Renée Zellweger
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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).
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Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Oscars
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Graham Norton Show
King of the Hill
The Jonathan Ross Show
Dazed and Confused
Monsters vs Aliens
Reality Bites
8 Seconds
Cold Mountain
Shark Tale
Same Kind of Different as Me
Empire Records
The Whole Truth
Bee Movie
Me, Myself & Irene
Jerry Maguire
Cinderella Man
Judy
Bridget Jones's Baby
Case 39
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Chicago
The Thing About Pam
WHAT / IF
Bridget Jones's Diary
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Down with Love
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Production Credits
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