Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an American actress and
producerA film producer or movie producer is someone who creates the scenes and conditions for making movies. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors...
. Zellweger first gained widespread attention for her role in the film
Jerry MaguireJerry Maguire is a 1996 American comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise. It was written and directed by Cameron Crowe.-Plot:Jerry Maguire is a 35 year old sports agent working for Sports Management International...
(1996), and subsequently received two nominations for the
Academy Award for Best ActressPerformance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
for her roles as
Bridget JonesBridget Jones is a franchise based on the fictional columnist with the same name. English writer Helen Fielding started her Bridget Jones's Diary column in The Independent in 1995, chronicling the life of Bridget Jones as a thirtysomething single woman in London as she tries to make sense of life...
in the comedy
Bridget Jones's DiaryBridget Jones's Diary is a British romantic comedy film, based on the novel of the same name written by Helen Fielding. The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true love" Mark Darcy...
(2001) and as
Roxie HartRoxie Hart is a fictional character, a showgirl accused of murder. She first appeared in the 1926 play Chicago written by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins. Watkins was inspired by the real-life unrelated 1924 murder trials of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner, which she covered for the Chicago...
in the musical
ChicagoChicago is a American film adaptation of the satirical stage musical Chicago, the film explores the themes of celebrity and scandal in Jazz age Chicago. Directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall, and adapted for film by screenwriter Bill Condon, Chicago won six Academy Awards in 2003, including...
(2002), and won the
Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressPerformance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the...
for her performance in the drama
Cold MountainCold Mountain is a 2003 film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film is based on the novel by Charles Frazier.- Plot :The movie opens depicting the events leading up to the American Civil War, and proceeds to a vivid recreation of the Battle of the Crater. Jude Law plays a Confederate...
(2003).
She has won three Golden Globe Awards and three
Screen Actors Guild AwardsThe Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by members.SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in Hollywood since 1995. Nominations for the awards come from 4200 randomly selected members of the union, with...
, was named
Hasty Pudding'sThe Hasty Pudding Theatricals, known informally simply as The Pudding, is a theatrical student society at Harvard University, known for its burlesque musicals and for its status as the oldest collegiate theatrical organization in the United States...
Woman of the Year in 2009,
and has established herself as one of the highest-paid Hollywood actresses in recent years.
Early life
Zellweger was born in
Katy, TexasKaty is a city located in Fort Bend, Harris, and Waller Counties in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 11,775 at the 2000 census.-History:...
, a western suburb of Houston. Her father, Emil Erich Zellweger, is from
Au, St. GallenAu is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.-External links:* Renee Zellweger grandfather is from the town of Au...
in
SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
and is a mechanical and electrical engineer who worked in the oil refining business. Zellweger's mother, Kjellfried Irene (
néeA married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
Andreassen), is
NorwegianNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...
-born and of
SamiThe Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are one of the indigenous people of northern Europe inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia but also in the border area between south and middle Sweden...
origin, and is a nurse and midwife who moved to the United States in order to work as a
governessA governess is a woman employed to teach and train children in a private household. In contrast to a nanny or a babysitter, she concentrates on teaching children, not their physical needs...
for a Norwegian family in Texas. Zellweger described herself as being raised in a family of "lazy
CatholicThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church. With more than a billion members, over half of all Christians and more than one-sixth of the world's population, the Catholic Church is a communion of the Western, or Latin Rite Church, and...
s and Episcopalians". She has an older brother, Andrew.
In junior high school, Zellweger actively took part in several sports, including soccer,
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
,
baseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond...
and
footballAmerican football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, and often as Gridiron or Tackle football outside North America, is a competitive team sport known for combining strategy with physical play. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the...
. She attended
Katy High SchoolKaty High School is a secondary school located in Katy, Texas, United States and serves grades 9 through 12. It is a part of the Katy Independent School District.-History:...
, where she was a cheerleader, a gymnast, 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 AustinThe University of Texas at Austin is a public research university located in Austin, Texas, United States, and is the flagship institution of The University of Texas System. The main campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol...
to 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 experience made her appreciate how much she loved acting. During this time, she supported herself by taking jobs as a waitress in
Austin, TexasAustin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 15th-largest in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in the nation...
and worked maintenance at The Velvet Touch in Flint, Michigan.
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 after graduation was working in a beef commercial, at the same time she started to audition for roles around Houston.
Early work
While still in Texas, Zellweger appeared in several films. One was
A Taste for Killing (1992) as Mary Lou, followed by a minor role in
ABCThe American Broadcasting Company is an American television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. It first broadcast on television in 1948...
TV mini series named
Murder in the HeartlandMurder in the Heartland is a television miniseries aired on ABC in 1993. It was based on the 1957 murder spree carried out by 19 year-old Charles Starkweather throughout Nebraska and Wyoming...
(1993). The following year, she appeared in
Reality BitesReality Bites is a 1994 film written by Helen Childress and featuring the directorial debut of Ben Stiller. It stars Stiller, Winona Ryder, and Ethan Hawke, with major supporting roles played by Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn. The film was shot on location in Austin and Houston, Texas in 42 days...
(
1994The year 1994 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :*This was the Highest Grossing film of 1994 Worldwidesource: - Awards :Academy Awards:* Andre...
), the directorial debut of
Ben StillerBenjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara....
, and in the biopic film
8 Seconds8 Seconds is a 1994 biopic about American rodeo legend and world bull riding champion Lane Frost. The film details his life from his youth learning how to ride bulls, until his death in 1989. 8 Seconds was directed by John G...
, directed by
John G. AvildsenJohn Guilbert Avildsen is an American film director.His films include Guess What We Learned in School , Cry Uncle! , Joe , Save the Tiger , Rocky , The Karate Kid , Lean on Me , Rocky V , The Power of One and 8 Seconds .Rocky won Avildsen an Academy Award...
.
Zellweger's first main part in a movie came with the 1994 horror story
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next GenerationTexas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation is a 1994 film sequel to Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III and quasi-remake of the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Kim Henkel, who wrote the original 1974 Chain Saw film, wrote and directed the new film...
, alongside
Matthew McConaugheyMatthew David McConaughey is an American actor. After a series of minor roles in the early 1990s , he appeared in films such as A Time to Kill, Contact, U-571, Sahara, and We Are Marshall...
. She played Jenny, a teenager who leaves a prom early with three friends and ended up getting into a car accident, which leads to their meeting a murderous family. Her next movie was
Love and a .45Love and a .45 is a Bonnie and Clyde-esque road movie starring Gil Bellows and Renée Zellweger. The film was originally released in 1994 by Lions Gate Entertainment.-Plot:...
(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 AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the municipality of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123.445 inhabitants...
, winning roles in the films
Empire RecordsEmpire Records is a 1995 comedy-drama about a group of record store employees. The film was directed by Allan Moyle and stars Anthony LaPaglia, Rory Cochrane, Renée Zellweger, Ethan Embry, and Liv Tyler.-Plot summary:...
(1995) and
The Whole Wide WorldThe Whole Wide World is a 1996 film depicting the relationship between pulp fiction writer Robert E. Howard and schoolteacher Novalyne Price Ellis ....
(1996). Zellweger first became widely known to audiences around the world with
Jerry MaguireJerry Maguire is a 1996 American comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise. It was written and directed by Cameron Crowe.-Plot:Jerry Maguire is a 35 year old sports agent working for Sports Management International...
(1996), in which she played the romantic interest of
Tom CruiseThomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known by his screen name of Tom Cruise, is an American actor and film producer. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards...
's character. She won the role over
Mira SorvinoMira Katherine Sorvino is an American actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 68th Academy Awards for her performance in Mighty Aphrodite .-Early life:Sorvino was born and raised in New York...
and
Marisa TomeiMarisa Tomei is an American stage, film and television actress. Tomei first came to prominence as a supporting cast member on The Cosby Show spinoff A Different World in 1987....
.
Zellweger later won acclaim in
One True ThingOne True Thing is a 1998 American drama film directed by Carl Franklin. It tells the story of a woman who is forced to put her life on hold in order to care for her mother who is dying of cancer. It was adapted by Karen Croner from the novel by Anna Quindlen. It was directed by Carl Franklin...
(1998) opposite
William HurtWilliam M. Hurt is an American actor. He won both the Academy and BAFTA Awards for his work in Kiss of the Spider Woman.-Early life:...
and
Meryl StreepMary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era....
, and in
Neil LaButeNeil N. LaBute is an American film director, screenwriter and playwright.-Early life:Born in Wayne, Michigan, LaBute was raised in Spokane, Washington. He studied theater at Brigham Young University , where he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
's
Nurse BettyNurse Betty is an American black comedy feature film, directed by Neil LaBute and starring Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock and Greg Kinnear. It tells the tale of Betty , a sweet and innocent Kansas waitress who is a fanatic fan of daytime soap opera...
opposite
Morgan FreemanMorgan Porterfield Freeman, Jr. is an American actor, film director, and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice....
. The role garnered the actress her first of three
Golden Globe AwardThe Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in motion pictures and television...
s, but she was in the bathroom when future co-star
Hugh GrantHugh John Grant is an English actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César. They have also earned more than $2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide....
announced her name. Zellweger later protested: "I had lipstick on my teeth!"
Critical success
In 2001, Zellweger gained the prized lead role as
Bridget JonesBridget Jones is a franchise based on the fictional columnist with the same name. English writer Helen Fielding started her Bridget Jones's Diary column in The Independent in 1995, chronicling the life of Bridget Jones as a thirtysomething single woman in London as she tries to make sense of life...
, playing alongside Hugh Grant and
Colin FirthColin Andrew Firth is an English film, television, and stage actor. Firth first gained wide public attention, especially in England, for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the highly acclaimed 1995 television adaption of Pride and Prejudice...
, in the British romantic comedy film
Bridget Jones's DiaryBridget Jones's Diary is a British romantic comedy film, based on the novel of the same name written by Helen Fielding. The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true love" Mark Darcy...
, based on the 1996 novel
Bridget Jones's DiaryBridget Jones's Diary is a 1996 novel by Helen Fielding. Written in the form of a personal diary, the novel chronicles a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a thirty-something single working woman living in London...
by Helen Fielding. The choice came amid much controversy since she was neither
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
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 Jones. Her dramatic weight fluctuations became the subject of much media interest. Her performance as Bridget received praise from critics, with
Stephen HoldenStephen Holden is an American writer, music critic, film critic, and poet.Holden earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Yale University in 1963...
of
The New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded in 1851 and published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady"—named for its staid appearance and style—is regarded as a national newspaper of record...
commenting, "Ms. Zellweger 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 working undercover in a "work experience placement" for British publishing firm
PicadorPicador is an imprint of Pan Macmillan in the United Kingdom and Australia and of Macmillan Publishing in the United States. Both companies are owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group....
in
Victoria, LondonVictoria is an informal area of inner city London, lying wholly within the City of Westminster, and named after Victoria of the United Kingdom....
.
As a result of her considerable efforts to effect author
Helen FieldingHelen Fielding is an English author, best known for the novel Bridget Jones's Diary and its sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason...
's character, Zellweger caught the attention of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures....
, and received her first
Best Actress Academy AwardPerformance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
nomination.
In 2002, she starred with
Michelle PfeifferMichelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress. She made her screen début in 1980, but first garnered mainstream attention with her appearance in Scarface...
in
White Oleander. She played an actress in the film, and a clip from her role in
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next GenerationTexas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation is a 1994 film sequel to Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III and quasi-remake of the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Kim Henkel, who wrote the original 1974 Chain Saw film, wrote and directed the new film...
was 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 filmThe musical film is a film genre in which several songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative. The songs are usually used to advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but some musical films simply plop the songs in as unrelated "specialties" - as with Carmen Miranda's...
Chicago, directed by
Rob MarshallRob Marshall is an American theater, film director and choreographer. He is a six-time Tony Award nominee, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe nominee and Emmy winner whose most noted work includes the 2002 film Chicago and the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret.He debuted in the film industry with...
, co-starring Catherine Zeta Jones,
Richard GereRichard Tiffany Gere is an American actor. He began acting in the 1970s, and came to prominence in 1980 for his role in the film American Gigolo, which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol...
,
Queen LatifahDana Elaine Owens , better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, actress, singer, model, and CoverGirl...
, and
John C. ReillyJohn Christopher Reilly is an American actor. Debuting in Casualties of War in 1989, he is one of several actors whose careers were launched by Brian De Palma. To date, he has appeared in more than fifty film productions, including three separate films in 2002, each of which were nominated for...
. The movie received an
Academy Award for Best PictureThe Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to artists working in the motion picture industry. The Best Picture category is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible...
, and Zellweger received positive reviews. The San Francisco Chronicle's web site
SFGate commented, "Zellweger is a joy to watch, with marvelous comic timing and, in her stage numbers, a commanding presence." The
Washington Post noted that even though Zellweger couldn't 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 and
Golden Globe AwardThe Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in motion pictures and television...
.
Career breakthrough
In 2004, Zellweger received an Academy Award, this time as Best Supporting Actress in
Anthony MinghellaAnthony Minghella, CBE was an English film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007.-Early life:...
's
Cold MountainCold Mountain is a 2003 film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film is based on the novel by Charles Frazier.- Plot :The movie opens depicting the events leading up to the American Civil War, and proceeds to a vivid recreation of the Battle of the Crater. Jude Law plays a Confederate...
opposite
Jude LawDavid Jude Heyworth Law is an English actor, film producer and director.He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989...
and
Nicole KidmanNicole Mary Kidman, AC is an American-born Australian actress, fashion model, singer and humanitarian. In 2006, Kidman was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, Australia's highest civilian honour. In 2006, she was also the highest-paid actress in the motion picture industry.Kidman's...
. Zellweger has since starred in the
sequelA sequel is a work in literature, film, or other media that chronologically portrays events following those of a previous work.In many cases, the sequel continues elements of the original story, often with the same characters and settings. A sequel can lead to a series, in which key elements appear...
to
Bridget Jones's Diary in
Bridget Jones: The Edge of ReasonBridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is a romantic comedy film directed by Beeban Kidron, based on Helen Fielding's novel of the same name. It stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones, Colin Firth as Mark Darcy and Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver. It is the sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary...
, lent her voice to the
DreamWorksDreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. is an independent American animation studio which primarily produce a series of commercially successful computer animated films, including Shrek, Shark Tale, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda, Monsters vs Aliens, and How to Train Your Dragon...
animated features
Shark TaleShark Tale is a 2004 CGI comedy produced by DreamWorks Animation. In the story, a young fish named Oscar falsely claims to have killed the son of a shark mob boss to win favor with the mob boss' enemies and advance his own community standing...
and
Bee MovieBee Movie is a CGI-animated film starring Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Kathy Bates, and Patrick Warburton. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, it is directed by Simon J...
, and starred in the 2005
Ron HowardRonald William "Ron" Howard is an American film director and producer, as well as an actor. Howard came to prominence in the 1960s while playing Andy Griffith's TV son, Opie Taylor, on The Andy Griffith Show , and later in the 1970s as Howard Cunningham's son and Arthur Fonzarelli's best friend,...
film
Cinderella ManCinderella Man is a 2005 American drama film by Ron Howard, titled after the nickname of heavyweight boxing champion James J. Braddock and inspired by his life story. The film was produced by Howard, Penny Marshall, and Brian Grazer.-Plot synopsis:...
opposite
Russell CroweRussell Ira Crowe is an Australian actor and musician. His acting career began in the early 1990s with roles in Australian TV series such as Police Rescue and films such as Romper Stomper. In the late 1990s, he began appearing in US films such as the 1997 movie L.A. Confidential...
and
Paul GiamattiPaul Edward Valentine Giamatti is an American actor and comedian. Giamatti began his career as a supporting actor in several films produced during the 1990s including Private Parts, The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, The Negotiator, and Man on the Moon, before earning lead roles in several...
. On May 24, 2005, Zellweger received her star on the
Hollywood Walk of FameThe Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, that serves as an entertainment museum...
. She produced and appeared in
Miss Potter, based on the life story of acclaimed author
Beatrix PotterHelen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist who was best known for her best-selling children's books that featured animal characters, such as Peter Rabbit....
, with
Emily WatsonEmily Anita Watson is an English actress. She made an acclaimed debut film performance in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves.-Personal life:...
and
Ewan McGregorEwan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor, singer, and adventurer who has had success in mainstream, indie and art house films...
, released in December 2006. In 2008, she starred in the western
AppaloosaAppaloosa is a 2008 American Western film based on the 2005 novel of the same name by crime writer Robert B. Parker. The film was directed by Ed Harris and co-written by Harris and Robert Knott. Appaloosa stars Harris alongside Viggo Mortensen...
with
Ed HarrisEdward Allen "Ed" Harris is an American actor, writer and director, known for his performances in Appaloosa, Creepshow, The Rock, The Right Stuff, Enemy at the Gates, The Abyss, Glengarry Glen Ross, Apollo 13, Pollock, A Beautiful Mind, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Hours, Milk Money,...
and
Viggo MortensenViggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. is a Danish-American actor, poet, musician, photographer, and painter.His film roles include Aragorn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Frank T...
and the period comedy
LeatherheadsLeatherheads is a 2008 American sports comedy film from Universal Pictures directed by and starring George Clooney. The film also stars Renée Zellweger, Jonathan Pryce and John Krasinski and focuses on the early years of professional American Football....
with fellow Oscar-winner
George ClooneyGeorge Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Clooney has balanced his performances in big-budget blockbusters with work as a producer and director behind commercially riskier projects, as well as social and liberal political activism...
and
John KrasinskiJohn Burke Krasinski is an American actor, film director and writer. He has acted in several films, including Shrek the Third, Leatherheads, License to Wed and Away We Go, but is most widely known for playing Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office.-Early life:Krasinski was born in the Brighton...
(from
The Office).
In 2008 she produced a film starring
Harry Connick, Jr.Harry Connick, Jr. is an American singer, actor, composer, and pianist. Connick has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. He is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States since 1952, by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16 million certified albums....
, about the true story of Dr. Denny Slamon. The film, called
Living ProofLiving Proof is a 2008 Lifetime Television movie, directed by Dan Ireland, starring Harry Connick, Jr.The film is based on the true life story of Dr. Dennis Slamon and the book HER-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer by Robert Bazell. Vivienne Radkoff wrote the...
, premiered in October 2008 on
Lifetime TelevisionLifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American television network devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles...
.
Craig ZadanCraig Zadan is an American executive producer, director, and writer. Zadan is openly gay and is one half of the successful production team "Storyline Entertainment" with partner Neil Meron since their meeting many years ago in the New York Theatrical community.-Career:The early yearsZadan moved...
and
Neil MeronNeil Meron is an American film producer known for producing the 2002 film Chicago and the 2007 film Hairspray. With partner Craig Zadan he runs the production company "Storyline Entertainment".-Biography:...
is also producing.
She stars alongside
Chris NothChristopher David "Chris" Noth , born November 13, 1954) is an American actor and poet. He is known for two long-running television roles: as Det. Mike Logan on Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as Mr. Big on Sex and the City...
and
Kevin BaconKevin Norwood Bacon is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Footloose, Flatliners, A Few Good Men, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, and Tremors....
in the feature film
My One and OnlyMy One and Only is a comedy feature film loosely based on a story about George Hamilton's early life on the road with his mother and brother, with anecdotes that Hamilton had told to Merv Griffin. Griffin pitched the idea for the script, and had shepherded the project from idea to production,...
, due for release August 21, 2009. The film is a 1950s-set comedy in which the glamorous "Anne Deveraux" (played by Zellweger) embarks on an eventually cross-country drive din a quixotic search for a wealthy man to fund a new life for her and her sons. As of 2009, StudioCanal and Alain Goldman's Legende are developing director
Olivier DahanOlivier Dahan is a highly acclaimed three-time Cesar Award, BAFTA, European Film Award and Golden Berlin Bear nominated French film director and screenwriter....
's
My Own Love Song with Zellweger and
Forest WhitakerForest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, producer, and director. Whitaker won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland. Whitaker has also won a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA...
.
In 2009, she starred in
New 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 film
Monsters vs. AliensMonsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 computer-animated 3-D feature film from DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures. The movie was the first computer animated movie to be directly produced in a stereoscopic 3-D format instead of being converted into 3-D after completion, which added $15 million to...
in which she voiced the character of "Katie."
Personal life
Zellweger dated director Joshua Pate, whom she began seeing in November 1997 after working on his film
DeceiverDeceiver, also known as Liar , is a 1997 murder mystery film about two detectives interviewing a highly intelligent underachiever about the brutal murder of a hooker....
. She also was rumored to have dated
George ClooneyGeorge Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Clooney has balanced his performances in big-budget blockbusters with work as a producer and director behind commercially riskier projects, as well as social and liberal political activism...
. Her first high-profile romance was with
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
/
comedianA comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
Jim CarreyJames Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian-American actor and stand-up comedian. Carrey is best known for his performances as multiple characters in the sketch comedy show In Living Color, as the title character in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, as the unlucky TV...
. 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 on
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by reading an entry from her own "diary", marked "Dear Diary, I can't believe I am dating Jim Carrey."
For two years, Zellweger dated
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singer Jack White. The pair met while filming
Cold Mountain, and later began dating after the film wrapped. They broke up two years later, after schedule demands kept them apart. Friends said the split was amicable.
On May 9, 2005, Zellweger married singer
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in a ceremony at the island of St. John. They had met in January at a
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. Zellweger missed out on the engagement ring since the wedding was planned over a short span of time. On September 15, 2005, after only four months of marriage, they announced their plans for an
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. 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 possible." The annulment was finalized in late December 2005.
In 2002, Zellweger bought a US$6.8-million home in
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, then sold her previous home in the
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, 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. 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 considered buying a gun for reasons of personal security. 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.
Zellweger, and
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, took part in the 2005
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prevention campaign of the Swiss federal health department. Zellweger maintains a residence in the Roland Park area of
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.
Filmography
| Year |
Film |
Role |
Notes |
| 1992 The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films :source: - Awards :Academy Awards:*Article 99B...
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A Taste for Killing |
Mary Lou |
TV |
| 1993 The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. -Events:...
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Murder in the Heartland Murder in the Heartland is a television miniseries aired on ABC in 1993. It was based on the 1957 murder spree carried out by 19 year-old Charles Starkweather throughout Nebraska and Wyoming...
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Barbara Von Busch |
TV |
| My Boyfriend's Back My Boyfriend's Back is a 1993 comedy film.The film is about a teenage boy, Johnny Dingle, who dies but comes back from the dead as a zombie after the teenage girl he's in love with, Missy McCloud, promises him a date....
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(uncredited) |
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Dazed and ConfusedDazed and Confused is a 1993 coming of age film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The movie's large ensemble cast featured a number of future stars, including Matthew McConaughey, Jason London, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Cole Hauser, Parker Posey, Anthony Rapp, Adam Goldberg, Joey Lauren...
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Nesi White |
(uncredited) |
| 1994 The year 1994 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :*This was the Highest Grossing film of 1994 Worldwidesource: - Awards :Academy Awards:* Andre...
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Reality Bites Reality Bites is a 1994 film written by Helen Childress and featuring the directorial debut of Ben Stiller. It stars Stiller, Winona Ryder, and Ethan Hawke, with major supporting roles played by Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn. The film was shot on location in Austin and Houston, Texas in 42 days...
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Tami |
bit part |
| 8 Seconds 8 Seconds is a 1994 biopic about American rodeo legend and world bull riding champion Lane Frost. The film details his life from his youth learning how to ride bulls, until his death in 1989. 8 Seconds was directed by John G...
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Prescott Buckle Bunny |
Cameo |
| Shake, Rattle and Rock! Shake Rattle and Rock! is the name of two unrelated films, a 1956 American International Pictures musical, and a made-for-television movie produced in 1994 which featured Renée Zellweger, Howie Mandel and members of the Grammy-nominated R&B band For Real....
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Susan Doyle |
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| Love and a .45 Love and a .45 is a Bonnie and Clyde-esque road movie starring Gil Bellows and Renée Zellweger. The film was originally released in 1994 by Lions Gate Entertainment.-Plot:...
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Starlene Cheatham |
Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance The Independent Spirit Awards , founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers....
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| Rebel Highway Rebel Highway was a short-lived revival of American International Pictures created and produced by Lou Arkoff, the son of Samuel Z. Arkoff and Debra Hill for the Showtime channel in 1994...
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Susan |
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next GenerationTexas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation is a 1994 film sequel to Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III and quasi-remake of the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Kim Henkel, who wrote the original 1974 Chain Saw film, wrote and directed the new film...
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Jenny |
Sequel to 1974's "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" |
| 1995 The year 1995 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg....
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Empire RecordsEmpire Records is a 1995 comedy-drama about a group of record store employees. The film was directed by Allan Moyle and stars Anthony LaPaglia, Rory Cochrane, Renée Zellweger, Ethan Embry, and Liv Tyler.-Plot summary:...
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Gina |
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| The Low Life The Low Life is a 1995 American film starring Rory Cochrane and directed by George Hickenlooper....
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Poet |
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| 1996 The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Independence Day, Twister, Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna's Evita.-Events:...
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The Whole Wide WorldThe Whole Wide World is a 1996 film depicting the relationship between pulp fiction writer Robert E. Howard and schoolteacher Novalyne Price Ellis ....
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Novalyne Price |
Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female The Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female is given in recognition of achievements by actresses in leading roles in independent films.-1980s:*1985: Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful**Rosanna Arquette - After Hours...
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Jerry MaguireJerry Maguire is a 1996 American comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise. It was written and directed by Cameron Crowe.-Plot:Jerry Maguire is a 35 year old sports agent working for Sports Management International...
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Dorothy Boyd |
Broadcast Film Critics Association for Breakthrough Artist The Broadcast Film Critics Association is the largest film critics organization in the U.S. and Canada, representing 199 television, radio and online critics....
National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture- 1990s :Best Supporting Actress – Drama*1996: Courtney Love - The People vs. Larry Flynt**Joan Allen - The Crucible**Stockard Channing - Moll Flanders**Miranda Richardson - The Evening Star**Kate Winslet - Hamlet...
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture |
| 1997 The year 1997 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Star Wars original trilogy's 20th Anniversary Special Editions are released.*Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace....
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Deceiver Deceiver, also known as Liar , is a 1997 murder mystery film about two detectives interviewing a highly intelligent underachiever about the brutal murder of a hooker....
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Elizabeth |
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| 1998 The year 1998 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...
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A Price Above Rubies A Price Above Rubies is a 1998 film directed by Boaz Yakin, starring Renée Zellweger as a young woman who finds it hard to adapt to the restrictions imposed on her by the Hasidic community of her husband, played by Glenn Fitzgerald. Reviews of the movie were mixed, though generally positive to...
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Sonia Horowitz |
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One True ThingOne True Thing is a 1998 American drama film directed by Carl Franklin. It tells the story of a woman who is forced to put her life on hold in order to care for her mother who is dying of cancer. It was adapted by Karen Croner from the novel by Anna Quindlen. It was directed by Carl Franklin...
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Ellen Gulden |
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| 1999 The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I, The Sixth Sense, The Green Mile, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan,...
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The Bachelor The Bachelor is a romantic comedy film directed by Gary Sinyor. The movie starred Chris O'Donnell as Jimmie Shannon and Renée Zellweger as Anne Arden. It is rated a PG-13 by the MPAA. It is a remake of the film Seven Chances.-Plot:...
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Anne Arden |
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| 2000 The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.-Top-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2000...
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Nurse Betty Nurse Betty is an American black comedy feature film, directed by Neil LaBute and starring Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock and Greg Kinnear. It tells the tale of Betty , a sweet and innocent Kansas waitress who is a fanatic fan of daytime soap opera...
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Betty Sizemore |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1950...
Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyThe Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.- 1990s :1996: Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire...
Nominated — American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion PictureThe American Comedy Awards were a group of awards presented annually in the United States from 1987 to 2001 recognizing performances and performers in the field of comedy, with an emphasis on television comedy and comedy films...
Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActressThe London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year in an annual award given by the London Film Critics Circle.-2000s:...
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| Me, Myself & Irene |
Irene P. Waters |
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| 2001 The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. -Top-grossing films:...
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Bridget Jones's Diary Bridget Jones's Diary is a British romantic comedy film, based on the novel of the same name written by Helen Fielding. The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true love" Mark Darcy...
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Bridget Jones Bridget Jones is a franchise based on the fictional columnist with the same name. English writer Helen Fielding started her Bridget Jones's Diary column in The Independent in 1995, chronicling the life of Bridget Jones as a thirtysomething single woman in London as she tries to make sense of life...
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Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleBest Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :...
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Empire Award for Best ActressSince 1995, Empire—Britain's biggest selling film magazine—has organised the annual Empire Movie Awards. They were sponsored by Sony Ericsson until 2009 and are now sponsored by Jameson...
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyThe Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1950...
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyThe Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.- 1990s :1996: Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire...
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture |
| 2002 The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost...
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White Oleander |
Claire Richards |
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture - 1990s :Best Supporting Actress – Drama*1996: Courtney Love - The People vs. Larry Flynt**Joan Allen - The Crucible**Stockard Channing - Moll Flanders**Miranda Richardson - The Evening Star**Kate Winslet - Hamlet...
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ChicagoChicago is a American film adaptation of the satirical stage musical Chicago, the film explores the themes of celebrity and scandal in Jazz age Chicago. Directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall, and adapted for film by screenwriter Bill Condon, Chicago won six Academy Awards in 2003, including...
|
Roxie Hart |
Galaxy Awards Best Actress
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyThe Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1950...
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 ActressPerformance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleBest Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :...
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressThe Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the Chicago Film Critics Association.-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:...
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressThe Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is an award given by the Phoenix Film Critics Society to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking.-2000s:...
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best CastThe Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast is an annual award given by the Phoenix Film Critics Society.-2000s:*2003: 21 Grams*2004: Sideways *2005: Crash *2006: Little Miss Sunshine...
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyThe Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.- 1990s :1996: Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire...
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| 2003 The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...
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Down with LoveDown with Love is a romantic comedy film directed by Peyton Reed and written by Eve Ahlert, and starring Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor. It is a pastiche of the 'sex comedies' of the early 1960s starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson such as Pillow Talk and Lover Come Back...
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Barbara Novak |
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Cold MountainCold Mountain is a 2003 film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film is based on the novel by Charles Frazier.- Plot :The movie opens depicting the events leading up to the American Civil War, and proceeds to a vivid recreation of the Battle of the Crater. Jude Law plays a Confederate...
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Ruby Thewes |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the...
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleBest Actress in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film...
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressThe Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress is an annual award given by the Chicago Film Critics Association.-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:...
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressThe Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award given by the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association to honor the best achievements in filmmaking.-2000s:...
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureThe Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year....
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressThe San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award given by the San Diego Film Critics Society to honor the finest female acting achievementes in filmmaking.-1990s:-2000s:...
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 ActressThe Southeastern Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the awards given by the Southeastern Film Critics Association to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking.-Winners:-2000s:...
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressThe Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best supporting actress of the year.-1990s:-2000s:...
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressThe Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is an award given by the Phoenix Film Critics Society to honor the finest achievements in acting.-2000s:...
Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressThe Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association is a group of film critics based out of Washington, D.C. that was founded in 2003. The WDCAFCA is composed of 34 DC-based film critics from television, radio, print and the internet...
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| 2004 The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
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Shark TaleShark Tale is a 2004 CGI comedy produced by DreamWorks Animation. In the story, a young fish named Oscar falsely claims to have killed the son of a shark mob boss to win favor with the mob boss' enemies and advance his own community standing...
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Angie |
voice |
| Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is a romantic comedy film directed by Beeban Kidron, based on Helen Fielding's novel of the same name. It stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones, Colin Firth as Mark Darcy and Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver. It is the sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary...
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Bridget Jones Bridget Jones is a franchise based on the fictional columnist with the same name. English writer Helen Fielding started her Bridget Jones's Diary column in The Independent in 1995, chronicling the life of Bridget Jones as a thirtysomething single woman in London as she tries to make sense of life...
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Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1950...
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| 2005 The year 2005 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top–grossing films:...
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Cinderella ManCinderella Man is a 2005 American drama film by Ron Howard, titled after the nickname of heavyweight boxing champion James J. Braddock and inspired by his life story. The film was produced by Howard, Penny Marshall, and Brian Grazer.-Plot synopsis:...
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Mae Braddock |
Nominated — Empire Award for Best Actress Since 1995, Empire—Britain's biggest selling film magazine—has organised the annual Empire Movie Awards. They were sponsored by Sony Ericsson until 2009 and are now sponsored by Jameson...
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| 2006 The year 2006 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...
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Miss Potter |
Beatrix PotterHelen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist who was best known for her best-selling children's books that featured animal characters, such as Peter Rabbit....
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Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1950...
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress |
| 2007 The year 2007 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...
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Bee Movie Bee Movie is a CGI-animated film starring Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Kathy Bates, and Patrick Warburton. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, it is directed by Simon J...
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Vanessa Bloom |
voice |
| 2008 The year 2008 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...
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Leatherheads Leatherheads is a 2008 American sports comedy film from Universal Pictures directed by and starring George Clooney. The film also stars Renée Zellweger, Jonathan Pryce and John Krasinski and focuses on the early years of professional American Football....
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Lexi Littleton |
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| Appaloosa Appaloosa is a 2008 American Western film based on the 2005 novel of the same name by crime writer Robert B. Parker. The film was directed by Ed Harris and co-written by Harris and Robert Knott. Appaloosa stars Harris alongside Viggo Mortensen...
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Allie French |
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| 2009 The year 2009 has many new films to be released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top-grossing films:...
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New in Town |
Lucy Hill |
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| Monsters vs. Aliens Monsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 computer-animated 3-D feature film from DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures. The movie was the first computer animated movie to be directly produced in a stereoscopic 3-D format instead of being converted into 3-D after completion, which added $15 million to...
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Katie |
voice only, cameo |
| My One and Only My One and Only is a comedy feature film loosely based on a story about George Hamilton's early life on the road with his mother and brother, with anecdotes that Hamilton had told to Merv Griffin. Griffin pitched the idea for the script, and had shepherded the project from idea to production,...
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Anne Deveraux |
Release date August 21, 2009 (limited) |
| 2010 The 2010s decade has numerous films in production to be released in 2011 and beyond, as well as films that have announced release dates but have yet to begin filming...
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Case 39 Case 39 is an upcoming American/Canadian horror film directed by Christian Alvart and starring actress Renée Zellweger and young Canadian actress Jodelle Ferland. The film was shot in Vancouver in late 2006, and was scheduled to be released in August 2008, but it was pushed back to April 10, 2009,...
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Emily Jenkins |
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| My Own Love Song My Own Love Song is an upcoming drama film directed and written by Olivier Dahan and starring Renée Zellweger and Forest Whitaker.The soundtrack will include "Life is Hard" from Bob Dylan's album, Together Through Life.-Plot:...
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post-production |
| Untitled Renee Zellweger Project |
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| 2011 The 2010s decade has numerous films in production to be released in 2011 and beyond, as well as films that have announced release dates but have yet to begin filming...
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Untitled Bridget Jones Project |
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