Renee Kathleen Zellweger
Renee Kathleen Zellweger, was born in Katy, Texas on April 25 in 1969. Her mother, Kjellfrid (Andreassen), is an ex-nurse and midwife born in Norway. Kven (Finnish), and also has Swedish and Norwegian descent. Her father, Emil Erich Zellweger, is a Swiss-born engineer. The couple got became married in 1963. Drew Zellweger is Renee's brother and was born on 15 February 1967. While in the drama club, Renee became interested in acting. She enrolled in an acting class at University of Texas (Austin) and began thinking about acting as a career. She wanted to be an actor after graduation, but Hollywood is not easy to make it into. Renee decided not to leave Texas and auditioned in Houston to be cast in roles. Matthew McConaughey was another Hollywood newcomer who she met filming Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: The Next Generation (1994). Renee observed him on a project which was of interest to her. She auditioned , and got the part in Love and A.45 (1994). The role earned her enough critical praise and a decision to move to Los Angeles. Her biggest break came when she was cast in another part in The Whole Wide World (1996). Cameron Crowe was busy casting his next film, Jerry Maguire (1996),starring Tom Cruise. Crowe was considering the actresses Bridget Fonda (Camden Diaz), Winona Ryder (Winona Ryder) and Marisa Tomei when he saw Zellweger's performance in The Whole Wide World (1996). He attended an audition with Zellweger and was sure he'd discovered his Dorothy Boyd. Renee continued to be a huge success in small independent films. Her films received even more praise from critics and was confident enough that she was ready to make a return to big-budget Hollywood films. She was a co-star with Meryl Streep in the tear-jerker One True Thing (1998). She also starred alongside Jim Carrey in Me, Myself & Irene (2000) and began to date Carrey soon afterward. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).
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