Renée Zellweger

• 25 April 1969
• American actress and producer
• She is of Swiss-German and Norwegian descent.
• She worked as a cocktail waitress and bartender’s assistant.
• She signed up for her first drama class in college only because she needed the credit.
• She was one of the world’s highest-paid actresses by 2007
• She has appeared in over 40 films throughout her career.
• She was once was engaged to Jim Carrey
• Her first starring role came with the slasher film The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• She was chosen by Tom Cruise to play his love interest in Jerry Maguire
• She was Bridgetin Bridget Jones’s Diary and Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago
• She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Judy Garland in the biopic Judy
• She was chosen by People magazine in 2003 as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.

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