Renee Kathleen Zellweger

Renee Kathleen Zellweger, was born in Katy, Texas on April 25 the year 1969. Her mother Kjellfrid (Andreassen) is an ex-nurse and midwife born in Norway. Kven (Finnish), in addition to being of Swedish as well as Norwegian descent. Emil Erich Zellweger is her father. He is a Swiss engineer. They were married in the year 1963. Drew Zellweger is Renee's brother, and he was born on the 15th of February 1967. As a member of the drama club, Renee became interested in acting. In Austin, she also attended an acting course and decided to consider acting as a profession. She was determined to pursue acting after graduation. However, Hollywood can be difficult to get into which is why Renee decided that she would stay in Texas and audition for roles around Houston. She found roles in films like Reality Bites (1994), and Empire Records (1995). Matthew McConaughey was another Hollywood newcomer she met while filming Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: The Next Generation (1994). Renee observed him on a project which caught her attention. She auditioned , and was offered the role in Love and A.45 (1994). The role received enough praise from critics to decide to move to Los Angeles. Her breakthrough came from another film role in The Whole Wide World (1996). Cameron Crowe was busy casting Jerry Maguire (1996) which starred Tom Cruise. Crowe was considering actresses such as Bridget Fonda and Marisa Tomei when they appeared on Zellweger's The Whole Wide World (1996). He had a chance to audition Zellweger and was convinced he'd found his Dorothy Boyd. After following her success in a few independent films, Renee felt confident enough to go back to the big-budget Hollywood film industry. She starred opposite Meryl Streep in the tear-jerker One True Thing (1998). She also starred alongside Jim Carrey in Me, Myself & Irene (2000) and began dating Carrey within a short time. as the lead in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).