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1969-1992

Renee Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas, a small town outside Houston. The daughter of European parents (her father was Swiss and her mother Norwegian), Renee had an older brother that she greatly admired. When she became more famous, Renee was encouraged to change her name to one that would be more marketable, but she refused to do so because her and her brother were the first Zellwegers born in the States.

After graduating from Katy High School in 1987, where Renee was a cheerleader, gymnast and participated in the drama club, she went off to the University of Texas at Austin, where she majored in English. An excellent student (she made the Dean's List several times), Renee took a drama class only because she needed a fine arts credit to complete her degree. Her participation in drama while in college turned out to be much more than a requirement, as it reminded her of how much she loved acting.

Not even having planned on becoming an actress earlier, Renee knew by the time that she graduated from college that she wanted to pursue a career in acting. She immediately began auditioning for commercials and films that were being shot in Texas, and it didn't her take long to get her first film role. Although the roles she landed were bit-parts, the films did well and co-starred respectable actors such as Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Matthew McConaughey.

1993-1995

Her uncredited role in 1993's Dazed and Confused as a high school senior was her first film role, and was followed up by a role in The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (released in 1997). It was on the set of Chainsaw that Renee heard about another film that was in the midst of casting actors, which as luck would have it, Renee auditioned for and got the lead. The film was Love and a .45, a film for which Renee received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Debut Performance.

In the meantime, Renee appeared in other films such as The Low Life, 8 Seconds, Reality Bites, and Empire Records, but it was her starring role in The Whole Wide World which not only won her praise at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, but also led to her breakthrough role in Cameron Crowe's hit Jerry Maguire.

1996-2002

Cameron Crowe was so impressed with her work in The Whole Wide World that he knew Renee would be the perfect choice to play the girlfriend of sports agent Tom Cruise, after being dumped by Kelly Preston. She even beat out already known actresses Bridget Fonda, Cameron Diaz and Mira Sorvino for the part. Her role in Jerry Maguire earned her many awards and a lot of recognition, including a Screen Actor's Guild Nomination for Best Supporting Actress, as well as being named Entertainment Weekly's Best New Movie Actress.

After Jerry Maguire, Renee starred in the smaller films Deceiver and A Price Above Rubies, in which she played a Hasidic Jew. In 1998, she moved onto a more mainstream film, One True Thing, a tearjerker also starring Oscar winners Meryl Streep and William Hurt. The following year, Renee joined Chris O'Donnell in The Bachelor.

Next up for Renee is the summer comedy Me, Myself and Irene, featured in our Top Summer Movie Picks. Renee fell for co-star Jim Carrey while on the set of filming the Farrelly Brothers' film, but they broke up in 2000. After Me, Myself and Irene, Renee starred in a dark comedy Nurse Betty costarring Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock and she won her first Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical.

Renee also landed the title role in the film Bridget Jones' Diary, beating out popular British actresses to play the role of a single British woman in her 30s. In 2002, Renee starred in  the famous musical ,Chicago . It is an adaptation of the 1970s musical and Renee won her second Golden Globe for her performance in this movie. She also starred in a Drama, White Oleander and her costars are Michelle Pfeiffer and Alison Lohman.

2003-2004

In 2003, She was in an early 60 romantic comedy Down With Love opposite Ewan McGregor. That year, Renee also starred in Cold Mountain, an adaptation of Charles Frazier 's book. Costars are Nicole Kidman and Jude Law. She also met her boyfriend, Jack White during the filming of the movie. Renee earned a lot of awards for her performance in this movie. She won her first Oscar and third Golden Globe and Second SAG.  She took a short break afterwards and then worked on her first animation movie, Shark Tale. Costars are Will Smith, Angelina Jolie. Afterwards, She was reprised for her famous role, Bridget Jones in the sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Hugh Gant and Colin Firth had both reprised their role. The movie proved to be another success for Renee and she was nominated the fifth Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy. In 2004, She worked with Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man and it was a story of James J. Braddock. Renee played the supporting and lovely wife, Mae in this movie. She ended her relationship with Jack White over the Christmas holidays in 2004.

2005-Now

In 2005, Renee met Kenny Chesney in a tsunami relief benefit in January 2005. and their relationship grew quickly. They were married on the resort island of St.John on the US Virgin Islands on May 9. On May 24, 2005. Renee received a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame. Her marriage only lasted for four months. She announced that she was getting devoiced from Kenny on September and their annulment was finalized on December 20, 2005. After several months of rest, Renee was back on track again and she voiced in Bee Movie, an animation with Jerry Seinfeld, and she also reunites with Ewan McGregor in Miss Potter, movie which is about the life of Beatrix Potter. It brought her the sixth Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy Nomination. She has a busy year in 2006, after finishing  filming Case 39, another attempt for her in thriller genre. The filming  of Leatherhead, a movie co-starring  with George Clonney and John Krasinski has also wrapped. She plays the love interest of them in this comedy set in 1920. In addition, Renee also worked in a western piece, Appaloosa with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen in which the two male leading star played two friends hired to police a small town which is suffering under the rule of a rancher. Renee would be a young widow this time and made their job become complicated. There will be 3 movies coming out in 2008. She is currently in Winnipeg which is working with Harry Connick Jr. in their upcoming flick, Chilled in Miami. Renee would be a Miami businesswoman adjusts to her new life in a tiny town after moving to Minnesota.

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Leatherheads
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Case 39
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