
Renée Zellweger
Acting
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).

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Bridget Jones

Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Self

Being Bridget Jones
Self

Bombshell in Concert
Self

Judy
Judy Garland

Here and Now
Tessa

Same Kind of Different as Me
Deborah Hall

The Lego Batman Movie
Dorothy Boyd (uncredited)

Bridget Jones's Baby
Bridget

Queen Mimi
Self

The Whole Truth
Loretta Lassiter

My Own Love Song
Jane Wyatt

My One and Only
Anne Deveraux

Case 39
Emily Jenkins

Monsters vs Aliens
Katie (voice)

New in Town
Lucy Hill

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self

Appaloosa
Allie

Leatherheads
Lexie Littleton

Bee Movie
Vanessa Bloome (voice)

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self

Miss Potter
Beatrix Potter

Cinderella Man
Mae Braddock

Club Oscar
Angie (voice)

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Bridget

Shark Tale
Angie (voice)

Cold Mountain
Ruby Thewes

Declaration of Independence
Self

Down with Love
Barbara Novak

Making of Chicago
Self

Chicago
Roxie Hart

White Oleander
Claire Richards

Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones

Nurse Betty
Betty

Me, Myself & Irene
Irene P. Waters

The Bachelor
Anne

One True Thing
Ellen Gulden

A Price Above Rubies
Sonia Horowitz

Deceiver
Elizabeth

Jerry Maguire
Dorothy Boyd

The Whole Wide World
Novalyne Price

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary
Self

The Low Life
Poet

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jenny

Empire Records
Gina

Love and a .45
Starlene Cheatham

Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Susan

8 Seconds
Buckle Bunny

Reality Bites
Tami

Dazed and Confused
Girl in Blue Truck (uncredited)

A Taste for Killing
Mary Lou







