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Renée Zellweger
Katy, Texas, USA
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…
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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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2025
They
Movie Director
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2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Movie Bridget Jones
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2023
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Movie Self
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2022
The Thing About Pam
TV show Pam Hupp
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2021
Only Murders in the Building
TV show Camila White
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2020
Being Bridget Jones
Movie Self
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2020
Bombshell in Concert
Movie Self
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2019
Judy
Movie Judy Garland
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
WHAT / IF
TV show Anne Montgomery
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2018
Here and Now
Movie Tessa
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2017
Same Kind of Different as Me
Movie Deborah Hall
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2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
Movie Bridget
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2016
Queen Mimi
Movie Self
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2016
The Whole Truth
Movie Loretta Lassiter
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Guest
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV show Self
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
- 2014
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2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV show Self
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2010
My Own Love Song
Movie Jane Wyatt
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2009
Planet 51
Movie Lem's Mom (voice)
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2009
My One and Only
Movie Anne Deveraux
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2009
Case 39
Movie Emily Jenkins
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2009
Monsters vs Aliens
Movie Katie (voice)
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2009
New in Town
Movie Lucy Hill
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2008
Living Proof
Movie Executive Producer
- 2008
- 2008
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2008
Appaloosa
Movie Allie
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2008
Leatherheads
Movie Lexie Littleton
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2007
Bee Movie
Movie Vanessa Bloome (voice)
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2007
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Movie Self
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2007
The Graham Norton Show
TV show Self
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2006
Miss Potter
Movie Beatrix Potter
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2005
Cinderella Man
Movie Mae Braddock
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2005
Club Oscar
Movie Angie (voice)
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2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Movie Bridget
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2004
Shark Tale
Movie Angie (voice)
