Renee Zellweger Biography (1969-)

Full name, Renee Kathleen Zellweger; born April 25, 1969, in Houston (some sources cite Katy), TX; daughter of Emil Erich (an engineer and in the oil refining business) and Kjellfried Irene (a nurse and midwife; maiden name, Andreassen) Zellweger; married Kenny Chesney (a singer and songwriter), May 9, 2005(marriage ended). Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: John Carrabino, John Carrabino Management, 100 North Crescent Dr., Suite 323, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Publicist: Nanci Ryder, Baker/Winokur/Ryder, 9100 Wilshire Blvd., Sixth Floor,West Tower, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: April 25, 1969; Texas, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Senior, Dazed and Confused, Gramercy Pictures, 1993
(Uncredited) My Boyfriend's Back (also known as Johnny Zombie), Buena Vista, 1993
Jenny, The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (also known as TCM4, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre:The Next Generation), Cinepix Film Properties/Sony Pictures Classics, 1994
Prescott Motel buckle bunny, 8 Seconds (also known as The LaneFrost Story), New Line Cinema, 1994
Starlene Cheatham, Love and a .45, Trimark Pictures, 1994
Tami, Reality Bites, Universal, 1994
Gina, Empire Records (also known as Empire and Rock andFun), Regency/Warner Bros., 1995
Poet, The Low Life, CFP Distribution, 1995
Dorothy Boyd, Jerry Maguire, Columbia/TriStar, 1996
Novalyne Price Ellis, The Whole Wide World, Sony Pictures Classic,1996
Elizabeth Loftus, Deceiver (also known as Liar), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1998
Ellen Gulden, One True Thing, Universal, 1998
Sonia Horowitz, A Price above Rubies (also known as Price belowRubies), Miramax, 1998
Anne Arden, The Bachelor, New Line Cinema, 1999
Betty Sizemore, Nurse Betty (also known as Nurse Betty--Gefaehrliche Traeume), USA Films, 2000
Irene P. Waters, Me, Myself & Irene, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
Bridget Jones, Bridget Jones's Diary (also known as Bridget Jones and Le journal de Bridget Jones), Miramax, 2001
Claire Richards, White Oleander (also known as Weisser Oleander), Warner Bros., 2002
Roxie Hart, Chicago (musical), Miramax, 2002
Barbara Novak, Down with Love (also known as Down with love--Zum Teufel mit der Liebe!), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
Ruby Thewes, Cold Mountain, Miramax, 2003
Bridget Jones, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (also known as Bridget Jones--On the Edge, Bridget Jones 2, and Bridget Jones: L'age de raison), Universal, 2004
Voice of Angie, Shark Tale (animated; also known as Sharkslayer), DreamWorks, 2004
Mae Braddock, Cinderella Man, Universal, 2005
The Eye, Paramount, c. 2006
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Barbara Von Busch, Murder in the Heartland, ABC, 1993
(In archive footage) The 100 Greatest Musicals, Channel 4 (England), 2003
(In archive footage) Roxie Hart, Broadway: The American Musical, PBS, 2004
Movies
Mary Lou, A Taste for Killing, 1992
Specials
Herself, Canned Ham: Me, Myself & Irene, Comedy Central, 2000
Herself, Canned Ham: Nurse Betty, Comedy Central, 2000
Presenter, VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin, VH1,2001
The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 2003
In the Shadow of "Cold Mountain," 2003
A Journey to "Cold Mountain," 2003
100% NYC: A Concert Celebrating the Tribeca Film Festival, MTV, 2003
Oscar Countdown 2003, ABC, 2003

Herself and voice of Angie, Shark Tale: Gettin' Fishy with It, HBO, 2004
Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope, multiple networks, 2005
Awards Presentations
Presenter, The 1997 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1997
Presenter, MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 1999
Presenter, The 71st Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1999
Presenter, The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2000
Presenter, The 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 2000
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2000
Presenter, The VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards, VH1, 2000, 2001
Presenter and host of technical awards banquet, The 73rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2001
The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2001
Presenter, The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2002
Presenter, The Orange British Academy Film Awards, E! Entertainment Television, 2002
The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002
Presenter, The Ninth Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, TNT, 2003
Presenter, The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003
Presenter, The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2003
Presenter, The 58th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 2004
Presenter, The 76th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2004
Presenter, The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2004
Presenter, 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, TNT, 2004
Presenter, The 77th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2005
Presenter, The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2005
The 31st Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 2005
Television Guest Appearances
Episodic
Susan, "Shake, Rattle and Rock!," Rebel Highway, Showtime, 1994
The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996, 2000, 2001
Voice of Tammy Duvall, "Ho, Yeah!," King of the Hill (animated), Fox, 2001
Guest host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's "SaturdayNight," Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 2001
Rove Live, 10 Network (Australia), 2001, 2004
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2001, 2004, 2005
The Frank Skinner Show, Independent Television, 2002
"Down with Love," HBO First Look, HBO, 2003
"Ewan McGregor," The South Bank Show, Independent Television, 2003
Extra (also known as Extra: The Entertainment Magazine), syndicated, 2003
Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, 2003
"Missistae mittaa," 4Pop, 2004
"Shark Tale," HBO First Look, HBO, 2004
"Suomen Bridget Jones," 4Pop, 2004
"Wetten, dass...? aus Leipzig," Wetten, dass...?, 2004
(In archive footage) Celebrities Uncensored, E! Entertainment Television, 2004
Eigo de shabera-night, 2004
Film '04, BBC, 2004
Mioch versus Goderie, 2004
The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah), syndicated, 2004
Parkinson, BBC, 2004
This Morning (also known as This Morning with Richard and Judy), Independent Television, 2004
Live with Regis and Kelly, syndicated, 2004, 2005
"Cinderella Man," HBO First Look, HBO, 2005
Corazon de ... , Television Espanola (Spain), 2005
GMTV, Independent Television, 2005
Magacine, [Spain], 2005
Appeared in Behind the Movie, VH1.
Herself, "The 40 Hottest Rock Star Girlfriends ... and Wives," The Greatest (also known as The Greatest: The 40 Hottest Rock Star Girlfriends ... and Wives), VH1, 2005
RECORDINGS
Videos
Herself, Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence,Inc., 2003
The Making of "Down with Love," Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2003
Climbing "Cold Mountain," Miramax Home Entertainment, 2004
Albums
Chicago (film soundtrack), Sony, 2003

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Newsmakers, Issue 1, Gale, 2001

Periodicals

Cosmopolitan, April, 2003, pp. 191-93
Detour, September, 1998, pp. 130-34, 136
Empire, issue 94, 1997, p. 76
Entertainment Weekly, September 8, 2000, p. 51; September 15, 2000, p. 38; February 22, 2002, p. 44; February 21, 2003, p. 34; February 6, 2004, pp. 64-65
Hello!, October 16, 2001, pp. 58-62; December 24, 2002, pp. 86, 88
HQ, January, 1999, pp. 40-44
Interview, June, 2003, pp. 64-73
Maclean's, February 3, 1997, p. 63
Mademoiselle, October, 1998, p. 111
Out, February, 2003, pp. 44-49
Parade, May 27, 2001, pp. 8-9
People Weekly, July 17, 2000, p. 105; January 8, 2001, p. 71; May14, 2001, p. 194; January 12, 2004, p. 69; November 22, 2004, p. 79; January10, 2005, p. 21; May 16, 2005, p. 65; May 23, 2005, p. 60; June 13, 2005, p.71; July 4, 2005, p. 24
Premiere, January, 1997, pp. 74-75; April, 2001; November 1, 2003,pp. 56-62, 118
Reader's Digest, January, 2004, pp. 82-88
Redbook, March, 1998, pp. 86-89, 138
Sydney Morning Herald, October 28, 2004
Total Film, September, 1997, p. 122; October, 2000, pp. 38-39
Urban Cinefile, July 19, 2001
USA Today, June 23, 2000, p. 1E
Vanity Fair, September, 1997, pp. 262-67, 320-22; July, 2000, pp.74-79, 129-31
Variety, March 10, 2003, pp. SS54-60
W, December, 2001, pp. 268-71, 294

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