THE MOVIE PAGES STAR PICK - RENE ZELLWEGER Renée Kathleen Zellweger was born on the 25th of April 1969 in Katy, Texas, USA. Her mother is originally from Norway, her Swiss father was raised in Australia. Academy Award® winner for "Cold Mountain", Golden Globe winner for "Nurse Betty" and three time nominee for "Bridget Jones's Diary" and its sequel, "Bridget Jones's Diary: The Edge of Reason", Zellweger only took an acting class to ensure graduating with a literature degree from the University of Texas. She made her feature debut while still in Texas in Richard Linklater’s coming of age movie, "Dazed and Confused". Other roles immediately followed, including Ben Stiller’s "Reality Bites", "The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "My Boyfriend’s Back". She starred with Jim Carrey in "Me, Myself and Irene", with Chris O’Donnell in the romantic comedy "The Bachelor" and with Chris Rock and Morgan Freeman in the dark comedy "Nurse Betty". She starred with William Hurt and Meryl Streep in the critically acclaimed "One True Thing" and opposite Robin Wright Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer in "White Oleander". Zellweger’s breakthrough movie was Cameron Crowe’s "Jerry Maguire" opposite Tom Cruise as a widowed mother who joined sports agent Maguire in his quest for principled representation. She was named best breakthrough performer of 1996 for her performance. Not bad for a young lady who worked as a cocktail waitress in a strip club while trying to catch her 'big break' in acting.
RENE ZELLWEGER - FAMOUS QUOTE
"My life has far exceeded what I might ever have dreamed of because I would never have been so bold as to dream that these things might happen to me." Copyright ©2007 - Impact Internet Services
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