Renée Zellweger
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 25, 1969 (age 57)
- Birthplace
- 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).
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Filmography
Phantom Son
Movie · as Audrey
A Woman in the Sun
Movie · as Claire Keating
Darlington
Movie · as Kate Spencer
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Movie · as Bridget Jones
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Movie · as Self
The Thing About Pam
TV · as Pam Hupp · 6 eps
Only Murders in the Building
TV · as Camila White · 5 eps
Being Bridget Jones
Movie · as Self
Bombshell in Concert
Movie · as Self
Judy
Movie · as Judy Garland
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
WHAT / IF
TV · as Anne Montgomery · 10 eps
Here and Now
Movie · as Tessa
Same Kind of Different as Me
Movie · as Deborah Hall
Queen Mimi
Movie · as Self
Bridget Jones's Baby
Movie · as Bridget
The Whole Truth
Movie · as Loretta Lassiter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew
Movie · as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
My Own Love Song
Movie · as Jane Wyatt
My One and Only
Movie · as Anne Deveraux
Case 39
Movie · as Emily Jenkins
New in Town
Movie · as Lucy Hill
Monsters vs Aliens
Movie · as Katie (voice)
Leatherheads
Movie · as Lexie Littleton
Appaloosa
Movie · as Allie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Movie · as Self
Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'
Movie · as Self
Bee Movie
Movie · as Vanessa Bloome (voice)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Movie · as Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Miss Potter
Movie · as Beatrix Potter
Cinderella Man
Movie · as Mae Braddock
Club Oscar
Movie · as Angie (voice)
Shark Tale
Movie · as Angie (voice)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Movie · as Bridget
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 ep
Cold Mountain
Movie · as Ruby Thewes
Down with Love
Movie · as Barbara Novak
Declaration of Independence
Movie · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Chicago
Movie · as Roxie Hart
White Oleander
Movie · as Claire Richards
Making of Chicago
Movie · as Self
Bridget Jones's Diary
Movie · as Bridget Jones
Me, Myself & Irene
Movie · as Irene P. Waters
Nurse Betty
Movie · as Betty
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Bachelor
Movie · as Anne
Rove
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Price Above Rubies
Movie · as Sonia Horowitz
One True Thing
Movie · as Ellen Gulden
Deceiver
Movie · as Elizabeth
King of the Hill
TV · as Tammy Duvall (voice) · 1 ep
Jerry Maguire
Movie · as Dorothy Boyd
The Whole Wide World
Movie · as Novalyne Price
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary
Movie · as Self
Empire Records
Movie · as Gina
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Movie · as Jenny
The Low Life
Movie · as Poet
Reality Bites
Movie · as Tami
Love and a .45
Movie · as Starlene Cheatham
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Movie · as Susan
8 Seconds
Movie · as Buckle Bunny
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rebel Highway
TV · as Susan Doyle · 1 ep
Dazed and Confused
Movie · as Girl in Blue Truck (uncredited)
Murder in the Heartland
TV · 2 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 10 eps
A Taste for Killing
Movie · as Mary Lou
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 3 eps