Renée Zellweger
46 movies · 6 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 25, 1969 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Katy, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Renee Zellweger · Renée Kathleen Zellweger
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.
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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
Renée Zellweger: movies and TV shows
Acting (50)
- Upcoming Phantom Son
as Audrey
- Upcoming A Woman in the Sun
as Claire Keating
- 2025 Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Bridget Jones
- 2022
- 2021
- 2019 Judy
as Judy Garland
- 2019
- 2018 Here and Now
as Tessa
- 2017 Same Kind of Different as Me
as Deborah Hall
- 2016 Bridget Jones's Baby
as Bridget
- 2016 The Whole Truth
as Loretta Lassiter
- 2010 My Own Love Song
as Jane Wyatt
- 2009 Planet 51
as Lem's Mom (voice)
- 2009 My One and Only
as Anne Deveraux
- 2009 Case 39
as Emily Jenkins
- 2009 Monsters vs Aliens
as Katie (voice)
- 2009 New in Town
as Lucy Hill
- 2008 Appaloosa
as Allie
- 2008 Leatherheads
as Lexie Littleton
- 2007 Bee Movie
as Vanessa Bloome (voice)
- 2006 Miss Potter
as Beatrix Potter
- 2005 Cinderella Man
as Mae Braddock
- 2005 Club Oscar
as Angie (voice)
- 2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
as Bridget
- 2004 Shark Tale
as Angie (voice)
- 2003 Cold Mountain
as Ruby Thewes
- 2003 Down with Love
as Barbara Novak
- 2002 Chicago
as Roxie Hart
- 2002 White Oleander
as Claire Richards
- 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary
as Bridget Jones
- 2000 Nurse Betty
as Betty
- 2000 Me, Myself & Irene
as Irene P. Waters
- 1999 The Bachelor
as Anne
- 1998 One True Thing
as Ellen Gulden
- 1998 A Price Above Rubies
as Sonia Horowitz
- 1997 Deceiver
as Elizabeth
- 1997
- 1996 Jerry Maguire
as Dorothy Boyd
- 1996 The Whole Wide World
as Novalyne Price
- 1995 The Low Life
as Poet
- 1995 Empire Records
as Gina
- 1995
- 1994 Love and a .45
as Starlene Cheatham
- 1994 Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Susan
- 1994
- 1994 8 Seconds
as Buckle Bunny
- 1994 Reality Bites
as Tami
- 1993 Dazed and Confused
as Girl in Blue Truck (uncredited)
- 1993
- 1992 A Taste for Killing
as Mary Lou
Behind the camera (7)
- Upcoming Phantom Son
Executive Producer
- Upcoming A Woman in the Sun
Producer
- 2025 They
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2025 Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Executive Producer
- 2022
- 2008 Living Proof
Executive Producer
- 2006 Miss Potter
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (30)
- 2023
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
2 episodes
- 2016
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2 episodes
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2 episodes
- 2014
- 2011 The Jonathan Ross Show
1 episode
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
2 episodes
- 2004 Parkinson
2 episodes
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2003
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
3 episodes
- 2002
- 2000
- 1999 Rove
1 episode
- 1996
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1 episode
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman
10 episodes
- 1984 Goldene Kamera
1 episode
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
3 episodes