Renà ©  © Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an American actress and producer. He has received critical acclaim and numerous awards, including the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was also named Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year in 2009, and established himself as one of Hollywood's highest paid actresses in 2007.
The main role of Zellweger's first film came in the horror sequel of the Chainsaw Massacre of Texas: The Next Generation (1994), followed by a critically acclaimed performance at Empire Records (1995). She later gained wide attention for her role in the drama film drama Jerry Maguire (1996) and comedy Nurse Betty (2000), where she won her first Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Musical or Comedy. She later starred in the romantic comedy Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Leading Actress. His musical role in Chicago (2002) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award.
She won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress for the epic drama Cold Mountain war (2003). He later replicated his title role in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), starring in Cinderella Man 2005 and playing the author of Beatrix Potter in a biopic movie Miss Potter (2006). She has several starring roles in limited release movies, such as Appaloosa (2008), My One and Only (2009), Case 39 (2009 )), and My Own Love Song (2010), followed by a six year absence from acting work. Zellweger returned to the screen for the third Bridget Jones movie, Bridget Jones's Baby (2016).
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Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas. His father, Emil Erich Zellweger, comes from the Swiss city of Au, St. Gallen and the descendants of the glorious Appenzell family, and a mechanical and electrical engineer working in the oil refining business. His mother, Kjellfrid Irene ( nÃÆ' Â © e Andreassen), is a Norwegian with several Sami roots. Kjellfrid grew up in Kirkenes and EkkerÃÆ'¸y, and a nurse and midwife who moved to the United States to work as a caregiver for the Norwegian family in Texas. Zellweger describes himself being raised in the family of "lazy and Episcopal Catholics".
Zellweger attended Katy High School, where he was a cheerleader, gymnast, member of the speech team, and a member of the drama club. He also participates in soccer, basketball, baseball, and soccer. In 1986, his academic paper, "The Karankawas and Their Roots", won third place in the Houston Post School's First Natural Science Essay Contest. After high school, he enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with a B.A. in English in 1991. While at the university, Zellweger took a drama course as an option, which initially sparked his interest in acting.
In his first year, Zellweger's father lost his job and could not support him on campus, so he took a job as a cocktail waiter in Austin, Texas. Zellweger said of the job, "I learned a lot, as much as I did in my class that the club was paying for... I learned not to judge people, [and] that things are not black and white." Zellweger started acting in a small section, and got his Screen Actors Guild card to do Coors Light commercials. Also when in college, he did a "small part... as a local employee" in a horror comedy-watching Austin Maps Renée Zellweger
Careers
1992-1995: Early acting work
While still in Texas, Zellweger appeared in several indie and low budget films. One of them was A Taste for Killing (1992), followed by a role in the ABC miniseries of Heartland Killings (1993). The following year, he appeared on Reality Bites, director Ben Stiller's debut, and in the biography movie 8 Seconds, directed by John G. Avildsen. Zellweger's first leading role in the film came with the horror film 1994 The Chainsaw Massacre of Texas: The Next Generation , with Matthew McConaughey. She plays Jenny, a teenager who left her early prom with three friends who had a car accident, leading to their encounter with a murderous family, led by an iconic Skinface. The film received limited theater release, until a general negative reaction. Janet Maslin of The New York Times, however, praised her and co-star McConaughey, commenting that the two "showed signs of what will soon make them famous." Ms. Zellweger, sweet and lively and natural - ditzal ditz, maybe the only actress who can point the gun boldly at a killer, then just shriek and drop it and run away ". Joe Leydon for Magazine Variety also praised Zellweger, calling him "the toughest scream queen since Jamie Lee Curtis became legitimate".
The next film is Love and a.45 (1994), in which she plays the role of Starlene Cheatham, a woman planning a robbery with her boyfriend. It received a release in selected theaters, garnering most of the good comments from critics. Marc Savlov of the Austin Chronicle applauded the lead actors to say they were "all very good in their roles" and noted that "the character of Zellweger - all screams and sexuality locked up - seems a bit too close to Juliette Lewis' Mallory Knox (from Natural Birth Killers ) became as fresh as she ought to be â €? That part earned her an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Appearance She later moved to Los Angeles, and emerged as a supporting role in the upcoming age drama Empire Records (1995) This film has a critically negative acceptance but Zellweger is considered prominent among the cast: Consensus Rotten Tomatoes is: "Despite the great soundtrack and strong initial appearance of Renee Zellweger, Empire Records most of the drama teenagers are ridiculous and predictable. "
1996-2000: Breakthrough
Zellweger became widely known by the audience with Jerry Maguire (1996), where he plays a 26-year-old single mother and romantic interest in shiny sports agent (Tom Cruise). The film marks the actress's big break on the screen as it receives critical critical acclaim and grossed over US $ 273 million worldwide. It was Cruise who chose him to play his love interest and was later credited with "expressing the core humanity of the movie". Roger Ebert, who shows the chemical approval of Zellweger and Cruise in it, wrote: "The film is often fun, especially when Cruise and Zellweger are together on screen, playing Maguire with the earnestness of a man who wants to find greatness and happiness. a truly meaningful success.He plays a woman who believes in the man she loves, and reminds us that true love is about idealism. "She was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Extraordinary Performance by Female Actor in a Supporting Role.
She starred in the religious drama A Price Above Rubies (1998), in which she plays Sonia Horowitz, a young woman who finds it difficult to adjust to the restrictions imposed on her by society. The picture is an office box bomb, and received mixed reviews. Zellweger, however, was applauded by some critics such as Ebert, who once again impressed him, stating that he gave "a very strong performance". During the interview, Zellweger reportedly asked the question why an actress would "bother" working in a "small" movie after the success of Jerry McGuire's blockbuster, to which she responded that "she liked the idea." show the public a more personal aspect of life "through the role he plays in movies, according to the entertainment site Pajiba .
Also in 1998, Zellweger played Ellen's character in One True Thing in the presence of William Hurt and Meryl Streep. The film tells the story of a woman (played by Renà ©  © e) who was forced to postpone her life to care for her mother dying of cancer. One True Thing took US $ 23 million modestly in the US, but received very positive reviews from the authors; Variety's Todd McCarthy states about Zellweger: "Projecting gravity and impatience that he has not shown before, Zellweger is extraordinary as an intelligent young woman who hates disruption to his life's momentum but eventually grows in a way he would never have guessed. "For his work on both A Price Above Rubies and One True Thing, he is tied to Central Station ' s Fernanda Montenegro was runner-up for the Best Actress prize at the 64th New York Film Critics Award, but they lost to Cameron Diaz because of There Something About Mary.
Zellweger starred in Chris O'Donnell in the romantic comedy The Bachelor (1999), a box office failure that many critics have reviewed. He next appeared as Irene Waters in the Farrelly Brothers comedy Me, Myself & amp; Irene , starring Jim Carrey. It's about a Rhode Island state policeman with a double personality disorder named Charlie, played by Carrey, who was assigned to escort Irene from Rhode Island to Massena, New York, to face what she believes is a set of hit-and-run hit by her ex-boyfriend connected with mob. The film, released in 2000, is a commercial success, with gross revenues of US $ 149 million worldwide.
Her work on Me, Myself and Irene was followed by her role in Betty Sizemore at Neil LaBute's Nurse Betty (also in 2000), a dark comedy starring Morgan Freeman, where she played a waitress Kansas who suffered a nervous breakdown after witnessing the murder of her husband, and began obsessively chasing her favorite soap actor. RenÃÆ'Â © e gathered unanimously positive comments from film reviewers. The San Francisco Chronicle found the actress to be "a player who exudes pure goodness and heart", and Variety commented: "Some actresses can convey the kind of honesty and humanity that Zellweger does in here - it's hard to imagine a movie without her dominant and truly credible appearance.He won her first Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, but she was in the bathroom when future star candidate Hugh Grant announced her name.Zellweger then protested: "I have a lipstick on my teeth!"
2001-2007: Important achievement
In 2001, Zellweger got the lead role of Bridget Jones, as opposed to Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, in the British romantic comedy Bridget Jones's Diary, based on a 1996 novel of the same name by Helen Fielding. The choice comes amid a lot of controversy because he is not British or overweight. During the casting, Zellweger was told that he was too skinny to play the fat Bridget, so he quickly started getting the required weight (20 pounds) and studied English accents. In addition to receiving sound coaching to perfect his British accent, part of Zellweger's involved preparation spent three weeks working undercover in "work experience placement" for British publishing company Picador in Victoria, London. Her appearance as Bridget received praise from critics with Stephen Holden from The New York Times commented, "Ms. Zellweger completes a small miracle making Bridget really charming and completely real." This role won her a second Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and her first Academy Award and BAFTA Award nomination for Best Leading Actress. The Bridget Jones Diary is a huge commercial success, generating US $ 281 million worldwide.
She starred alongside Michelle Pfeiffer in the White Oleander drama, premiered at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival and received a US theater release in October of the same year. For her role, she received a Satellite Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress - Drama. Also in 2002, she plays Roxie Hart in Chicago musical, directed by Rob Marshall and starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, and John C. Reilly. The film received widespread critical acclaim and won the Best Picture award at the 75th Academy Awards. Writing for The Daily Telegraph , Robey's Team labeled Chicago as "best screen music [since 1972 Cabaret ", and San Francisco Chronicle commented, "Zellweger is a joy to watch, with incredible comic timing and, in its stage number, impressive presence". She earned her second Academy Award nomination and BAFTA Award nomination for Best Leading Actress, winning the second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and Screen Actors Guild Award for Extraordinary Appearance by Female Actors in the Main Role.
Following the success of Chicago , he starred with Ewan McGregor in a very stylish romantic comedy Down with Love (2003), where he plays a woman who supports women's independence in patriarchal society and chauvinist men of the 1950s and early 1960s. The San Francisco Chronicle's Mick LaSalle wrote the film is "very smart, very shrewd" and that Zellweger is "an actress at a beautiful stage where she can not do the wrong thing: She finds the truth in jokes and jokes in truth, and is so funny ". The film received mixed reviews and proved to be a commercial bomb. Then in 2003, he appeared in the war drama Anthony Minghella Cold Mountain , across from Nicole Kidman and Jude Law, playing Ruby Thewes, a woman who helped character Kidman work on his ranch after the death of his alleged father. The film garnered several award nominations and won for the actors; Zellweger won awards for Best Supporting Actress at the 76th Academy Awards, 61st Golden Globe Awards, 10th Film Screen Awards Awards, and 57th Academy Film Awards.
In 2004, he gave his voice to the DreamWorks animated feature Shark Tale, and changed the title role in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, which, as its predecessor, was a box office success, grossing US $ 262 million worldwide. Zellweger received his fourth Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or a Comedy nomination for his part in the picture. He later played a role in Ron Howard's drama Cinderella Man across from Russell Crowe and Paul Giamatti. The film was released in May 2005, to a positive reception. Empire magazine feels Zellweger is doing "good work" in his "complicated supporting role", and David Ansen writes for Newsweek that the actress "has an amazing ability to make us swallow even when -at the most movies-ish ". On May 24, 2005, Zellweger received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
She plays the title role in the biopic drama Miss Potter , starring Emily Watson and Ewan McGregor. The film is based on the life story of the famous author Beatrix Potter. Zellweger also serves as an executive producer because he is not satisfied with the script and wants to be more involved in production. Miss Potter held her world premiere in December 2006, gathering positive feedback among critics; William Arnold, of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer concluded that Renà ©  © "struck just the right lattice of inspiration, excitement and artistic impulse without compromise", for this portrayal he earned his sixth nomination for the Golden Globe Award (and the fifth in the Best Actress category - Musical or Comedy). The following year, he landed his voice in the animated family comedy Bee Movie and was awarded the Women in Film Crystal award.
2008-2015: Career setbacks and hiatus
None of Zellweger's live-action movies were released between 2008 and 2010 - Leatherheads , Appaloosa , New in the City >, One and Only , Case 39 , or My Love Love Song - performs very well in the box office. Zellweger appeared alongside George Clooney in his leatherheads (2008), a comedy period about the early years of American professional football. He described Lexie Littleton, a Chicago Tribune newspaper reporter. The film received mixed reviews and made US $ 13.5 million on its opening weekend, described as "disappointing" by the Box Office Mojo website. MTV.com praised the actress for "featuring an unexpected gift for image sarcasm", but Kevin Williamson for the website Hours! criticizing his role, commenting that he, "as such of the lippy female hero exemplified by Rosalind Russell, is a misstick in the demanding role of a snark, not a sleepy sweet eye.
In the west Appaloosa (2008), she appeared to Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen, playing Allison French, a dazzling widow and love affection for Harris's character. The film earned critical acclaim but earned a modest $ 20 million at the North American box office. Zellweger produced a feature created for Live Proof television, starring Harry Connick Jr., about the true story of Dr. Zellweger. Denny Slamon. It was produced jointly by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, and aired in October 2008 on Lifetime Television.
His first film released in 2009 was New Town, a comedy in which he plays a high-powered Miami consultant who adapts to his new life in a small Minnesota town. The film is badly rated by reviewers and makes less enthusiastic US $ 16 million in running its domestic theater. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian states that "rabbity, dimply pout - must be the most bizarre facial expression in Hollywood - simperses and twitches out of the screen in a feminine film that accompanies this almost religious fanaticism to the person feel good, handbook romcom ". Following his performance in the film, he cast his voice for supporting characters in the 3-D animated feature film of DreamWorks Monsters vs. Aliens .
After that in 2009, she starred as George Hamilton's mother, in contrast to Chris Noth and Kevin Bacon in My One and Only, a comedy that was loosely based on Hamilton's early life on the road with his mother and brother, her liver. Distributed for a limited release to certain parts of the United States alone, the film is recognized by critics, with Zellweger getting the same positive response; Bill Gray, from Entertainment Weekly felt he was playing his role "for his strength", and Mick LaSalle's reviewers found his performance to be "prominent".
In Case 39 , she takes on the role of a social worker assigned to nursing a mysterious girl. Filmed in 2006, the supernatural thriller movie has a long post-production and was not released in theaters in the United States until 2010. The film is universally repeated by critics and only earned US $ 5.3 million in its opening weekend, > Indiewire to write that Zellweger "faced a certainty [f]" because he was in "an unforgiving industry that issued some watery role for women over 40". He then plays a former singer who suffers from paralysis in the street drama My Own Love Song . The much-watched movie plays at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, and is directly in-video.
After My Own Love Song was released, Zellweger took a six-year hiatus from screen acting, as he found time to "go and grow a bit". Reflecting on this time period in a July 2016 interview with British magazine Vogue, he explained: "I was tired and did not take the time I needed to recover between projects, and it caught up with me. [...] I'm sick of my own voice ". In 2013, Zellweger co-created and executive produced Cinnamon Girl , a series of original dramas set in Hollywood movies and music scene of the late 1960s and early 1970s, but the Lifetime network passed on the pilot.
2016-present: Back to acting
After six years back from acting, Zellweger made his career back in the romantic comedy Bridget Jones's Baby (2016), the third part of the Bridget Jones franchise . In the film, starring Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey, he plays his role in his forties and single, struggling with the ordeal of life when he discovered that he was pregnant and had to find out who his father was. Bridget Jones's Baby , released on September 16, 2016, was met with a very positive response by critics and earned US $ 211.9 million worldwide. Village Voice found the film to be "the warmest and most satisfying of the series" and concluded that "his wise and light appearance signifies a happy reunion, a surprising and refreshing reward from a seemingly dry well".
In the dramatic thriller The Whole Truth (2016), directed by Courtney Hunt and vice versa, Keanu Reeves, Zellweger takes on the role of Loretta Lassiter, the mother of a teenager suspected of killing her rich dad. Filmed in New Orleans in July 2014, The Whole Truth was released on October 21, 2016, for theaters and selected video-on-demand, received average reviews. Variety commented: "To be honest, [Reeves and Zellweger] deserve better than this predictable courtroom drama".
In Different Same As Me (2017), the film adaptation of an autobiography book of the same name, Zellweger starred with Djimon Hounsou, Olivia Holt and Jon Voight, as the wife of an art dealer whose struggling relationship turns into better by a homeless person. The film saw a modest box office reception in a semi-wide release in theaters and received mixed reviews from critics; Variety notes that Zellweger "is not given much character", and The Wrap says: "Zellweger, in fact, delivers a gentle, wise, but stubborn performance. digging in his heels to get human morals from the people he cares for the most ". She plays a friend of a New York City singer who gets a life-changing medical diagnosis in an independent drama Blue Night (2018), against Sarah Jessica Parker, Simon Baker, and Jacqueline Bisset. The film premiered at the 17th Tribeca Film Festival.
Zellweger plays Judy Garland in the upcoming biopic movie Judy , directed by Rupert Goold.
Public image
Zellweger has appeared on the cover and photo sessions of several magazines throughout his career; he appeared on the September cover of Vanity Fair in September, and in subsequent years the list has grown to include Vogue , Detour , < i> Allure and Harper's Bazaar . Zellweger often draws attention to his style in red carpet awards and events, especially since he often uses a dress designed by Carolina Herrera, a close friend who has worked with the actress for more than 15 years after they met at the Institute costume gala. She is also a frequent guest at New York Fashion Week, among other fashion shows.
In April 1997, Vanity Fair named its share of "Hollywood's Next Wave Star". She's placed on E's "Top 20 Entertainers of 2001" list! And was selected by the People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 2003. He also ranked number 72 on the "100 Best Celebrities" List made by Forbes in the year 2006, and the following year, he was placed on 20th among the "20 richest women in the entertainment world", by magazine.
After the appearance of Zellweger in the 21st edition of Elle's magazine 21 at the Women in Hollywood Awards in October 2014, there was media and social commentary that he was almost unrecognizable, leading to speculation that he had undergone a major cosmetic surgery. Zellweger replied, "Maybe I look different, who does not grow up?" Ha But I'm different, I'm happy. "
Personal life
Relationships
From 1999 to 2000, Zellweger was engaged to Jim Carrey. In 2003, he had a brief relationship with musician Jack White. In May 2005, Zellweger married singer Kenny Chesney. Four months later the couple got a cancellation.
In 2009, he started dating Bradley Cooper, having met on set Case 39 in 2006. They split up in 2011.
Since 2012, he has been in a relationship with musician/songwriter/producer Doyle Bramhall II.
Activism and charity
Zellweger took part in the 2005 HIV prevention campaign from the Swiss federal health department.
Zellweger is one of the protectors for the foundation of gender equality The GREAT Initiative; in 2011 he visited Liberia with a charity. In April 2011, he collaborated with Tommy Hilfiger to design a handbag to raise money and awareness for the Breast Health Institute. "Due to the experience of close friends and family members who have to survive and counter the challenges of breast cancer, I am a vigorous advocate of breast health education and charity," Zellweger said about joining the campaign.
Awards and nominations
In 2004, Zellweger won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA Award, and SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress for Cold Mountain. She received six Golden Globe Award nominations, winning three for her performances at Nurse Betty (2000), Chicago (2002), and Cold Mountain (2003 ). He was awarded the German Gold Camera Award for Best International Actress of 2010.
Movieography
References
External links
- Renee Zellweger in Box Office Mojo
- Renà ©  © e Zellweger on IMDb
- Renà ©  © Zellweger in the TCM Movie Database
- Renà ©  © e Zellweger at AllMovie
- "Renà ©  © Zellweger collects news and comments". The Guardian .
- "Renà ©  © Zellweger collects news and comments". The New York Times .
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