Rene Russo is a successful American actress who has starred in dozens of box office films. In the world of cinema, the artist made her way through the modeling business. Let's look at the biography of Rene Russo. Let's talk about the best pictures and personal life of the actress.
Actress childhood
Rene Russo was born on February 17, 1954 in the provincial American town of Burbank, which is located in California. Already at the time of the birth of the girl, relations between mother and father were not developing in the best way. The head of the family, Nico, decided to leave his family to the mercy of fate when our heroine was only two years old. The provision of the family and the maintenance of another daughter entirely fell on the shoulders of the mother.
Secondary education Rene Russo received at a local school Burroughs. At the age of ten, doctors diagnosed the girl with a complex form of scoliosis. Over the next few years, the baby was forced to walk in a squeezing corset. Disease of the spine made our heroine suffer from self-doubt. The girl constantly experienced a feeling of loneliness. The situation was aggravated by regular ridicule from peers. At school, Rene Russo entrenched the offensive nickname Merry Giantess. The reason for this was the girl's unnaturally high growth for such an early age.
Young years
After graduating from grade 10, Rene left the school ahead of schedule to help her mother earn money to support her family. The girl intended to do work, which allowed to have some advantages. Our heroine got a job in a local cinema, which made it possible to watch premiere films for free. A job as a waitress in a restaurant reduced the cost of buying food. After all, the staff of the catering establishment was offered free meals.
Russo was later hired at Disneyland, where she was selling tickets. Entrance to the famous amusement park was available to our heroine absolutely free. In parallel, I had to work at the factory, occupying the position of master for assembling glasses.
In her free time, Rene Russo was fond of listening to music. Especially the future actress liked the work of the famous rock band The Rolling Stones. The girl just dreamed of a dream of meeting with the lead singer of the band, Mick Jagger. Being at one of the concerts of the group, Rene met a representative of a modeling agency - a guy named John Crosby. The young man was impressed by the non-standard appearance of our heroine. The young woman was given a business card and was offered the opportunity of a photo shoot for creating test shots.
Career start
Russo took advantage of the gift of fate. The girl contacted model agent John Crosby and went to conquer Los Angeles. The first shootings took place for the popular Revlon brand. After the photo shoot, our heroine made an acquaintance with the photographer Richard Avedon, who later took her under his wing.
Career Rene Russo was rapidly developing to reach the age of nineteen. It was during this period that a landmark photo shoot took place, which allowed our heroine to be on the cover of the authoritative Vogue publication. The talented girl no longer had problems with money. Rene spent the first large fee on the purchase of a new home for her mother in gratitude for her good education, the hardships and hardships she had experienced.
Movie debut
In 1987, our heroine was offered a role in the television series Sable. A successful model got to the set due to useful connections in show business. In the film, Rene Russo played one of the central characters - a girl named Eden Candell.
The Sable project was destined to stay afloat for only a year. However, even for such a short period, the beginning actress managed to attract the attention of the right people. A year later, Rousseau was offered a secondary role in the comedy film "Major League". Here, the actress played the girlfriend of the protagonist, in the image of which the famous Charlie Sheen performed.
First major successes
The iconic film for Rene Russo was the action movie "Lethal Weapon-3." In the picture, the actress was lucky to work on the same set with such Hollywood stars as Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. Participation in the project allowed our heroine to attract the attention of a wide audience and get positive reviews from critics.
Largely due to the appearance on the screens in the cash register, Russo acquired the status of a real icon of style and the ideal of beauty. The American public idolized the image of a strong and attractive woman who is in no way inferior to men. The current role allowed Renee pretty soon to get roles in a number of promising projects: “On the Line of Fire”, “Ransom”, “Epidemic” and “Deadly Weapon-4”.
Career development
In 1995, Russo decided to try herself as a comedic actress. Soon, fans saw our heroine on the screen in the company of Gene Hackman and Danny De Vito. Together, the actors played in a rather successful film “Get Shorty”. This was followed by the participation of the artist in the filming of several more comedies: “Buddy” and “Tin Cup”.
The most profitable in the career of Rene was the action-packed film "Thomas Crown Scam", which was released on wide screens in 1999. The actress's fee for playing the main role in the film amounted to an impressive 5 million dollars. During the work on the tape, the actress was already over forty, which did not stop her from looking attractive along with Pierce Brosnan in erotic scenes.
Rousseau was expecting another resounding success in 2011, when the actress was approved for one of the central roles in the fantastic blockbuster “Thor” from the famous Marvel studio. Rene happened to return to the image of a strong woman, playing Queen Frigga - the wife of the god Odin. Two years later, the continuation of the box office film “Thor 2: The Kingdom of Darkness” followed, to which the actress was again invited.
Another successful work of our heroine was the film "Stringer" (2014). Here, the actress happened to work on the set with the famous Jake Gyllenhaal. On the screen, the artist revealed the image of the head of a psychopathic, narcissistic journalist, ready to do anything to achieve her goal. For the film Stringer, released in 2014, Rousseau was nominated for the prestigious BAFTA Award and introduced the Saturn Award into her own piggy bank.
Personal life
Rene has been married to screenwriter Danny Gilroy for a long 24 years. Relations between young people began during the work on the film "The Fugitive". After the wedding, which took place in 1992, a daughter named Rosa appeared in the family. The couple lives happily in Santa Monica. The daughter of the actress is currently an adult girl who is trying herself in the modeling business, dreaming of repeating her mother's successes.