The Renée Zellweger Handbook - Everything you need to know about Renée Zellweger

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Renée Zellweger Fan this is your ultimate resource for the talented Renée Zellweger. Here you'll find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career, Personal life, and Filmography right away: Murder in the Heartland, My Boyfriend's Back (film), Dazed and Confused, Reality Bites, 8 Seconds, Shake, Rattle and Rock!, Love and a .45, Rebel Highway, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, Empire Records, The Low Life, The Whole Wide World, Jerry Maguire, Deceiver (film), A Price Above Rubies, One True Thing, The Bachelor (1999 film), Nurse Betty, Me, Myself & Irene, Bridget Jones's Diary (film), White Oleander (film), Chicago (2002 film), Down with Love, Cold Mountain (film), Shark Tale, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film), Cinderella Man, Miss Potter, Bee Movie, Leatherheads, Appaloosa (film), New in Town, Monsters vs. Aliens, My One and Only (film), Case 39, My Own Love Song

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
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• EAN13: 9781486433575
• Langue: English
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Renée Zellweger

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Contents Articles Renée Zellweger Murder in the Heartland My Boyfriend's Back (film) Dazed and Confused Reality Bites 8 Seconds Shake, Rattle and Rock! Love and a .45 Rebel Highway Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation Empire Records The Low Life The Whole Wide World Jerry Maguire Deceiver (film) A Price Above Rubies One True Thing The Bachelor (1999 film) Nurse Betty Me, Myself & Irene Bridget Jones's Diary (film) White Oleander (film) Chicago (2002 film) Down with Love Cold Mountain (film) Shark Tale Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film) Cinderella Man Miss Potter Bee Movie Leatherheads Appaloosa (film) New in Town Monsters vs. Aliens

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Renée Zellweger Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

Zellweger, 2009 Born Renée Kathleen Zellweger April 25, 1969 Katy, Texas, U.S. Occupation Actress/Producer Years active 1992 – present Spouse(s)Kenny Chesney (2005; annulled)

Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an American actress and producer. Zellweger first gained widespread attention for her role in the filmJerry Maguire(1996), and subsequently received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her roles as Bridget Jones in the comedyBridget Jones's Diary(2001), its sequelBridget Jones: The Edge of Reason(2004) and as Roxie Hart in the musicalChicago(2002), and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the dramaCold Mountain(2003). She has won three Golden Globe Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, was named Hasty Pudding's [1] Woman of the Year in 2009, and has established herself as one of the highest-paid Hollywood actresses in recent [2] years.

Early life Zellweger was born in Katy, Texas, a western suburb of Houston. Her father, Emil Erich Zellweger, is from Au, St. [3] [4] Gallen in Switzerland, and is a mechanical and electrical engineer who worked in the oil refining business. Her [5] [6] mother, Kjellfried Irene (née Andreassen), is Norwegian-born and of Sami origin, and is a nurse and midwife [7] [8] [9] who moved to the United States in order to work as a governess for a Norwegian family in Texas. Zellweger [9] has described herself as being raised in a family of "lazy Catholics and Episcopalians". She has an older brother, Andrew. In junior high school, Zellweger actively took part in several sports, including soccer, basketball, baseball and [9] [10] football. She attended Katy High School, where she was a cheerleader, a gymnast, a member of speech team, and a drama club member. Zellweger acted in several school plays and was voted the "Best Looking" of her class before graduating from high school in 1987. After high school, she went to the University of Texas at Austin to [5] major in English language. Zellweger was a good student, and made the Dean's List several times. At the beginning she took a drama class only because she needed a fine arts credit to complete her degree, but the [7] experience made her appreciate how much she loved acting. During this time, she supported herself by taking jobs [7] [11] as a waitress in Austin, Texas. In 1991, Zellweger graduated from university with a BA degree in English. She considered moving to Hollywood but decided to stay in her home state, Texas, to seek more experience. Her first job

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Renée Zellweger after graduation was working in a beef commercial; at the same time she started to audition for roles around [7] Houston. Career Early work While still in Texas, Zellweger appeared in several films. One wasA Taste for Killing(1992) as Mary Lou, followed by a minor role in ABC TV mini series namedMurder in the Heartland(1993). The following year, she appeared in Reality Bites(1994), the directorial debut of Ben Stiller, and in the biopic film8 Seconds, directed by John G. Avildsen. Zellweger's first main part in a movie came with the 1994 horror storyTexas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, alongside Matthew McConaughey. She played Jenny, a teenager who leaves a prom early with three [7] friends and ended up getting into a car accident, which leads to their meeting a murderous family. Her next movie wasLove and a .45(1994), in which she played the role of Starlene Cheatham, a woman who plans a robbery with her boyfriend. The performance earned her an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance. She subsequently moved to Los Angeles, winning roles in the filmsEmpire Records(1995) andThe Whole Wide World [7] (1996). Zellweger first became widely known to audiences around the world withJerry Maguire(1996), in which [7] she played the romantic interest of Tom Cruise's character. She won the role over Mira Sorvino and Marisa Tomei. Zellweger later won acclaim inOne True Thing(1998) opposite William Hurt and Meryl Streep, and in Neil [7] LaBute'sNurse BettyThe role garnered the actress her first of three Golden Globeopposite Morgan Freeman. [7] Awards, but she was in the bathroom when future co-star Hugh Grant announced her name. Zellweger later [12] protested: "I had lipstick on my teeth!" Critical success In 2001, Zellweger gained the prized lead role as Bridget Jones, playing alongside Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, in the British romantic comedy filmBridget Jones's Diary,based on the 1996 novelBridget Jones's Diaryby Helen [7] Fielding. The choice came amid much controversy since she was neither British nor overweight. During casting Zellweger was told she was too skinny to play the chubby Bridget, so she quickly embarked on gaining the required weight and learning an English accent. She gained 20 pounds in order to complete her transformation to Bridget [13] Jones. Her dramatic weight fluctuations became the subject of much media interest. Her performance as Bridget received praise from critics, with Stephen Holden ofThe New York Timescommenting, "Ms. Zellweger [13] accomplishes the small miracle of making Bridget both entirely endearing and utterly real." Along with receiving voice coaching to fine-tune her English accent, part of Zellweger's preparations involved spending three weeks [7] [14] working undercover in a "work experience placement" for British publishing firm Picador in Victoria, London. As a result of her considerable efforts to effect author Helen Fielding's character, Zellweger caught the attention of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and received her first Best Actress Academy Award [7] nomination. In 2002, she starred with Michelle Pfeiffer inWhite Oleander. She played an actress in the film, and a clip from her role inTexas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generationwas shown as she discussed her career with the main character, Astrid Magnussen. The same year, she appeared as "Roxie Hart" in the critically acclaimed musical film Chicago, directed by Rob Marshall, co-starring Catherine Zeta Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, and John C. Reilly. The movie received an Academy Award for Best Picture, and Zellweger received positive reviews. The San Francisco Chronicle's web siteSFGatecommented, "Zellweger is a joy to watch, with marvelous comic timing and, [15] in her stage numbers, a commanding presence." TheWashington Postnoted that even though Zellweger couldn't [16] dance well in real life, the audience "wouldn't know it from this movie, in which she dances up a storm." As a result, she earned her second Academy Award nomination as Best Actress, as well as the Screen Actors Guild

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Renée Zellweger [7] Award and Golden Globe Award. 2003 - present In 2004, Zellweger received an Academy Award, this time as Best Supporting Actress in Anthony Minghella'sCold Mountainopposite Jude Law and Nicole Kidman. Zellweger has since starred in the sequel toBridget Jones's DiaryinBridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, lent her voice to the DreamWorks animated featuresShark Taleand Bee Movie, and starred in the 2005 Ron Howard filmCinderella Man opposite Russell Crowe and Paul Giamatti. On May 24, 2005, Zellweger received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She produced and appeared inMiss Potter, based on the life story of acclaimed author Beatrix Potter, with Emily Watson and Ewan Zellweger at the Harvard Hasty Pudding Woman McGregor, released in December 2006. In 2008, she starred in the of the Year Parade in February 2009. westernAppaloosawith Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen and the period comedyLeatherheadswith fellow Oscar-winner George Clooney and John Krasinski (fromThe Office). In 2008 she produced a film starring Harry Connick, Jr., about the true story of Dr. Denny Slamon. The film, called [17] Living Proof, premiered in October 2008 on Lifetime Television. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron is also producing. [18] In 2009, she starred alongside Chris Noth and Kevin Bacon in the feature filmMy One and Onlywell as in the, as filmNew in Town, a comedy about a corporate executive from Miami who is sent to New Ulm, Minnesota, to oversee a small manufacturing company making minimal profits producing and selling pudding. She also had a cameo role in the animated filmMonsters vs. Aliensin which she voiced the character of "Katie." Personal life Her first high-profile romance was with actor/comedian Jim Carrey. The relationship ended in December 2000. The two were rumored to have been engaged, but Zellweger frequently denied this claim. Zellweger poked fun at the prior relationship when she ended her opening monologue onSaturday Night Liveby reading an entry from her own "diary", marked "Dear Diary, I can't believe I am dating Jim Carrey."

For two years, Zellweger dated The White Stripes singer Jack White. The pair met while filmingCold Mountain, and [19] later began dating after the film wrapped. They broke up two years later, after schedule demands kept them apart. [20] Friends said the split was amicable.

On May 9, 2005, Zellweger married singer Kenny Chesney in a ceremony at the island of St. John. They had met in January at a tsunami relief benefit concert. Zellweger missed out on the engagement ring since the wedding was [21] planned over a short span of time. On September 15, 2005, after only four months of marriage, they announced [22] their plans for an annulment. Zellweger cited "fraud" as the reason in the related papers. After media scrutiny of her use of the word "fraud", she qualified the use of the term, stating it was "simply legal language and not a reflection of Kenny's character. I would personally be very grateful for your support in refraining from drawing derogatory, hurtful, sensationalized or untrue conclusions. We hope to experience this transition as privately as [22] possible." The annulment was finalized in late December 2005. In 2002, Zellweger bought a US$6.8-million home in Bel Air, then sold her previous home in the Hollywood Hills, [23] bought for US$1.9M in 2000. Due to the constant attention from the paparazzi, she purchased a home in Connecticut and moved there in 2005. She claims she rarely spends time there, and keeps a small apartment in New York where she "stops over" to do laundry before moving on to her next film. In January 2007, she admitted that she gets scared at home alone due to security problems and fans who send or leave mail at her homes; she said that she [24] considered buying a gun for reasons of personal security.

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Renée Zellweger Zellweger and Marc Forster took part in the 2005 HIV prevention campaign of the Swiss federal health [25] department. Zellweger maintains a residence in the Roland Park area of Baltimore, Maryland. [26] Zellweger has been dating actor Bradley Cooper since 2009. Filmography Film RoleNotes Year

1992A Taste for Killing

1993Murder in the Heartland

My Boyfriend's Back Dazed and Confused 1994Reality Bites 8 Seconds

Shake, Rattle and Rock! Love and a .45

Rebel Highway

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation 1995Empire Records The Low Life 1996The Whole Wide World Jerry Maguire

1997Deceiver

1998A Price Above Rubies One True Thing 1999The Bachelor

Mary Lou

Barbara Von Busch (uncredited) Nesi White Tami

Prescott Buckle Bunny Susan Doyle

Starlene Cheatham Susan Jenny

Gina Poet Novalyne Price Dorothy Boyd

Elizabeth

Sonia Horowitz Ellen Gulden Anne Arden

TV

TV

(uncredited) bit part Cameo

Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance

Sequel to 1974's "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"

Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female

Broadcast Film Critics Association for Breakthrough Artist National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance Nominated —Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture

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Renée Zellweger 2000Nurse Betty

Me, Myself & Irene 2001Bridget Jones's Diary

2002White Oleander

Chicago

2003Down with Love Cold Mountain

Betty Sizemore

Irene P. Waters Bridget Jones

Claire Richards

Roxie Hart

Barbara Novak Ruby Thewes

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Worth Film Critics Association Award for Dallas-Fort Best Actress Nominated—American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated—Empire Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture

Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress

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Renée Zellweger 2004Shark Tale

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 2005Cinderella Man

2006Miss Potter

2007Bee Movie

2008Leatherheads Appaloosa 2009New in Town Monsters vs. Aliens My One and Only 2010Case 39 My Own Love Song

Angie Bridget Jones

Mae Braddock

Beatrix Potter

Vanessa Bloom

voice

Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Empire Award for Best Actress

Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress voice

Lexi Littleton Allie French Lucy Hill Katievoice only, cameo Anne DeverauxRelease date August 21, 2009 (limited) Emily JenkinsReleased one year later. Summer Wilsonpost-production

External links [27] •Zellweger at  Renée the Internet Movie Database [28] •Zellweger at TV.com Renée [29] • Interview with Zellweger about her role in "Miss Potter" [30] • Renée Zellweger interview for "Bridget Jones's Diary" [31] •Zellweger Interview with Beliefnet about "New in Town" Renée

References

[1] Hasty Pudding Theatricals (http://www.hastypudding.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=58), Harvard University [2] "Witherspoon Tops Rich List" (http://www.sfchronicle.us/cgi-bin/blogs/dailydish/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=22376).San Francisco Chronicle. 2007-11-30. [3] "(german)" (http://www.filmreporter.de/stars/feature/1302;Renee-Zellweger-hats-geschafft). Filmreporter.de. 2006-05-09. . Retrieved 2010-03-31. [4] "Renee Zellweger Biography (1969-)." (http://www.filmreference.com/film/1/Renee-Zellweger.html) Film Reference.com. [5] "Actress of the Week: Renee Zellweger" (http://uk.askmen.com/women/actress/43_renee_zellweger.html).Askmen.com. 2008-02-06. [6] "Lone star" (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/10/28/bfzell.xml). Telegraph.co.uk. 2004-10-28. [7] "Inside the Actors Studio" (http://www.bravotv.com/Inside_the_Actors_Studio/guest/Renee_Zellweger). Bravotv.com. Season 9, Episode 912. 9 May 2003. [8] Agelorius, Monica. "Bridget Jones's Diary LA junket" (http://www.scene-magazine.com/archive/filmarchive.php?filmarcid=8). scene-magazine.com 2001-03-17. [9] "Renee Zellweger Biography" (http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/renee_zellweger_biog.html).Tiscali.co.uk. 2008-02-06. [10] "National Forensic League, Speech & Debate Honor Society - alumni" (http://www.nflonline.org/Alumni.Alumni).Nflonline.org. . Retrieved 2010-03-31. [11] "Renee Zellweger" (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019230/bio).Yahoo! Movies. 2008-02-06. [12] "Zellweger's flush of success" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1130453.stm). BBC News. 2008-02-07. [13] "'Bridget Jones's Diary': 120 Pounds and 1,000,000 Cigarettes Later" (http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/13/arts/13BRID. html?ex=1203310800&en=d24402979583bd46&ei=5070). [14] "Overweight and over here. Texan Renee Zellweger plays a modern British everywoman" (http://www.iofilm.co.uk/feats/interviews/r/ renee_zellweger.shtml). iofilm.co.uk.

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