Beloved by many American actress, whose biography is inextricably linked with such films as "The Diary of Bridget Jones", "Jerry Maguire" and "Frozen from Miami", Renee Zellweger from childhood dreamed of becoming an Olympic champion, but fate decreed otherwise and she linked her life with drama.
The future Hollywood actress was born on April 25, 1969, into a middle-class family in Katy, near Houston, Texas. Rene's father was Swiss, and his mother was Norwegian, hence such a sonorous and unusual surname for an American. Rene was not the only child in the family. Her brother's name is Andrew, he became her best friend and role model: it was thanks to his passion for baseball that Rene began to devote a lot of time to sports, but after a serious injury, she could forget about participating in the much-desired Olympics.
Renee's priorities changed: she began attending a drama club, and after graduating from high school and moving to Austin, she received her education in film and television at the University of Texas. Already by the end of the university, the future celebrity began to try herself in the role of an actress, but the first attempts did not bring success.
Career in Hollywood
Like many, young Renee began her career with passing roles, of which there are enough in her biography, for example, in the films 8 Seconds, Murder in the Heartland, Reality Bites. The spectacular blonde was noticed in the horrors of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4", and after debuting as a partner of Tom Cruise in "Jerry Maguire" there was no end of offers at all.
Especially stubbornly charming Rene sought to play Bridget Jones in the film of the same name: the famous actress saw herself in the heroine, completely sharing her inner conflict. For the sake of this role, she put on 9 kilograms and even worked as a secretary in the English bureau for a month in order to feel the heroine.
During her brilliant career, Renee Zellweger managed to play various women: a spoiled rich woman in Frozen from Miami, a disabled singer in My Love Song, and an eccentric feminist in Damn Love!
Personal life of the actress
Renee has been spotted with many celebrities such as Jim Carrey or Bradley Cooper, but she still hasn't settled down. The actress does not believe that her husband and child will make her happier than she is now, and the status of a wife, as it turned out, is not for her. She was once married to Kenny-Chesney, a country musician, but the family fell apart four months after the wedding.
However, Rene's personal life did not work out from the very beginning. Her first love was the lead singer of the metal band Sims Eliot, who, like most rock performers, led a rather idle life filled with drugs and alcohol. When Renee's patience snapped and she found the strength to break this connection, the musician could not survive the separation and, suffering from severe depression, took his own life.
Nevertheless, despite the large number of unsuccessful novels, the actress is happy: she leads an ordinary life in the suburbs of New York, loves cycling and reading books on summer evenings.
