Renée Zellweger
Acting • Born 1969-04-25
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).
Filmography
72 credits
Cinderella Man
Movie • 2005
Mae Braddock
Bridget Jones's Diary
Movie • 2001
Bridget Jones
Me, Myself & Irene
Movie • 2000
Irene P. Waters
Chicago
Movie • 2002
Roxie Hart
Cold Mountain
Movie • 2003
Ruby Thewes
Shark Tale
Movie • 2004
Angie (voice)
The Bachelor
Movie • 1999
Anne
Queen Mimi
Movie • 2016
Self
Down with Love
Movie • 2003
Barbara Novak
Reality Bites
Movie • 1994
Tami
Nurse Betty
Movie • 2000
Betty
Leatherheads
Movie • 2008
Lexie Littleton
Bee Movie
Movie • 2007
Vanessa Bloome (voice)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Movie • 2004
Bridget
Appaloosa
Movie • 2008
Allie
Jerry Maguire
Movie • 1996
Dorothy Boyd
My One and Only
Movie • 2009
Anne Deveraux
Empire Records
Movie • 1995
Gina
Case 39
Movie • 2009
Emily Jenkins
Miss Potter
Movie • 2006
Beatrix Potter
New in Town
Movie • 2009
Lucy Hill
Deceiver
Movie • 1997
Elizabeth
Monsters vs Aliens
Movie • 2009
Katie (voice)
My Own Love Song
Movie • 2010
Jane Wyatt
Love and a .45
Movie • 1994
Starlene Cheatham
A Price Above Rubies
Movie • 1998
Sonia Horowitz
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Movie • 1995
Jenny
The Whole Wide World
Movie • 1996
Novalyne Price
One True Thing
Movie • 1998
Ellen Gulden
Bridget Jones's Baby
Movie • 2016
Bridget
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Movie • 1994
Susan
Dazed and Confused
Movie • 1993
Girl in Blue Truck (uncredited)
White Oleander
Movie • 2002
Claire Richards
The Whole Truth
Movie • 2016
Loretta Lassiter
Same Kind of Different as Me
Movie • 2017
Deborah Hall
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Movie • 2025
Bridget Jones
Declaration of Independence
Movie • 2003
Self
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Movie • 2007
Self
Judy
Movie • 2019
Judy Garland
Here and Now
Movie • 2018
Tessa
The Low Life
Movie • 1995
Poet
8 Seconds
Movie • 1994
Buckle Bunny
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Movie • 2008
Self
A Taste for Killing
Movie • 1992
Mary Lou
Club Oscar
Movie • 2005
Angie (voice)
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary
Movie • 1996
Self
Making of Chicago
Movie • 2002
Self
Being Bridget Jones
Movie • 2020
Self
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Movie • 2023
Self
Bombshell in Concert
Movie • 2020
Self
Phantom Son
Movie
Audrey
The Lego Batman Movie
Movie • 2017
Dorothy Boyd (uncredited)
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Tammy Duvall (voice)
The Thing About Pam
TV • 2022
Pam Hupp
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV • 2011
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Rove
TV • 1999
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
WHAT / IF
TV • 2019
Anne Montgomery
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
Murder in the Heartland
TV • 1993
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Only Murders in the Building
TV • 2021
Camila White
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Rebel Highway
TV • 1994
Susan Doyle