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- She endured a grueling training regime of vocal coaching and dance training for 10 months to rise to professional standards. Worked as a cocktail waitress in a strip club while trying to catch her "big break" in acting. Engaged to Jim Carrey from July 2000 to December 2000. Prior to the filming of Chicago (2002), Renee had only sung previously in
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Renée Zellweger. Renée Kathleen Zellweger ( / rəˈneɪ ˈzɛlwɛɡər /; 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.
- Actress
- Renée Kathleen Zellweger, April 25, 1969 (age 54), Katy, Texas, U.S.
- 1992–present
- She Worked at A Racy Club
- She Had A Doomed Engagement
- Tom Cruise Fought For Her
- She Nabbed A Role For A Disturbing Reason
- She Almost Ruined Her Chance at Fame
- She Had An Unhealthy Body Image
- She Embarrassed Herself in Hollywood
- She dated A Famous Heartthrob
- She Was in A Horrific Accident
- She Quit Hollywood
Zellweger has a racy past not many people know about. When she was struggling to make it as an actress, she actually worked as a cocktail waitress in Sugar’s, a well-known strip club in Austin, Texas. In fact, she was almost a dancer there: The managers offered to let her to perform on stage, but Zellweger politely declined. Shutterstock
In addition to her more infamous dating history (more on that later), Zellweger also had a little-known engagement to comedic superstar Jim Carrey. The pair started dating while on the set of Me, Myself & Irene, and sources say Carrey even gave her a $200,000 “friendship” ring, which is celebrity speak for a good old engagement ring. Sadly, they br...
Zellweger has none other than Tom Cruise to thank for her career. When he was about to make Jerry Maguire, the film that turned Zellweger into a superstar, Cruise personally hand-picked the inexperienced actress for the part of his love interest, Dorothy Boyd. He didn’t regret it, either, and later praised Zellweger as “the core humanity of the mov...
Another one of Zellweger’s most famous roles comes with a scathing dark side. When she played Bridget Jones in the instant classic rom-com Bridget Jones’s Diary, Zellweger beat out a slew of actresses for the part...but the reason why is incredibly unsettling. Zellweger bested Rachel Weisz for the role partly because Weisz was “too beautiful.” Ouch...
Zellweger’s line “You had me at hello” from Jerry Maguireis one of the most iconic lines in film history, but it almost didn’t happen. When she first read the line, Zellweger didn’t understand it and thought it was a typo, and she even struggled on the best way to deliver and perform it. Of course, after a few takes she inevitably nailed it, but it...
Everybody knows that Zellweger gained 20 pounds to play Bridget Jones in Bridget Jones’s Diary, but few people know what happened after the movie came out. Zellweger admitted that many men in her life liked the weight on her, and she even considered keeping it. However, her insecurities got the best of her, and she ended up saying, in her words, "u...
In 2001, Zellweger nabbed her first win for Best Actress at the Golden Globes for her black comedy Nurse Betty. But when the announcement came, Zellweger was in a very compromising position. At the exact moment Hugh Grantread out her name on stage, she was actually in the bathroom fixing the lipstick on her teeth. Soon enough, though, her life woul...
Everyone seems to forget one of Zellweger’s most famous exes: Bradley Cooper. Like so many of her flames, Cooper was her co-star when they worked together on Case 39. Also like so many of her flames, their relationship petered out in 2011 after just a couple years of dating…but not before an unimaginable disaster struck. Wikimedia Commons
When Zellweger was dating Bradley Cooper, an enormous fire erupted at Cooper’s family home and made its way into the living room where the couple were watching television. Terrified, they jumped up and had to call 9-1-1 to get the fire department to put it out. Luckily, no one got hurt, but it was a traumatic experience for the actress. Shutterstoc...
From 2010-2016, Zellweger took a long break from acting—but her reasons weren’t what people thought. She wasn’t just resting on her laurels and Oscar wins. She had serious exhaustion issues, and had gotten so fed up with acting that she started to hate even the sound of her own voice. Yet when she came back, controversy started again… Shutterstock
She became the first performer to win two individual (excluding best acting ensemble) SAG Awards in film categories.
- April 25, 1969
Following this, she starred in super successful flicks like, ‘Bridget Jones’ Diary’, ‘Chicago’, ‘Cold Mountain’ and so on. It was her impeccable acting talent that won her an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards, thus establishing her as one of the highest paid actress of Hollywood.
Sep 26, 2019 · By the time Renée Zellweger arrived in London to begin filming “Judy,” she had spent a year learning how to sing like the film’s subject, the incomparable vocalist and entertainer Judy Garland....
Aug 11, 2020 · Why Renee Zellweger's casting as Bridget Jones was controversial. YouTube. In 2000, Renée Zellweger was cast in a career-defining role that would arguably become her most famous: self-described "singleton" Bridget Jones in the film adaptation of bestselling novel Bridget Jones's Diary.
Dec 4, 2023 · Renee Zellweger’s rise to fame is a testament to her talent, determination, and the ability to reinvent herself. With a career spanning over three decades, she has become one of the most versatile and respected actresses in the industry.