Renee Kathleen Zellweger
Renee Kathleen Zellweger was born on the
25th of April 1969, in Katy, Texas, Her mother Kjellfridirene (Andreassen) is a
former nurse from Norway and midwife, with Norwegian, Kven (Finnish), and
Swedish descent. Her father, Emil Erich Zellweger, is an engineer born in
Switzerland. The couple got married in 1963. Drew Zellweger was Renee's older
brother. He is an executive in the field of marketing who was born on February
15, 1967. Renee began her interest in acting during high school as she worked
in the drama club. She also took an acting class at University of Texas
(Austin), where she began looking to pursue a career in acting. She wanted to
pursue acting upon graduation. However, Hollywood can be difficult to get into
therefore Renee decided to stay in Texas and audition for roles in Houston. At
the time, she was able to land roles in films like Reality Bites (1994), and
Empire Records (1995). Matthew McConaughey (another Hollywood rising star) was
her close friend when she was on set of Texas Chainsaw Massacre II: The Next
Generation (1994). McConaughey was working on an idea at the time which Renee
was interested in. She auditioned for, and won the role in the movie Love and
.45 (1994) that received her enough praise from critics that she decided to
relocate to Los Angeles. She was then offered a role in The Whole Wide World
(1996) and it gave her the first major break. Cameron Crowe was busy casting
his next film which was Jerry Maguire (1996),starring Tom Cruise. Crowe was
considering such actresses like Cameron Diaz, Bridget Fonda, Winona Ryder, and
Marisa Tomei, when he heard of Zellweger's performance in The Whole Wide World
(1996). The audition was conducted by Zellweger to be sure the actor was in
fact Dorothy Boyd. Renee continued her great success in small independent
films. She received further praise from critics and felt assured that she was
in a position to return to big-budget Hollywood films. Meryl Streep was the
co-star in One True Thing (1998). Also, she acted in Me, Myself & Irene
(2000), opposite Jim Carrey, and soon after, she began to date Jim Carrey.
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).
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