Rene Russo Profile

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Birth Name:Rene Marie Russo
Famous As: Actress
Date of Birth: February 17, 1954
Place of Birth: Burbank, California, USA
Height: 5' 8
Nationality: American
Father: Nino Russo
Mother: Shirley Balocca
Sister(s): Toni
Spouse: Dan Gilroy (a screenwriter, since March 14, 1992)
Daughter(s): Rose
Education: Attended Burroughs High School

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Rene Russo
Born Rene Marie Russo
February 17, 1954 (1954-02-17) (age 55)
Burbank, California, U.S.
Years active 1987–present
Spouse(s) Dan Gilroy (1992-present); one daughter

Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954)12 is an American film actress and former fashion model.

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Biography

Early life

Russo, an Italian American,34 was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Shirley (née Balocca), a factory worker and barmaid, and Nino Russo, a sculptor and car mechanic who left the family when Rene was two.156 Russo grew up with her sister, Toni, and their single mother. She attended Burroughs High School (where her classmates included director Ron Howard), but eventually dropped out in the tenth grade. Due to financial constraints within the family, she began taking a variety of part-time jobs including working in an eyeglass factory, and as a movie cashier.

Career

Russo made her television series debut in 1987, with a supporting role in the TV series Sable. Two years later, she made her debut in film as the girlfriend of the Tom Berenger character in Major League. Her breakthrough role is generally considered to be her part as martial arts-practicing internal affairs detective Lorna Cole in Lethal Weapon 3 (and again in Lethal Weapon 4) opposite Mel Gibson.

Throughout the 1990s, Russo appeared in a number of high-profile thrillers that were hugely successful at the box office, including In the Line of Fire with Clint Eastwood, Outbreak with Dustin Hoffman, Ransom (directed by high school classmate Howard) and The Thomas Crown Affair starring Pierce Brosnan.

She also tried her hand at comedy in Tin Cup with Kevin Costner, Get Shorty with John Travolta and as the cartoonish Russian spy Natasha in the live-action film version of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. She starred in at least one major studio film per year from 1992 to 2002.

Russo more recently co-starred with Al Pacino in Two for the Money and with Dennis Quaid in Yours, Mine and Ours. But she has not been seen in a film since 2005.

Personal life

Russo has been married to screenwriter Dan Gilroy since 1992. They have one daughter, Rose (born August 31, 1993), and the family currently lives in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. Her sister Toni was married to lyricist Bernie Taupin in the 1980s, and Rene appeared alongside her sister in the 1987 video for Taupin's solo song, "Citizen Jane." It was during this period that Russo began an intense study into spirituality, and eventually embraced Christianity.

Filmography

Title Year Role
Major League 1989 Lynn Wells
Mr. Destiny 1990 Cindy Jo Bumpers/Burrows
One Good Cop 1991 Rita Lewis
Freejack 1992 Julie Redlund
Lethal Weapon 3 1992 Lorna Cole
In the Line of Fire 1993 Secret Service Agent Lilly Raines
Major League II 1994 Lynn Wells (cameo)
Outbreak 1995 Robby Keough
Get Shorty 1995 Karen Flores
Tin Cup 1996 Dr. Molly Griswold
Ransom 1996 Kate Mullen
Buddy 1997 Mrs. Gertrude 'Trudy' Lintz
Lethal Weapon 4 1998 Lorna Cole-Riggs
The Thomas Crown Affair 1999 Catherine Olds Banning
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle 2000 Natasha Fatale
Big Trouble 2002 Anna Herk
Showtime 2002 Chase Renzi
Two for the Money 2005 Toni Morrow
Yours, Mine and Ours 2005 Helen North

References

  1. ^ a b Rene Russo Biography (1954-)
  2. ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461
  3. ^ Two for the Money Movie - Rene Russo on Two for the Money, Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey
  4. ^ A little older, a lot wiser. | Good Housekeeping (August, 2000)
  5. ^ STAR RENE'S RUNAWAY DAD DIED OF GUILT; Actress refused to speak to him after he dumped young family.(News) - Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) - HighBeam Research
  6. ^ Chicago Sun-Times:: Search

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