Renée Zellweger

Highest Rated: 91% Queen Mimi (2016)

Lowest Rated: 9% The Bachelor (1999)

Birthday: Apr 25, 1969

Birthplace: Katy, Texas, USA

Until she headlined Jerry Maguire opposite Tom Cruise in late 1996, Renée Zellweger claimed extremely limited public recognition. Though Zellweger essayed several key roles before Maguire, the vulnerability and versatility that the actress exhibited as Cruise's (long undeclared) love interest in Cameron Crowe's seriocomedy netted much-deserved praise from critics and audiences alike. Though the Academy passed her over when that year's Oscar nominations rolled around, she received several other laurels for her work in Maguire, including the title of Best Breakthrough Performer by the National Board of Review.Born April 25th, 1969, the willowy, strawberry blonde Zellweger began life in Katy, TX, a small town on the outskirts of Houston. The town was so small that it possessed neither cable television nor a movie theater. As a result, Zellweger reportedly did not see her first art film until she was a student at the University of Texas in Austin. Her career at U.T. was an exceptional one; a regular on the Dean's List, she graduated a year early with a B.A. in Radio, Film, and Television. While in college, Zellweger took an acting class and discovered a knack for performing; following graduation, she made her feature-film debut with a bit part in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused (1993). She then landed a role playing a whacked-out waitress in Love and a .45 (1994), for which she won her first Independent Spirit Award nomination; she won a second nomination for The Whole Wide World (1996), earning additional acclaim at various film festivals.Following the tremendous success of Jerry Maguire, Zellweger went on to prove herself as a versatile actress able to play roles ranging from an ambitious journalist (who temporarily shelves her career to care for her mother) in One True Thing (1998) to a rebellious Hassidic Jew in Boaz Yakin's A Price Above Rubies (1998). She then exhibited a capacity for romantic comedy in The Bachelor (1999), starring as the long-suffering girlfriend of a commitment-phobic Chris O'Donnell. Zellweger's second role as a deeply confused soap opera fanatic in Neil LaBute's offbeat crime comedy Nurse Betty won her the Best Actress in a Comedy Award at the 2000 Golden Globes. Nominated for yet another Golden Globe the following year for her memorable performance in Bridget Jones' Diary (2001), that same role also earned Zellweger her maiden Oscar nod. The following few years found Zellweger's leading lady status growing and numerous lucrative film offers flowing in, and the release of White Oleander (2002) the starlet received numerous positive reviews despite the film's lackluster performance. Later that same year, Zellweger was on top of the world when she received rave reviews for her role in Chicago. Based on the popular Broadway musical of the same name, director Rob Marshall's flashy cinematic extravaganza received nearly unanimous praise accompanied by multiple Academy Award nominations, including a second Best Actress in a Leading Role nod to Ms. Zellweger for her lively performance.Zellweger lost the award bid to Nicole Kidman, and then teamed up with that actress for Anthony Minghella's epic Cold Mountain. The performance netted Zellweger her third Oscar nomination, and on February 29, 2004, her losing streak ended as she took home the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Attempting to keep up the momentum, Zellweger then returned to the character that earned her her first Oscar nod, starring in the sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). Unfortunately, that outing (directed by To Wong Foo helmer Beeban Kidron) failed to draw the critical acclaim of its predecessor and was widely greeted with public apathy in the States, but in the final analysis, it grossed nearly as much as the premier outing (with a massive overseas take). After the second Bridget Jones installment, Zellweger's screen activity decrescendoed somewhat, but she placed a heightened emphasis

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Filmography

MOVIES

		CREDIT
No Score Yet	Judy	Actor	—	2019
23%	Here and Now (Blue Night)	Tessa	—	2018
33%	Same Kind of Different As Me	Deborah	$6.5M	2017
33%	The Whole Truth	Loretta	—	2016
78%	Bridget Jones's Baby	Bridget Jones	$24.1M	2016
91%	Queen Mimi	Actor	—	2016
21%	Case 39	Emily Jenkins	$13.3M	2010
No Score Yet	My Own Love Song	Jane	—	2010
68%	My One and Only	Ann Devereaux	$2.4M	2009
73%	Monsters vs. Aliens	Katie	$198.4M	2009
28%	New In Town	Lucy Hill	$16.7M	2009
No Score Yet	Living Proof	Producer Executive Producer	—	2008
76%	Appaloosa	Allie	$20.2M	2008
52%	Leatherheads	Lexie Littleton	$31.2M	2008
50%	Bee Movie	Vanessa Bloome	$126.6M	2007
67%	Miss Potter	Beatrix Potter Executive Producer	$2.9M	2007
80%	Cinderella Man	Mae Braddock	$61.7M	2005
27%	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason	Bridget Jones	$40.3M	2004
35%	Shark Tale	Angie	$160.8M	2004
71%	Cold Mountain	Ruby Thewes	—	2003
60%	Down With Love	Barbara Novak	$20.2M	2003
85%	Chicago	Roxie Hart	—	2002
69%	White Oleander	Claire Richards	$16.3M	2002
81%	Bridget Jones's Diary	Bridget Jones	—	2001
83%	Nurse Betty	Betty	—	2000
47%	Me, Myself & Irene	Irene P. Waters	$0.6M	2000
9%	The Bachelor	Anne	—	1999
89%	One True Thing	Ellen Gulden	—	1998
57%	A Price Above Rubies	Sonia	—	1998
48%	Deceiver	Elizabeth	$0.6M	1998
83%	Jerry Maguire	Dorothy Boyd	—	1996
76%	The Whole Wide World	Novalyne Price	—	1996
56%	The Low Life	Poet	—	1996
28%	Empire Records	Gina	—	1995
No Score Yet	Shake, Rattle and Rock!	Actor	—	1994
83%	Love and a .45	Starlene Cheatham	—	1994
15%	Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation	Jenny	—	1994
31%	8 Seconds	Prescott Motel Buckle Bunny	—	1994
66%	Reality Bites	Tami	—	1993
No Score Yet	A Taste for Killing	Mary Lou	—	1992

TV

		CREDIT
No Score Yet	Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003	Guest	2017
No Score Yet	The Talk 2010	Guest	2017
No Score Yet	Harry 2016	Guest	2017 2016
38%	Chelsea 2016-2017	Guest	2016
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014	Guest	2016 2015
No Score Yet	The Bachelor 2002	Reality cast member	2011 2009
No Score Yet	America's Next Top Model 2003	Reality cast member	2007
No Score Yet	Iconoclasts 2005-2012	Host Appearing	2005
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014	Guest	2005 2004 2003 2001 2000
No Score Yet	King of the Hill 1997-2010	Voice	2001
No Score Yet	Saturday Night Live 1975	Host Guest	2001
No Score Yet	Married...With Children 1987-1997	Mindy	1991

QUOTES FROM Renée Zellweger CHARACTERS

Ruby Thewes

This world won't stand long. God won't let it stand this way long.

Ruby Thewes	Have you been shot?
Inman	Not lately.

Ruby Thewes

Let's put him in a pot.

Ruby Thewes

Old lady Swanger says you need help. Here I am.

Ruby Thewes

If I cry one tear for my daddy I stole it off a crocodile.

Ruby Thewes

I despise a floggin' rooster.

Bridget Jones

It is a magic mushroom moment, isn't it?

Vanessa Bloome	[shock] How did you learn to do that?
Vanessa Bloome	How did you learn to do that?
Barry B. Benson	Do what?
Vanessa Bloome	That, that-- the talking thing?
Barry B. Benson	Same way you did, I guess. Mama, dada, honey, you pick it up.

Betty Sizemore

I just know there's something special out there for me.

Ada Monroe	I wouldn't go near that rooster if I was you. He's the devil I'm sure of it. He's Lucifer himself.
Ruby Thewes	Why I depise a floggin' rooster.

Ada Monroe	I wouldn't go near that rooster if I were you. He's the devil I'm sure of it. He's Lucifer himself.
Ruby Thewes	Why I despise a flogging rooster!

Roxie Hart	Forget it. It'll never work.
Velma Kelly	Why not?
Roxie Hart	'Cause I hate you.
Velma Kelly	There's only one business in the world where that's no problem at all.....[She raises her eyebrow, grins slyly and Roxie turned around and change her sad mood into a glad condition.]
Velma Kelly	There's only one business in the world where that's no problem at all.

Velma Kelly	We can make a couple hundred a week. Think about it, Roxie. Our faces back in the papers, our names on the marquee.Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart.
Roxie Hart	Shouldn't it be alphabetical?
Velma Kelly	That could work.
Roxie Hart	A couple hundred? Maybe we could ask for a thousand.
Velma Kelly	We're worth it...
Velma Kelly	We're worth it.

Beatrix Potter

You think that's lucky? Your mother is a monster! No, its fine. My mother and I have come to an understanding. We've agreed to not understand each other.

Lexie Littleton	And don't think just 'cause you haven't said anything that I don't know what you're up to. I'm talking to you, behind the magazine. Don't you know I could have you arrested for eavesdropping?
Dodge Connolly	Excuse me?
Lexie Littleton	Or are you really an avid reader of "Ladies Home Journal?"
Dodge Connolly	I never miss an issue.

Lexie Littleton	Sure. Yeah. These are a lot like your plays, only a little more... effective.
Lexie Littleton	Sure. Yeah. These are a lot like your plays, only a little more effective.
Dodge Connolly	I'm not afraid to say it. I'm in love with Leonard. Go ahead and laugh, everyone does. We had something beautiful until you came along. You think you can just toss him away like a sack of flour?

Carter Rutherford	Wait. Where were you two?
Dodge Connolly	Out.
Lexie Littleton	Nowhere.
Carter Rutherford	Did you kiss her?
Carter Rutherford	Did you kiss her?
Lexie Littleton	Now wait a minute.
Carter Rutherford	I want answers!
Dodge Connolly	Yeah, I kissed her! On the mouth, twice! And I liked it. A lot!
Carter Rutherford	Oh you did, did you?
Dodge Connolly	Yeah!
Lexie Littleton	Thanks.
Dodge Connolly	You're welcome.

Dodge Connolly	So you flying solo, or is the Bullet casting about?
Dodge Connolly	So you flying solo or is the Bullet casting about?
Lexie Littleton	What do you care? You're here to entertain Miss Nipplewidth.
Dodge Connolly	It wouldn't look good for you to get caught in a place like this.
Lexie Littleton	I dare say it wouldn't look good for anyone to be caught in a place like this.
Lexie Littleton	I dare say it wouldn't look good for anyone to be caught in a place like this.

Dodge Connolly	Being the slickest operator in Duluth is sort of like being the world's tallest midget, if you ask me!
Lexie Littleton	You know, it's too bad we are so much alike, otherwise we would have gotten along perfectly!
Dodge Connolly	I'll live.
Lexie Littleton	Alone!

Dodge Connolly	So here we are.
Lexie Littleton	Not sure what the next move is.
Dodge Connolly	It happens.
Lexie Littleton	It's the first time for me.
Dodge Connolly	They all say that.

Beatrix Potter

There's something delicious about writing those first few words of a story. You can never quite tell where they will take you. Mine took me here, where I belong.

Ruby Thewes

Number one - shut this, it's freezin'. Number two - shut that door, it's freezin'. I'm layin' on my back, with two fingers poked my ears tryin' to shut out who's got a bag of diamonds and who's carryin' a tray. If you wanna get three feet up a bull's ass, listen to what sweethearts whisper to each other.

Jerry Maguire

Hello. I'm looking for my wife. Alright. If this is where it has to happen, then this is where it has to happen. I'm not letting you get rid of me. How about that? This used to be my specialty. I was good in a living room. Send me in there, I'll do it alone. And now I just... I don't know...but our little company had a good night tonight. A really big night. But it wasn't complete, it wasn't nearly close to being in the same vicinity as complete, because I couldn't share it with you. I couldn't hear your voice, or laugh about it with you. I missed my wife. We live in a cynical world, and we work in a business of tough competitors, I love you. You complete me. And I just...

Dorothy Boyd

Shut up. Just shut up. You had me at hello.

Bridget's Dad	Dad: Ciggy? Bridget Jones: No, no, thanks. I've given up again. Dad: Shame. I find them very useful. I take great comfort in the fact they might kill me before things get worse.
Bridget's Dad	Ciggy?
Bridget Jones	No, no, thanks. I've given up again.
Bridget's Dad	Shame. I find them very useful. I take great comfort in the fact they might kill me before things get worse.

Dorothy Boyd

First class, that's what's wrong. It used to be a better meal, now it's a better life.

Dorothy Boyd

In this age, optimism like that is a revolutionary act.

Ada Monroe	Ruby... I'm sorry...
Ruby Thewes	Every piece of this is a man's bullshit... they called this war a cloud over the land but they made the weather then they stand in in the rain and say 'Shit! It's raining!' [starts to cry]

Katie	B.O.B.: Wait, is it the whole 'there isn't a jar in the world I can't open' thing again? Did you find a jar you couldn't open? Did it have pickles in it? Where is the giant jar of pickles!?
B.O.B.	Wait, is it the whole 'there isn't a jar in the world I can't open' thing again? Did you find a jar you couldn't open? Did it have pickles in it? Where is the giant jar of pickles!?

Ada Monroe	Ruby... I'm sorry...
Ruby Thewes	Every piece of this is a ma's bullshit... they called this war a cloud over the land but they made the weather then they stand in in the rain and say "Shit!!! it's raining!!!".... (starts to cry)...
Ruby Thewes	Every piece of this is a ma's bullshit... they called this war a cloud over the land but they made the weather then they stand in in the rain and say 'Shit!!! it's raining!' [starts to cry]
Ruby Thewes	Every piece of this is a ma's bullshit... they called this war a cloud over the land but they made the weather then they stand in in the rain and say 'Shit! It's raining!' [starts to cry]

Ruby Thewes

Number one - shut this door, it's freezing. Number two - shut that door, it's freezing. I'm laying on my back, with my fingers poked in my ears trying to shut out who's got a bag of diamonds and who's carrying a tray. If you want to get three feet up a bull's ass, listen to what sweethearts whisper to each other.

Ruby Thewes	Have you been shot?
Inman	Not lately.

Ruby Thewes

[On discussing the war's origin] Every piece of this is man's bullshit. They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's raining!'

Velma Kelly	Me and Roxie, We just like to say thank you!!!
Velma Kelly	Me and Roxie, We just like to say thank you!
Roxie Hart	Thank you!!! Believe us we could not have done it,...without you!!!
Roxie Hart	Thank you! Believe us we could not have done it, without you!

Mae Braddock

Every time you get hit, it feels like I'm getting hit, too.

Ruby Thewes	Catastrophe. I can spell it too. Learned it in the same place you did: a school house. "Ruby Thewes. You are a c-a-t-a-s-t-r-o-p-h-e."
Ruby Thewes	Catastrophe. I can spell it too. Learned it in the same place you did: a school house. 'Ruby Thewes. You are a c-a-t-a-s-t-r-o-p-h-e.'

Ruby Thewes

This world won't stand long. God won't let it stand this way long.

Dorothy Boyd

First class, that's what's wrong. It used to be a better meal, now it's a better life.

Jerry Maguire	I love you. You... you complete me. And I just...
Dorothy Boyd	Shut up, just shut up. You had me at "hello".
Dorothy Boyd	Shut up, just shut up. You had me at 'hello'.

Dorothy Boyd

I just want to be inspired.

Dorothy Boyd

I love him! I love him for the man he wants to be. And I love him for the man he almost is.

Roxie Hart	Baby what baby? oh!.. Jesus...
Roxie Hart	Baby what baby? Oh!.. Jesus...

Emily Jenkins	are you scared?(Lilith is trembling) well i'm not..
Emily Jenkins	Are you scared?[Lilith is trembling] Well I'm not...

Bridget Jones	Now I'll go home and.......de-bunny
Bridget Jones	Now, I'll go home and... de-bunny.

Ruby Thewes	They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's raining!'.
Ruby Thewes	They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's raining!'
Ruby Thewes	They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'shit, it's raining!'

Velma Kelly	First of all i'd like to point out the qoute about being burgled was said by roxie hart.... Person: DO you swear to tell the whole truth nothing but the truth so help you god Velma: and then some
Roxie Hart	You want some advice, well here's a piece of advice from me to you, lay, to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Dorothy Boyd	Stop...just stop. You had me at hello.
Dorothy Boyd	Stop... just stop. You had me at hello.

Kate Gulden	Welcome! There's no place like home!
Kate Gulden	[dressed as Dorothy] Welcome! There's no place like home!
Ellen Gulden	Thank God.
Ellen Gulden	[silently, to herself] Thank God.

Bridget Jones

And that was it. Right there. Right there, that was the moment... I suddenly realized that unless something change soon I was going to live a life where my major relationship was with a bottle of wine and I'd finally die fat and alone and be found three weeks later half-eaten by Alsatians, or I was about to turn into Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction.

Bridget Jones	Interviewer: What do you think about the El Nino phenomenon? Bridget: It's a blip. Latin music's on its way out.
Interviewer 1	What do you think about the El Nino phenomenon?
Bridget Jones	It's a blip. Latin music's on its way out.

Bridget Jones	Wait a minute... nice boys don't kiss like that.
Mark Darcy	Oh yes, they fuckin' do.

Bridget Jones

This is an occasion for genuinely tiny knickers.

Bridget Jones	After all, what's worse than a smug married couple? Lots of smug married couples.
Bridget Jones	The only thing worse than smug married couple; lots of smug married couples.

Bridget Jones	Bridget Jones, wanton sex goddess with a very bad man between her thighs... Mum, hi.
Bridget Jones	Bridget Jones, wanton sex goddess, with a very bad man between her thighs... Mum... Hi.

Wayne	i interviewed many children till now but never felt like this
Wayne	I interviewed many children till now, but never felt like this.
Emily Jenkins	how did you feel
Emily Jenkins	How did you feel?
Wayne	threatened...
Wayne	Threatened.

Ann Deveraux	I love my sister. It's being around her I hate.
Ann Deveraux	I love my sister, George. It's being near her that I hate.

Velma Kelly	He was trying to burgle me.
Roxie Hart	He was trying to burgle me.
Assistant District Attorney Martin Harrison	From what I hear, he's been burgling you three times a week for the past month.
Martin Harrison	From what I hear, he's been burgling you three times a week for the past month.

Assistant District Attorney Martin Harrison	This is hanging case, and we're ready to go to in front of the jury tomorrow.
Roxie Hart	Wha-Wha-What do you mean hanging?
Assistant District Attorney Martin Harrison	You're not so tough now, are you?
Velma Kelly	What do ya mean hanging?

Bridget Jones

At least, now that I'm in my thirties, I can hold my drink.

Roxie Hart

Don't you wanna take my picture?

Emily Jenkins

They say when you're born you're given your eternal soul. The part of you that lives on, lives again. Whatever evil she is,didn't come from us. It was already there. From the moment she came into being, she brought something with her. Something older, destructive. Soul of a demon.

Dorothy Boyd

You had me at 'Hello'.