Renée Zellweger

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).

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

Late Show with David Letterman

King of the Hill

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

All Movies (55)

• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy2025 · as Bridget Jones
• Art-House America: Austin Film Society2023 · as Self
• Being Bridget Jones2020 · as Self
• Bombshell in Concert2020 · as Self
• Judy2019 · as Judy Garland
• Here and Now2018 · as Tessa
• Same Kind of Different as Me2017 · as Deborah Hall
• Bridget Jones's Baby2016 · as Bridget
• Queen Mimi2016 · as Self
• The Whole Truth2016 · as Loretta Lassiter
• Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew2014 · as Self
• My Own Love Song2010 · as Jane Wyatt
• My One and Only2009 · as Anne Deveraux
• Case 392009 · as Emily Jenkins
• Monsters vs Aliens2009 · as Katie (voice)
• New in Town2009 · as Lucy Hill
• Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'2008 · as Self
• Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History2008 · as Self
• Appaloosa2008 · as Allie
• Leatherheads2008 · as Lexie Littleton
• Bee Movie2007 · as Vanessa Bloome (voice)
• ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway2007 · as Self
• Miss Potter2006 · as Beatrix Potter
• Cinderella Man2005 · as Mae Braddock
• Club Oscar2005 · as Angie (voice)
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason2004 · as Bridget
• Shark Tale2004 · as Angie (voice)
• Cold Mountain2003 · as Ruby Thewes
• Declaration of Independence2003 · as Self
• Down with Love2003 · as Barbara Novak
• Making of Chicago2002 · as Self
• Chicago2002 · as Roxie Hart
• White Oleander2002 · as Claire Richards
• Bridget Jones's Diary2001 · as Bridget Jones
• Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Nurse Betty2000 · as Betty
• Me, Myself & Irene2000 · as Irene P. Waters
• The Bachelor1999 · as Anne
• One True Thing1998 · as Ellen Gulden
• A Price Above Rubies1998 · as Sonia Horowitz
• Deceiver1997 · as Elizabeth
• Jerry Maguire1996 · as Dorothy Boyd
• The Whole Wide World1996 · as Novalyne Price
• The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary1996 · as Self
• The Low Life1995 · as Poet
• Empire Records1995 · as Gina
• The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre1995 · as Jenny
• Love and a .451994 · as Starlene Cheatham
• Shake, Rattle and Rock!1994 · as Susan
• 8 Seconds1994 · as Buckle Bunny
• Reality Bites1994 · as Tami
• Dazed and Confused1993 · as Girl in Blue Truck (uncredited)
• A Taste for Killing1992 · as Mary Lou
• Phantom Son— · as Audrey
• A Woman in the Sun— · as Claire Keating

All TV Shows (24)

• The Thing About Pam2022 · as Pam Hupp
• Only Murders in the Building2021 · as Camila White
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• WHAT / IF2019 · as Anne Montgomery
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Rove1999 · as Self
• King of the Hill1997 · as Tammy Duvall (voice)
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Rebel Highway1994 · as Susan Doyle
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• Murder in the Heartland1993
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self