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Her real name is Renée Kathleen Zellweger. Born on the 25th of April, 1969 (that makes her 31 by now) in Houston, Texas.
Her father, Emil, is a Swiss oil refinery engineer and her mother,
Kjellfried, is a Norwegian nurse. She was raised in the small
town of Katy, Texas (10 miles west of Houston, 30 miles west of Houston
downtown). Katy was too small that it didn't have any movie theater nor cable.
It only had its first movie theater back in 1989 and Renee didn't see her first
film until she was in college. Renee and his older brother Andrew, nicknamed
Drew, were the first Zellwegers in their family to be born in America so don't
go asking them to change their last name into something more pronounceable. She attended Katy High School and was part of the Thespian Society, the Drama Club, the track team, the basketball team, was a football cheerleader, a KHS Homecoming Queen nominee in her senior year , and in her spare time practiced gymnastics. She had hopes of joining the Olympics until the age of 19 when she discovered that her vision of "Olympic Glory" would never happen. After graduating from Katy High in 1987, Renee moved from her hometown to Austin, Texas. She earned a living in Austin as a waitress at Sugar's, a popular Austin topless bar (though she herself was not topless) while attending the University of Texas for her B.A. in English, majoring in Journalism. She apparently did exceptionally well, making the Dean's List several times. Renee lived in an off-campus dorm in Dobie Mall in her freshmen year, and then moved into an apartment on West 221/2 St. in her junior year. Sad to say, she lived in the Railyard apartment complex on 4th Street with a boyfriend her senior year, and later moved into a house with him in Westlake (Austin's high-class suburb). She eventually moved out and into an apartment on Riverside Drive. Renee had taken a theater class to fulfill one of her liberal arts requirements. She acted in a few school theater productions and often found herself driving her red Honda Civic CRX to Dallas to audition for film parts. She worked in a few local commercials for beer companies and fast food restaurants. In 1988, Renee got herself a pet. A dog named Dylan, named after the singer. She is a labrador/collie mix and Renee has give Dylan a variety of nicknames such as Woof, Woofro and Woofer. After graduating from college, Renee worked on a few movies with tiny bit parts in 'My Boyfriend's Back',''Dazed and Confused', 'Reality Bites', '8 Seconds' and a few TV movies before starring in the independent film 'Love and a .45' and making her way into Hollywood. 'Dazed and Confused' starred many of the Gen-X we see in the movies now, but because of the budget, Renee could only work as a background person. You could spot her wearing a red 'n blue stripped top and white pants. In the movie there's a party in the park and you'll see Renee several times blending in, but she she really stands out sitting on the hood of a green truck pouring beer down Parker Posey's mouth. Renee's first lead starring role was in 'The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre' working along with her co-star in 'Dazed and Confused', Matthew McConaughey. While working on Texas Chainsaw, she caught word of another film project that had started casting. Renee continued working at Sugar's and did more commercials until she decided to move to California in 1993. Renee moved into a little garage apartment in West Hollywood with Dylan. When she arrived in L.A., the phone was ringing off the hook for Renee to 'do lunch'. She singed up with the management company of Gallin-Morey & Associates (Beverly Hills) having John Carrabino as her manager. This is the same management company of Nicole Kidman, Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey. She also singed up with United Talent Agency (Beverly Hills), having Nick Stevens as her agent. For several years she had a boyfriend - an actor she declines to name - in and out of her place but that ended centuries ago. .). She was tied to Josh Pate, who, with his twin brother Jonas, directed Renee in 'Deceiver', released in January 1998. She starred in 'Empire Records' and was chosen to star in 'The Whole Wide World' (also shot in the Austin area). This role opened the door for her role in 'Jerry Maguire', a film which passed over Winona Ryder, Mira Sorvino, Marisa Tomei and Bridget Fonda for the then-unknown Renée. Her performance as Dorothy Boyd won her unanimous critical praise and introduced her to a legion of adoring fans. She has been honored with a SAG nomination for 'Jerry Maguire', and Independent Spirit Award nomination for 'The Whole Wide World', but was unfairly denied an Academy Award nomination for either film. She has been seen most recently in 'Deceiver' with Chris Penn and Tim Roth, in which she plays a prostitute who gets murdered, the controversial independent drama 'A Price Above Rubies' about a Hasidic Jew woman who has a scandalous affair with a Latin lover, 'One True Thing' based on Anna Quinlen's best-selling book, with Oscar-winners Meryl Streep and William Hurt as her parents. She has recently starred in the movies, 'The Bachelor', where she plays as Anne, and 'Nurse Betty', where she plays as Betty, and 'Me, Myself and Irene' where she plays as Irene and co-stars Jim Carrey. She had recently won the Golden Globe Award for being the Best Actress in a Comedy in her film, "Nurse Betty". Her new movie, "Bridget Jones' Diary" co-starring Hue Grant and Colin Firth, was such a success and I do believe that they are already planning for the sequel for the movie, of course, still starring Renée.. |
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