom Berenger's girlfriend in Major League, but didn't get her big break until 1992 when she starred alongside Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon 3. Russo worked steadily through the 1990s, starring in the Clint Eastwood thriller, In the Line of Fire in 1993, Outbreak and Get Shorty in 1995, Tin Cup and Ransom in 1996, Lethal Weapon 4 in 1998, and The Thomas Crown Affair in 1999.
In 2005, Russo starred alongside Al Pacino in Two for the Money. That same year, she appeared as "Helen North" in Yours Mine and Ours.
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Notable Roles
- Lynn Wells in Major League movies
- Lorna Cole in Lethal Weapon 3 and Lethal Weapon 4
- Robby Keough in Outbreak
- Karen Flores in Get Shorty
- Dr. Molly Griswold in Tin Cup
- Kate Mullen in Ransom
- Catherine Banning in The Thomas Crown Affair
- Natasha Fatale in Rocky and Bullwinkle
- Helen North in Yours Mine and Ours
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Rene Russo Questions
Whatever happened to Rene Russo?? 1 AnswerRene Russo does seem to have disappeared off the showbiz scene somewhat. Here last two films were "Two for the Money" and "Yours, Mine and Ours" both from 2005.... read more
Whatever happened to Rene Russo? 1 AnswerRene Russo last appeared on film in 2005. She doesn't have anything in production either. She recently appeared in the Brian Atwood Spring-Summer 2009 Shoe Col... read more
What is your favorite movie with Renee Zellweger in it? 5 AnswersChicago without at doubt! She was amazing as Roxie Hart and I didn't even know she could sing or dance before she made that movie so she really surprised me and... read more
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Rene Russo Timeline
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- 1954: Born
- 1989: Major League
- 1992: Freejack
- 1992: Lethal Weapon 3
- 1993: In the Line of Fire
- 1995: Outbreak
- 1995: Get Shorty
- 1996: Tin Cup
- 1996: Ransom
- 1998: Lethat Weapon 4
- 1999: The Thomas Crown Affair
- 2000: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
- 2002: Big Trouble
- 2005: Two for the Money
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"Close is a lingerie shop without a front window." -- Rene Russo, LETHAL WEAPON 3
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@telltell_heart wait - was it rene russo from tin cup?
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Wow, Rene Russo and Donald Sutherland. I was 15 when that movie came out on theaters -- freakin' made me a hypochondriac
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