Renée Zellweger
Born: 1969-04-25 in Katy, Texas, USA
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Bridget Jones
- They ... (Director)
2023
2022
- The Thing About Pam as Pam Hupp
2021
- Only Murders in the Building as Camila White
2020
- Being Bridget Jones as Self
- Bombshell in Concert with "Smash" Reunion as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Judy as Judy Garland
- WHAT / IF as Anne Montgomery
2018
- Here and Now as Tessa
2017
- Same Kind of Different as Me as Deborah Hall
2016
- Bridget Jones's Baby as Bridget
- The Whole Truth as Loretta Lassiter
- Queen Mimi as Self
2015
2014
2011
- The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
2010
- My Own Love Song as Jane Wyatt
2009
- Monsters vs Aliens as Katie (voice)
- Case 39 as Emily Jenkins
- New in Town as Lucy Hill
- My One and Only as Anne Deveraux
2008
- Appaloosa as Allie
- Leatherheads as Lexie Littleton
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History as Self
- Living Proof ... (Executive Producer)
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Bee Movie as Vanessa Bloome (voice)
- ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self
2006
- Miss Potter as Beatrix Potter
2005
- Cinderella Man as Mae Braddock
- Club Oscar as Angie (voice)
2004
- Shark Tale as Angie (voice)
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Bridget
2003
- Cold Mountain as Ruby Thewes
- Down with Love as Barbara Novak
- Declaration of Independence as Self
2002
- White Oleander as Claire Richards
- Chicago as Roxie Hart
- Making of Chicago as Self
2001
- Bridget Jones's Diary as Bridget Jones
2000
- Me, Myself & Irene as Irene P. Waters
- Nurse Betty as Betty
1999
- The Bachelor as Anne
- Rove as Self
1998
- A Price Above Rubies as Sonia Horowitz
- One True Thing as Ellen Gulden
1997
- King of the Hill as Tammy Duvall (voice)
- Deceiver as Elizabeth
1996
- Jerry Maguire as Dorothy Boyd
- The Whole Wide World as Novalyne Price
- The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary as Self
1995
- The Low Life as Poet
- The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Jenny
- Empire Records as Gina
1994
- 8 Seconds as Buckle Bunny
- Shake, Rattle and Rock! as Susan
- Rebel Highway as Susane
- Love and a .45 as Starlene Cheatham
- Reality Bites as Tami
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Dazed and Confused as Girl in Blue Truck (uncredited)
- Murder in the Heartland
1992
- A Taste for Killing as Mary Lou
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
1981
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self