Renee Kathleen Zellweger

Renee Kathleen Zellweger is a daughter of Kjellfrid Andreassen an ex-midwife as well as a nurse from Norway. She was born on April 25, 1969 in Katy. Emil Erich Zellweger is her father. He is a Swiss engineer. The two are married in 1963. Drew Zellweger was Renee's older brother. He is a marketing executive and was born on 15 February 1967. Renee was a member of the drama group at high school when she became fascinated by acting. She attended an acting class at the University of Texas (Austin) and started to think about acting as a career. She was determined to pursue acting upon graduation. But, Hollywood can be difficult to enter, which is why Renee decided that she would stay in Texas and apply for roles around Houston. 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 a project at the time which Renee was interested in, auditioned for, and won the role in the film Love and a .45 (1994) that earned her enough critical praise that she decided to move to Los Angeles. Her breakthrough came in another film role in The Whole Wide World (1996). Cameron Crowe was busy casting his next film Jerry Maguire (1996),starring Tom Cruise. Crowe was watching actresses such as Bridget Fonda and Marisa Tomei when they appeared on Zellweger's The Whole Wide World (1996). The audition was for Zellweger and was sure he'd discovered his Dorothy Boyd. Renee then followed her enormous success with a few small independent films. After receiving more praise from critics She was confident enough to reenter the world of big-budget Hollywood films. Meryl Streep was a co-star in One True Thing (1998). Also, she acted in Me, Myself & Irene (2000) in which she starred alongside Jim Carrey, and soon after she began dating Carrey. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).