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Renee Zellweger

Renée Kathleen Zellweger - born 25 April 1969, in Baytown, Texas

Wise words: "When I got my job in a bar so I could pay for my tuition, go on auditions, sometimes get jobs that I loved, and pay my rent, I knew that I would be all right. THAT'S when my dreams came true - long before the telephone rang and someone said, 'Come and meet Tom Cruise'".


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Renee Zellweger - news / articles


  • Zellweger sad to say goodbye to Bridget's breasts - 29 October 2004
    Star of the forthcoming movie Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Renee Zellweger says that she was sad to say goodbye to Bridget's C-cup breasts when she slimmed down after reaching a size 14 for the film.- -Renee has since lost a staggering 20lb and although she "f


  • Zellweger sells Bridget clothes - 2 September 2004
    American actress Renee Zellweger is planning to sell off all the clothes she bought while 'fat'.-The actress has twice gone on a diet of pizza and Guinness to bulk up to play the part of British singleton Bridget Jones.-While she was playing the part Zellweger, more than


  • Zellweger gets permission to stop eating - 15 June 2004
    "Bridget Jones" star Renee Zellweger has been given permission to drop the pounds after finishing filming.-The skinny star of "Chicago" has twice had to intentionally overeat to play the stumbling singleton that is Bridget Jones.-For the first film sh

Renee Zellweger - what members say


  • Me, Myself And Irene
  • Me, Myself And Irene review by rowenbridler from London
    Rated - 4 stars Mad-cap capers 10 January 2005
    ...This is a delightfully funny film on the quirky side of things. Renee Zellweger pulls off a brilliant performance that actually gets her away from her usual sweet, but sl...  
  • Nurse Betty
  • Nurse Betty review by JK#2 from LONDON
    Rated - 4 stars 21 January 2004
    ...al, Nurse Betty will have you giggling no end. Rent this - you won't regret it. Renee Zellweger does dopey so well!...  
  • Bridget Jones's Diary
  • Bridget Jones's Diary review by Once a Singleton from London
    Rated - 5 stars I could watch this again & again 25 September 2003
    ... funny and definitely not disappointing in any way. The entire cast sparkles. Renee Zellweger (with a convincing British accent) completely captures her character giving her...  

Renee Zellweger - filmography


  • Appaloosa (2008)
    Starring: Viggo Mortensen,  Renee Zellweger,  Ed Harris
    Director: Ed Harris
    Certificate: 15
    When two gunmen, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, arrive in Appaloosa they find a small, dusty and lawless town suffering at the hands of renegade rancher Randall Bragg. Bragg has not only taken supplies, horses and women for his own, but also has left the city marshal and a deputy for dead. In Bragg ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 65% from 45 members
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  • Cold Mountain (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jude Law,  Nicole Kidman,  Renee Zellweger
    Director: Anthony Minghella
    Certificate: 15
    Directed by Anthony Minghella (THE ENGLISH PATIENT), this Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Far more than a simple love story, Minghella's film captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 67% from 5,853 members
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  • Down With Love on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Renee Zellweger,  Ewan McGregor,  David Hyde Pierce
    Director: Peyton Reed
    Certificate: 15
    Part tribute to the Doris Day/Rock Hudson romantic comedies of the 1950s and 1960s, and part commentary on the changing sexual mores of a bygone era, DOWN WITH LOVE is a bright, funny, technicolor treat that sets out to prove that opposites attract. Set in early-60s New York, the film follows the ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 54% from 1,898 members
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  • White Oleander on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Alison Lohman,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  Billy Connolly
    Director: Peter Kosminsky
    Certificate: 12
    WHITE OLEANDER, is the tale of an intense and toxic mother-daughter relationship, coupled with a look at the fundamentally skewed U.S. foster care system. When the beautiful photographer Ingrid Magnusson (Michelle Pfeiffer) is imprisoned for allegedly murdering a philandering boyfriend, her ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 64% from 358 members
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  • Chicago (2 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Catherine Zeta Jones,  Dominic West,  Renee Zellweger
    Director: Rob Marshall
    Certificate: 12
    This Hollywood adaptation of the classic Broadway musical sparkles with glamour and reverberates with the energy of good, old-fashioned song and dance. As the film leaps into its first riveting act, Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones), one half of the famous number she performs with her sister, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 69% from 3,396 members
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  • Bridget Jones's Diary on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Renee Zellweger,  Colin Firth,  Hugh Grant
    Director: Sharon Maguire
    Certificate: 15
    In the screen adaptation of BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, Helen Fielding's international best-selling phenomenon, documentary filmmaker (and real-life inspiration for the character Shazzer) Sharon Maguire has managed a rare feat - a film as captivating as the novel. Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 74% from 10,192 members
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  • Nurse Betty on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Renee Zellweger,  Chris Rock
    Director: Neil Labute
    Certificate: 18
    When small-town waitress Betty Sizemore (Renee Zellweger) accidentally witnesses the grisly murder of her underhanded car-dealing husband (Aaron Eckhart), she copes with the trauma by retreating into a dreamlike state. Not only is Betty completely in denial about her husband's death, but she now ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 60% from 524 members
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  • Jerry Maguire (2 discs) on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Cuba Gooding Jr.,  Renee Zellweger
    Director: Cameron Crowe
    Certificate: 15
    Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise), a slick, high-living sports agent, is tired of the shallowness of his profession and wants to live a more fulfilling, ethical life. But Jerry's new outlook doesn't mesh with his agency's ethics, and he is promptly fired. Jerry finds himself left with one ally, one client,..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 69% from 6,088 members
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