Renée Zellweger

Birthday:

04/25/1969

Place of birth:

Katy, Texas, USA:

Biography:

Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an American actress. The recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, she was one of the world's highest-paid actresses by 2007. Born and raised in Texas, Zellweger studied English literature at the University of Texas at Austin. Initially aspiring for a career in journalism, she was drawn to acting following her brief work on stage while in college. Following minor roles in Dazed and Confused (1993) and Reality Bites (1994), her first starring role came with the slasher film Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994). She rose to prominence with starring roles in the romantic comedy Jerry Maguire (1996), the drama One True Thing (1998), and the black comedy Nurse Betty (2000), winning a Golden Globe Award for the last of these. For portraying Bridget Jones in the romantic comedy Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago (2002), Zellweger gained consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a loquacious farmer in the war film Cold Mountain (2003). She reprised her role as Jones in the sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), and, following a career downturn and hiatus, in Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). In 2019, Zellweger starred in her first major television role in the Netflix series What/If, and portrayed Judy Garland in the biopic Judy, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has since starred as Pam Hupp in the NBC crime miniseries The Thing About Pam (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Renée Zellweger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.



Credits

Being Bridget Jones (2020)
Self
Judy (2019)
Judy Garland
Here and Now (2018)
Tessa
Same Kind of Different as Me (2017)
Deborah Hall
Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
Bridget Jones
Queen Mimi (2016)
Self
The Whole Truth (2016)
Loretta Lassiter
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Self (archive footage)
My Own Love Song (2010)
Jane Wyatt
My One and Only (2009)
Anne Deveraux
Case 39 (2009)
Emily Jenkins
Monsters vs Aliens (2009)
Katie (voice)
New in Town (2009)
Lucy Hill
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)
Self
Appaloosa (2008)
Allie
Leatherheads (2008)
Lexie Littleton
Bee Movie (2007)
Vanessa Bloome (voice)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
Self
Miss Potter (2006)
Beatrix Potter
Cinderella Man (2005)
Mae Braddock
Club Oscar (2005)
Angie (voice)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Bridget Jones
Shark Tale (2004)
Angie (voice)
Stuck on You: It's Funny - The Farrelly Formula (2004)
Self
Cold Mountain (2003)
Ruby Thewes
Declaration of Independence (2003)
Self
Down with Love (2003)
Barbara Novak
Making of Chicago (2002)
Self
Chicago (2002)
Roxie Hart
White Oleander (2002)
Claire Richards
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Bridget Jones
Nurse Betty (2000)
Betty
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Irene P. Waters
The Bachelor (1999)
Anne
One True Thing (1998)
Ellen Gulden
A Price Above Rubies (1998)
Sonia Horowitz
Deceiver (1997)
Elizabeth
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Dorothy Boyd
The Whole Wide World (1996)
Novalyne Price
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary (1996)
herself
The Low Life (1995)
Poet
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995)
Jenny
Empire Records (1995)
Gina
Love and a .45 (1994)
Starlene Cheatham
Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1994)
Susan
8 Seconds (1994)
Buckle Bunny
Reality Bites (1994)
Tami
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Girl in Blue Truck (uncredited)
A Taste for Killing (1992)
Mary Lou
Living Proof (2008)
Executive Producer
Miss Potter (2006)
Executive Producer