Renee Kathleen Zellweger
Renee Kathleen Zellweger is a daughter
of Kjellfrid Andreassen who was a former midwife as well as a nurse from
Norway. She was born on April 25 the year 1969 in Katy. Her father, Emil Erich
Zellweger, is an engineer born in Switzerland. The couple was married in 1963.
Renee has a brother called Drew Zellweger, a marketing executive who was born
on February 15 1967. Renee was part of the drama group at high school and began
to be interested in acting. She also attended an acting course at the University
of Texas (Austin) and began to look towards acting as a career. Following
graduation, she wanted to pursue acting but Hollywood is a tough town to break
into, and so Renee decided to stay in Texas and attempted to audition for roles
around Houston and managed to grab roles in such films as Reality Bites (1994)
and Empire Records (1995). On the set of the sequel, Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
The Next Generation (1994) She made friends with Matthew McConaughey, another
Hollywood up-and-comer. Renee was able to observe him working on a project that
interested her. She auditioned for and was offered the role in Love and A.45
(1994). The film was a success that earned her the critical praise and a
decision to move to Los Angeles. Another part in The Whole Wide World (1996)
came next, and led to her biggest break. Cameron Crowe was busy casting Jerry
Maguire (1996) with Tom Cruise. Crowe was thinking about actresses like Bridget
Fonda (Camden Diaz), Winona Ryder (Winona Ryder), and Marisa Tomei. Then he saw
Zellweger's performance in The Whole Wide World (1996). The audition was
conducted by Zellweger to confirm that she was indeed his Dorothy Boyd. Renee
then followed her enormous success with a few small independent films and after
receiving more praise from critics She was confident enough to reenter the
realm of large-budget Hollywood films. Meryl Streep starred alongside her in
One True Thing (1998). She also played in Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
with Jim Carrey and shortly after, began dating Carrey. in the title role in
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).
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