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.
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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122614
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Filmography (Movies)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Character:Bridget Jones
Release Date:12/02/2025
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/2023
Being Bridget Jones
Character:Self
Release Date:22/12/2020
Bombshell in Concert with "Smash" Reunion
Character:Self
Release Date:20/05/2020
Judy
Character:Judy Garland
Release Date:27/09/2019
Here and Now
Character:Tessa
Release Date:09/11/2018
Same Kind of Different as Me
Character:Deborah Hall
Release Date:20/10/2017
Bridget Jones's Baby
Character:Bridget
Release Date:14/09/2016
Queen Mimi
Character:Self
Release Date:13/05/2016
The Whole Truth
Character:Loretta Lassiter
Release Date:25/03/2016
My Own Love Song
Character:Jane Wyatt
Release Date:07/04/2010
My One and Only
Character:Anne Deveraux
Release Date:21/08/2009
Case 39
Character:Emily Jenkins
Release Date:13/08/2009
Monsters vs Aliens
Character:Katie (voice)
Release Date:19/03/2009
New in Town
Character:Lucy Hill
Release Date:30/01/2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/2008
Appaloosa
Character:Allie
Release Date:19/09/2008
Leatherheads
Character:Lexie Littleton
Release Date:24/03/2008
Bee Movie
Character:Vanessa Bloome (voice)
Release Date:28/10/2007
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Character:Self
Release Date:19/04/2007
Miss Potter
Character:Beatrix Potter
Release Date:03/12/2006
Cinderella Man
Character:Mae Braddock
Release Date:02/06/2005
Club Oscar
Character:Angie (voice)
Release Date:08/02/2005
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Character:Bridget
Release Date:10/11/2004
Shark Tale
Character:Angie (voice)
Release Date:20/09/2004
Cold Mountain
Character:Ruby Thewes
Release Date:24/12/2003
Declaration of Independence
Character:Self
Release Date:10/06/2003
Down with Love
Character:Barbara Novak
Release Date:08/05/2003
Making of Chicago
Character:Self
Release Date:30/12/2002
Chicago
Character:Roxie Hart
Release Date:10/12/2002
White Oleander
Character:Claire Richards
Release Date:11/10/2002
Bridget Jones's Diary
Character:Bridget Jones
Release Date:13/04/2001
Nurse Betty
Character:Betty
Release Date:30/08/2000
Me, Myself & Irene
Character:Irene P. Waters
Release Date:22/06/2000
The Bachelor
Character:Anne
Release Date:05/11/1999
One True Thing
Character:Ellen Gulden
Release Date:18/09/1998
A Price Above Rubies
Character:Sonia Horowitz
Release Date:26/03/1998
Deceiver
Character:Elizabeth
Release Date:31/08/1997
Jerry Maguire
Character:Dorothy Boyd
Release Date:13/12/1996
The Whole Wide World
Character:Novalyne Price
Release Date:08/09/1996
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary
Character:Self
Release Date:02/01/1996
The Low Life
Character:Poet
Release Date:01/11/1995
Empire Records
Character:Gina
Release Date:22/09/1995
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Character:Jenny
Release Date:22/09/1995
Love and a .45
Character:Starlene Cheatham
Release Date:23/11/1994
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Character:Susan
Release Date:26/08/1994
8 Seconds
Character:Buckle Bunny
Release Date:25/02/1994
Reality Bites
Character:Tami
Release Date:18/02/1994
Dazed and Confused
Character:Girl in Blue Truck (uncredited)
Release Date:24/09/1993
A Taste for Killing
Character:Mary Lou
Release Date:12/08/1992
Television Appearances
The Thing About Pam
Character:Pam Hupp
Only Murders in the Building
Character:Camila White
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
WHAT / IF
Character:Anne Montgomery
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
Character:Self
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self - Guest
Rove
Character:Self
King of the Hill
Character:Tammy Duvall (voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Rebel Highway
Character:Susane
Murder in the Heartland
Character:
Goldene Kamera
Character:Self
Entertainment Tonight
Character:Self
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
The Oscars
Character:Self
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