Rene Russo

Infobox actor


name = Rene Russo
birthname = Rene Marie Russo
birthdate = birth date and age|1954|2|17
birthplace = Burbank, California, U.S.A.
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spouse = Dan Gilroy (Mar. 14, 1992); 1 child
yearsactive = 1987-present

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

Biography

Early life

Russo, a Sicilian/Italian American, [ [http://movies.about.com/od/twoforthemoney/a/moneyrr100105.htm Two for the Money Movie - Rene Russo on Two for the Money, Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey ] ] [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28137579_ITM A little older, a lot wiser. | Good Housekeeping (August, 2000) ] ] 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. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/32/Rene-Russo.html Rene Russo Biography (1954-) ] ] [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60360179.html 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 ] ] [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB422B7B9868B2C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Chicago Sun-Times:: Search ] ] 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

In 1972, Russo was spotted at a Rolling Stones concert by a scout and manager John Crosby from International Creative Management. She was signed to the Ford Modeling Agency and began modeling shortly after, appearing on the cover of several magazines, including Vogue. Russo spent the majority of the 1970s and early 1980s as a successful model, but later began to study acting.

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"). 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", "Outbreak", "Ransom" and "The Thomas Crown Affair". She tried her hand at comedy in "Tin Cup", "Get Shorty" 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.

She more recently co-starred with Al Pacino in "Two for the Money" and with Dennis Quaid in "Yours, Mine and Ours".

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."

Filmography

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0000623|name=Rene Russo
* [http://www.rene-russo.org Rene Russo Fansite]
* [http://movies.about.com/od/twoforthemoney/a/moneyrr100105.htm interview, 10/05, About.com]
* [http://www.movieweb.com/news/91/9491.php interview, 10/07/05, MovieWeb]

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DATE OF BIRTH= 1954-2-17
PLACE OF BIRTH= Burbank, California, U.S.A.
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