Renée Zellweger

Known for ActingBorn 1969-04-25 (age 57)Katy, Texas, USA

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'

Bombshell in Concert

Being Bridget Jones

Only Murders in the Building

They

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

Rebel Highway

Declaration of Independence

Cinderella Man

Rove

Queen Mimi

Murder in the Heartland

King of the Hill

The Graham Norton Show

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Dazed and Confused

Chicago

The Thing About Pam

8 Seconds

Parkinson

White Oleander

Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth

Cold Mountain

Jerry Maguire

Same Kind of Different as Me

Judy

Bridget Jones's Diary

The Whole Truth

Miss Potter

My One and Only

Appaloosa

Saturday Night Live

Me, Myself & Irene

The Oscars

The Whole Wide World

WHAT / IF

Living Proof

Bridget Jones's Baby

Empire Records

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

One True Thing

Reality Bites

Late Show with David Letterman

Case 39

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Monsters vs Aliens

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter