Renée Zellweger is an Academy Award-winning American actress and producer who is best known for her roles in the films ‘Cold Mountain’, ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’, ‘Cinderella Man’.
Renée was born in Katy, Texas on April 25, 1969. She was born to father Emil Erich Zellweger, a mechanical and electrical engineer and mother, Kjellfrid Irene, a nurse, and midwife. She has a brother, Drew Zellweger and she does not have any sister. She was brought up in a Catholic family and her ethnicity is mixed of Swiss, Norwegian, Finnish/Kveeni, Swedish, and possible Sami. Talking about the education status, she went to Katy High School, where she was an active cheerleader, gymnast, speech team member and also a drama club member. She later went to the University of Texas at Austin and graduated with a B.A. in English in 1991.
Renée’s first job after graduation was working in a beef commercial while she simultaneously auditioned for various roles around Houston, Texas. She appeared in several indies and low-budget films while she was in Texas. Her first major movie role in a movie came with the 1994 horror film ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation’, alongside Matthew McConaughey. Her breakthrough in career was after she became widely known to audiences with ‘Jerry Maguire’ (1996). She gained the prized lead role of Bridget Jones in 2001 in the British romantic comedy ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’.Her movies and television series also included: ‘A Taste for Killing’, ‘Dazed and Confused’, ‘8 Seconds’, ‘Rebel Highway’, ‘Empire Records’, ‘The Whole Wide World’, ‘Deceiver’, ‘A Price Above Rubies’, ‘One True Thing’, ‘The Bachelor’, ‘King of the Hill’, ‘White Oleander’, ‘Chicago’, ‘Down with Love’, ‘Leatherheads’, ‘New in Town’, ‘Case 39’, ‘The Whole Truth’ and more. Renée has appeared on the covers and photo sessions of various magazines throughout her career and is also active in various charity work. She took part in the 2005 HIV prevention campaign of the Swiss federal health department. She won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for ‘Cold Mountain’ and received six Golden Globe Award nominations, winning three for her performances in ‘Nurse Betty’, ‘Chicago’, and ‘Cold Mountain’. As of now, she has a total of 28 wins and 73 nominations to her name.
Renéen does have social profiles on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram however she seems to be most active on Instagram. She has more than 15.7k followers on the Instagram account. Her facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/ReneeZellweger9/, an Instagram account is renee__zellweger and her twitter page ishttps://twitter.com/renee_zellweger
Renée has often been part of controversies due to the rumors of plastic surgery of her face. During the women in a hollywood award in 2014 as she walked out as Oscar winner and told people magazine in contrary to her facial transformation was she use to care much less about her body and other schedules to sustain her good health while only striving for the success in her field of business. The 45-year-old Hollywood star at that time poured sorrow of how she depleted herself and couldn't conceal her exhaustion properly, as a result, she has also suffered eating disorder which might have been the root cause for her transformation. It is not reported that she had the plastic surgery which Renee denies herself as it seems.
Renée Zellweger has been involved in numerous relationships in her career. From 1999 to 2000, she was engaged to Jim Carrey. In 2003, she had a brief relationship with musician Jack White. She married singer Kenny Chesney on May 9, 2005. The marriage, however, didn’t last long and four months later, the couple obtained an annulment. She began dating Bradley Cooper in 2009, after having met on the set of Case 39 in 2006 and separated in 2011. Since 2012, she has been in a relationship with musician/songwriter/producer Doyle Bramhall II. Other relationships that she has been involved in include Sims E. Ellison, American actor Rory Cochrane from 1993 to 1995, American Film Director Josh Pate in 1996, American Actor Matthew Perry in 2002, Irish Singer Damien Rice in 2004, British Musician Paul McCartney in Aug 2007, American Business Professional André Balazs in Nov 2007 and American TV News journalist Dan Abrams from January 2009.
She won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for ‘Cold Mountain’ and received six Golden Globe Award nominations, winning three for her performances in ‘Nurse Betty’, ‘Chicago’, and ‘Cold Mountain’. As of now, she has a total of 28 wins and 73 nominations to her name.
The super star’s net worth has been estimated at a jaw-dropping $60 million. A break down of the salaries she has earned in the past are as follows; $3,750,000 for Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), $10,000,000 for Chicago (2002), Down with Love (2003) earned her the sum of $6,000,000, Cold Mountain (2003) made her $15,000,000 richer, $11,000,000 was what she was paid for Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Cinderella Man (2005) earned her the sum of $10,000,000 while the second round of the movie earned her an extra $5,000,000.
The Hollywood star stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches and weighs 53kg. She might not be very tall, but she had the privilege of being chosen as one out of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People Magazine in 2001. A summary of her general body stats reads 34-24-35, the actress wears a bra size of 32b, a dress size of 4 US and a shoe size of 9 US. Renee Zellweger comes complete with natural blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes.