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Trivia
Discovered at 16 after attending a Rolling Stones concert.
Model.
Her father,
a mechanic, left the family when she was 2.
Has seven
siblings on her father's side. The late, one time auto
mechanic turned sculptor, Nino Russo had at least six
other children besides Rene, they are: Jim, January
Debra, Toni Lynn, David, and Anthony John Russo.
At 10 years
old Rene developed curvature of the spine and had to
wear a body cast for 4 years.
She met her
husband Dan Gilroy while they were both working on the
film Freejack (1992) - Gilroy as screenwriter had turned
down an offer to rewrite it and Rene had turned down
an offer to star in it - both changed their minds, met
on the set, and were soon married.
Is allergic
to sesame.
Went to high
school with actor/director Ron Howard.
Daughter
Rose born. [August 1993]
Measurements:
33-23-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Personal quotes
"There is so much more than that little space from
14 to 40. And if you cut that off and begin to believe
that you are not good past a certain age, then you end
up scared and insecure and afraid. That is definitely
NOT beautiful."
"It
never really dawned on me that, gee, I'm 45 and I'm
taking off my clothes. For me it was a matter of living
inside the character." - discussing her nude scenes
in The Thomas Crown Affair."
"Age
helps. Hitting forty helped me. Marriage helps you tremendously
because you either die in marriage or you make it. There's
no in-between. I tell people who are about to get married,
'Oh, congratulations.' And the next thing out of my
mouth is:'Get into therapy. Get into therapy before
it falls apart. Learn how to communicate."
"My
way of fighting before I learned a different programming
was'"You mother-- son of a--, I hate you. I want
a divorce.' That's not really appropriate behavior.
It would be better to say, 'I'm really, really angry.
We're not going to solve it right now. We need a mediator.'
Or you say, 'Let's talk it out. Here's how I feel.'
I mean, who is taught that?"
"My
dad left when I was two and I didn't see him again until
I was seventeen. I was sitting there going, 'Let me
play the record of Sleeping Beauty one more time.' [Sings]
'Some day my prince will come. . . .' I was like, 'Some
day my dad will come back."
"I would
love to work with kids in some way. I get so many letters
from kids, especially teenagers. There are so many hurting
teenagers out there who feel they have to look a certain
way, they have to be thin or have big breasts. I tell
them, 'Please, you are beautiful the way you are.' I'd
like to work with kids who are having real identity
crises. Kids say to me, 'I'm really glad you shared
with me that when you were a teenager you really felt
bad about yourself. And I'm glad you told me it's okay
that I'm not skinny skinny because I never will be.'
I look at this as a war. It's a really evil thing."
"The
roles I've gotten haven't been phenomenal. I wish I
could say I wake up every morning with a passion to
do it. But acting allows me a certain platform, and
the money's great and the people I meet [are] fascinating.
Acting is the least of it because there's so much waiting
around."
"The
big deal was, 'You're older, and you got this part -
you're 44, and you took your clothes off! Are you out
of your mind?' For people not to see that I was totally
suited for the role was insane. This [film] world is
. about young women with older men, but I was absolutely
right with Pierce Brosnan in terms of our ages. He's
my contemporary."
"I didn't
know how I was gonna make money. I had to pay the bills.
I didn't want to act, but the door was open. I was a
high-school drop-out, and there was nothing else I could
do. People figured I couldn't act [just] because I modeled.
'Good!' I thought. 'That way, if I do anything, they'll
think I'm a genius.' I was always a bit of a rebel with
a street attitude."
Rene Russo - Filmography
Below is a complete filmography
(list of movies she's appeared in)
Big Trouble (2002) .... Anna Herk
Showtime (2002) .... Chase Renzi
Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, The (2000) ....
Natasha Fatale
... aka Abenteuer von Rocky und Bullwinkle, Die (2001)
(Germany)
Thomas Crown
Affair, The (1999) .... Catherine Olds Banning
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) .... Lorna Cole
... aka Lethal 4 (1998) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
Buddy (1997) .... Mrs. Gertrude 'Trudy' Lintz
Ransom (1996) .... Kate Mullen
Tin Cup (1996) .... Dr. Molly Griswold
Get Shorty (1995) .... Karen Flores
Outbreak (1995) .... Robby Keough
Major League II (1994) (uncredited) .... Lynn
In the Line of Fire (1993) .... Secret Service Agent
Lilly Raines
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) .... Lorna Cole
Freejack (1992) .... Julie Redlund
One Good Cop (1991) .... Rita Lewis
Mr. Destiny (1990) .... Cindy Jo Bumpers
Major League
(1989) .... Lynn Wells
Meanwhile in Santa Monica (1988)
"Sable" (1987) TV Series .... Eden Kendell
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