American actress Renee Zellweger celebrates her 55th birthday today.
She was born on April 25, 1969 in the city of Katy, Texas in the family of Emil Erich Zellweger, a Swiss-born engineer, and the Norwegian Kjerfrid Irene Andreasen – nurse. Renee became interested in acting in high school while participating in the school's drama club. She enrolled in acting courses while studying at the University of Texas (in Austin), where she already seriously intended to become an actress. After graduation, she intends to continue in the same direction, but it seems to her that it will be difficult for her to break through in Hollywood, so Renee chooses to stay in Texas, constantly attending castings in the Houston area. That's how he managed to arrange roles in films such as “Bits of reality" (1994) and “Empire Records" (1995).
She gained attention initially with her role in the film “Jerry Maguire“ and subsequently received two nominations for “Oscar“ for Best Actress for her role as Bridget Jones in the comedy „Bridget Jones” (2001) (she also received a nomination for its sequel „Bridget Jones: The Edge of Sanity&rdquo ; - 2004) and as Roxy Hart in the musical “Chicago“ (2002).
Wins “Oscar“ for Best Supporting Actress for the Drama “Cold Mountain“ (2003).
Zellweger won three Golden Globe Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, placing her among Hollywood's highest-paid actresses in 2007. >
She won an Oscar for her role as Judy Garland in Judy.
This year, Renee Zellweger returns as the witty recluse Bridget Jones in the fourth installment of the romantic saga about the lady with eternal love torments, entitled "Bridget Jones: The Boy Crazy". She will reunite with Hugh Grant's character as her lover Daniel Cleaver.