Renee Zellweger bio at NetflixBorn April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas, Renée Zellweger developed an early interest in acting as a member of her high school's drama club. After graduating from the University of Texas, Zellweger was hesitant to tackle Hollywood, so she grabbed small roles in feature films -- Reality Bites (1994) and Empire Records (1995) -- that were shot in the Lone Star State.
After meeting fellow Texan Matthew McConaughey on the set of Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994), Zellweger decided to move to Los Angeles. Success soon followed when she landed leads in such films as The Whole Wide World (1996), Jerry Maguire (1996) and Me, Myself & Irene (2000), proving herself equally adept at drama and light comedy.
But it was Zellweger's Oscar-nominated turns in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Chicago (2002) that propelled her into the front rank of Hollywood's leading ladies. In 2004, she won an Academy Award for her supporting performance in Cold Mountain.
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Renée Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas, USA to parents Emil Erich Zellweger, a Swiss-born engineer who married Renée's mother Kjellfrid Irene Andreassen, a Norwegian-born former nurse and midwife in 1963. Renée also has a brother named Drew Zellweger, a marketing executive born on February 15, 1967. Renée got interested in acting in high school while working on the drama club. She also took an acting class at the University of Texas (Austin), where she began looking towards acti -
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Actress. Born April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas. Raised in a small town outside Houston, Texas, Renée Zellweger took up acting in college. She appeared in bit parts in mainstream movies like Dazed and Confused (1993) and Reality Bites (1994) before earning praise for her leading roles in the independent films Love and a .45 (1994) and The Whole Wide World (1996), co-starring Vincent D'Onofrio. Director Cameron Crowe surprised many when he cast the relatively unknown actress as Dorothy Boyd, the single m -
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