Renée Zellweger
- Acting
- April 25, 1969 · 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).
Known for
Filmography
- They · Director, Writer
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy · Bridget Jones, Executive producer
- Art-House America: Austin Film Society · Self
- The Thing About Pam · Pam Hupp, Executive producer
- Only Murders in the Building · Camila White
- Being Bridget Jones · Self
- Bombshell in Concert · Self
- Judy · Judy Garland
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- WHAT / IF · Anne Montgomery
- Here and Now · Tessa
- Same Kind of Different as Me · Deborah Hall
- Bridget Jones's Baby · Bridget
- Queen Mimi · Self
- The Whole Truth · Loretta Lassiter
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew · Self
- The Jonathan Ross Show · Self
- My Own Love Song · Jane Wyatt
- Planet 51 · Lem's Mom (Voice)
- My One and Only · Anne Deveraux
- Case 39 · Emily Jenkins
- Monsters vs Aliens · Katie (Voice)
- New in Town · Lucy Hill
- Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof' · Self
- Living Proof · Executive producer
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History · Self
- Appaloosa · Allie
- Leatherheads · Lexie Littleton
- Bee Movie · Vanessa Bloome (Voice)
- ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway · Self
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Miss Potter · Beatrix Potter, Executive producer
- Cinderella Man · Mae Braddock
- Club Oscar · Angie (Voice)
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason · Bridget
- Shark Tale · Angie (Voice)
- Parkinson · Self
- Cold Mountain · Ruby Thewes
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Declaration of Independence · Self
- Down with Love · Barbara Novak
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Making of Chicago · Self
- Chicago · Roxie Hart
- White Oleander · Claire Richards
- Bridget Jones's Diary · Bridget Jones
- Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth · Self
- Nurse Betty · Betty
- Me, Myself & Irene · Irene P. Waters
- The Bachelor · Anne
- Rove · Self
- One True Thing · Ellen Gulden
- A Price Above Rubies · Sonia Horowitz
- Deceiver · Elizabeth
- King of the Hill · Tammy Duvall (Voice)
- Jerry Maguire · Dorothy Boyd
- The Whole Wide World · Novalyne Price
- The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary · Self
- The Low Life · Poet
- Empire Records · Gina
- The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre · Jenny
- Love and a .45 · Starlene Cheatham
- Shake, Rattle and Rock! · Susan
- Inside the Actors Studio · Self
- Rebel Highway · Susan Doyle
- 8 Seconds · Buckle Bunny
- Reality Bites · Tami
- Dazed and Confused · Girl in Blue Truck (uncredited)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Late Show with David Letterman · Self
- Murder in the Heartland
- A Taste for Killing · Mary Lou
- Goldene Kamera · Self
- Entertainment Tonight · Self
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- The Oscars · Self