Renee Kathleen Zellweger

Renee Kathleen Zellweger, was born in Katy, Texas on April 25, 1969. Her mother Kjellfrid (Andreassen) is an ex-nurse and midwife born in Norway. Kven (Finnish), and is also of Swedish as well as Norwegian descent. Emil Erich Zellweger, her father, is a Swiss-born engineer. They got became married in 1963. Renee is a sister to a brother called Drew Zellweger, a marketing executive born on February 15 in 1967. Renee got interested in acting in high school when she was working in the drama group. She also attended an acting class at the University of Texas (Austin) in Austin, and then began looking at pursuing a career in acting. She was determined to pursue acting after graduation. But, Hollywood can be difficult to get into and so Renee chose to remain in Texas and apply for roles in Houston. At the time, she got roles in films like Reality Bites (1994), and Empire Records (1995). While filming the sequel to that film, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994) she made friends with Matthew McConaughey, another Hollywood up-and-comer. McConaughey was working on an idea at the time which Renee was interested in, tried out for, and got the role in the film Love and a .45 (1994) that received her enough praise from critics that she decided to relocate to Los Angeles. Her biggest break came when she was cast in another role in The Whole Wide World (1996). Cameron Crowe was busy casting Jerry Maguire (1996) with Tom Cruise. Crowe was considering actresses such like Cameron Diaz, Bridget Fonda, Winona Ryder, and Marisa Tomei, when he was introduced to Zellweger's role in The Whole Wide World (1996). He auditioned Zellweger, and felt certain he had found his Dorothy Boyd. After her success in a couple of independent films, Renee felt confident enough to go back to the big-budget Hollywood film industry. Meryl Streep starred alongside her in One True Thing (1998). She also starred in Me, Myself & Irene (2000), opposite Jim Carrey, and soon after began dating Carrey. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) In the lead role.







 

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