• 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.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: February 17, 1954
  2. Birth Name: Rene Marie Russo
  3. Birthplace: Burbank, California
  4. Discovered in 1972 by an agent at a Rolling Stones concert
  5. Was a successful model by age 18
  6. Breakout film: Lethal Weapon 3
  7. Married to screenwriter Dan Gilroy
  8. Once up for the role Debra Winger played in Urban Cowboy

• Notable Roles

  1. Lynn Wells in Major League movies
  2. Lorna Cole in Lethal Weapon 3 and Lethal Weapon 4
  3. Robby Keough in Outbreak
  4. Karen Flores in Get Shorty
  5. Dr. Molly Griswold in Tin Cup
  6. Kate Mullen in Ransom
  7. Catherine Banning in The Thomas Crown Affair
  8. Natasha Fatale in Rocky and Bullwinkle
  9. Helen North in Yours Mine and Ours

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