Cast & creator
Renée Zellweger
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Kelly Clarkson Show
Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an American actress. The recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, she was one of the world's highest-paid actresses by 2007. Born and raised in Texas, Zellweger studied English literature at the University of Texas at Austin. Initially aspiring for a career in journalism, she was drawn to acting following her brief work on stage while in college. Following minor roles in Dazed and Confused (1993) and Reality Bites (1994), her first starring role came with the slasher film Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994). She rose to prominence with starring roles in the romantic comedy Jerry Maguire (1996), the drama One True Thing (1998), and the black comedy Nurse Betty (2000), winning a Golden Globe Award for the last of these. For portraying Bridget Jones in the romantic comedy Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago (2002), Zellweger gained consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a loquacious farmer in the war film Cold Mountain (2003). She reprised her role as Jones in the sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), and, following a career downturn and hiatus, in Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). In 2019, Zellweger starred in her first major television role in the Netflix series What/If, and portrayed Judy Garland in the biopic Judy, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has since starred as Pam Hupp in the NBC crime miniseries The Thing About Pam (2022).
Also known as: Renee Zellweger, Renée Kathleen Zellweger
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1953–2025 · acting roles
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Filmography (91)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
King of the Hill
Tammy Duvall (voice)
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Only Murders in the Building
Camila White
2021
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
2011
The Oscars
Self
1953
Parkinson
Self - Guest
2004Parkinson
Self - Guest (archive footage)
2004
Bee Movie
Vanessa Bloome (voice)
2007
Monsters vs Aliens
Katie (voice)
2009Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Shark Tale
Angie (voice)
2004
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Bridget Jones
2025Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Executive Producer
2025
Me, Myself & Irene
Irene P. Waters
2000
Rebel Highway
Susan Doyle
1994
Rove
Self
1999
Jerry Maguire
Dorothy Boyd
1996
Cinderella Man
Mae Braddock
2005
WHAT / IF
Anne Montgomery
2019
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones
2001
Dazed and Confused
Girl in Blue Truck (uncredited)
1993
Cold Mountain
Ruby Thewes
2003
Bridget Jones's Baby
Bridget
2016
Case 39
Emily Jenkins
2009
Planet 51
Lem's Mom (voice)
2009
The Thing About Pam
Pam Hupp
2022The Thing About Pam
Executive Producer
2022
Down with Love
Barbara Novak
2003
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jenny
1995
Chicago
Roxie Hart
2002
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Bridget
2004
Reality Bites
Tami
1994
Miss Potter
Beatrix Potter
2006Miss Potter
Executive Producer
2006
The Whole Truth
Loretta Lassiter
2016
Empire Records
Gina
1995
White Oleander
Claire Richards
2002
Nurse Betty
Betty
2000
The Bachelor
Anne
1999
Same Kind of Different as Me
Deborah Hall
2017
Judy
Judy Garland
2019
New in Town
Lucy Hill
2009
Leatherheads
Lexie Littleton
2008
My One and Only
Anne Deveraux
2009
8 Seconds
Buckle Bunny
1994
Appaloosa
Allie
2008
My Own Love Song
Jane Wyatt
2010
Murder in the Heartland
1993
Here and Now
Tessa
2018
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self
2007
One True Thing
Ellen Gulden
1998
Deceiver
Elizabeth
1997
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
A Price Above Rubies
Sonia Horowitz
1998
Love and a .45
Starlene Cheatham
1994
Living Proof
Executive Producer
2008
A Taste for Killing
Mary Lou
1992
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
2008
The Whole Wide World
Novalyne Price
1996
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Self
2023
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Susan
1994
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
Self (archive footage)
2000
Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'
Self
2008A Woman in the Sun
Claire Keating
A Woman in the Sun
Producer
Club Oscar
Angie (voice)
2005
Declaration of Independence
Self
2003
Bombshell in Concert
Self
2020
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary
Self
1996
Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew
Self
2014Phantom Son
Audrey
Phantom Son
Executive Producer
Queen Mimi
Self
2016
The Low Life
Poet
1995
Being Bridget Jones
Self
2020
Making of Chicago
Self
2002
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