Renee Kathleen Zellweger

Renee Kathleen Zellweger, was born in Katy, Texas on April 25 the year 1969. Her mother Kjellfrid (Andreassen) is a former nurse and midwife born in Norway. Kven (Finnish), in addition to being of Swedish and Norwegian descent. Emil Erich Zellweger is her father. He is a Swiss engineer. They were married in 1963. Renee is a sister to a brother called Drew Zellweger, a marketing executive who was born on February 15 the 15th of February, 1967. Renee was part of the drama club at high school and began to be interested in acting. She enrolled in an acting class at University of Texas (Austin) and started to think about acting as a career. She wanted to be an actor after graduation, but Hollywood is not easy to enter. Renee decided not to leave Texas and auditioned in Houston to be cast in roles. Matthew McConaughey (another Hollywood rising star) was her close friend when she was working on the set of Texas Chainsaw Massacre II: The Next Generation (1994). Renee observed him on a project which caught her attention. She was a part-time auditioner and was offered the role in Love and A.45 (1994). It was a success that earned her the critical praise to decide to move to Los Angeles. Her breakthrough came from another film role in The Whole Wide World (1996). Cameron Crowe was busy with casting Jerry Maguire (1996) with Tom Cruise. Crowe was thinking about actresses like Bridget Fonda (Camden Diaz), Winona Ryder (Winona Ryder), and Marisa Tomei when he discovered Zellweger's performance on The Whole Wide World (1996). He attended an audition with Zellweger and was confident that he'd found the perfect Dorothy Boyd. After following her success in a couple of independent films, Renee felt confident enough for her return to the large-budget Hollywood film industry. Meryl Streep was a co-star in One True Thing (1998). She also starred alongside Jim Carrey in Me, Myself & Irene (2000) and began to date Carrey within a short time. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).