| Fun Facts About Renée Zellweger | - Heritage:Swiss father, Norwegian mother.
- She was chosen by 'People Magazine' as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. [2001]
- Renee was a part of the Katy High School Bengal Brigade and Cheerleaders.
- Funny fact:was in the bathroom when it was announced that she won the Golden Globe for her performance in Nurse Betty (2000).
- She named one of E!'s "top 20 entertainers of 2001."
- Amazing fact:With no dance or voice training, she learned how to perform for Chicago (2002) by watching co-star Catherine Zeta-Jones. She endured a grueling training regime of vocal coaching and dance training for 10 months to rise to professional standards.
- Sadly,Her dog, Dylan, a collie-golden retriever mix, died in November 2003.
- While Renee's mother is originally from Norway, her Swiss father was raised in Australia.
- Renee Attended University of Texas at Austin, Graduated 1991, majoring in English.
- She worked as a cocktail waitress in a strip club while trying to catch her "big break" in acting.
- She had a non-speaking role in Dazed and Confused (1993).
- Amazing fact:Prior to the filming of Chicago (2002), Renee had only sung previously in public in the last scene of Empire Records (1995) and in the comical karaoke scene in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001). However, critics were amazed how good her voice was in the movie.
- She lived with actor Rory Cochrane for four years.
- She gained 20 pounds for her role in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).
- Interesting fact:Her Norwegian mother, Kjellfrid Irene Andreassen, is of sami origin (a minority originating mainly from the northern parts of the Scandinavian peninsula often referred to as Lappland). Zellweger herself has many typical sami features, such as strong cheekbones and slanted eyes.
- Renee became the first performer to win 2 individual (excluding best acting ensemble) SAG awards in film catagories.
- She is accompanied to many award shows and other functions by her long time agent John Carrabino.
- Renee's father (Emil Erich Zellweger) and her grandparents (Dorothy and Emil Zellweger) lived in Switzerland, a village called Au in the canton of St. Gallen. They left right after World War II and moved first to Australia and then to the U.S. Emil Erich met Renee's mother on a boat during the crossing to the U.S.
- She ended her relationship with Jack White (they met during the filming of Cold Mountain (2003)) over the Christmas holidays in 2004.
- Zellweger married country singer Kenny Chesney on the resort island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Her wedding ceremony lasted 15 minutes.
- She had met her future husband Kenny Chesney at a tsunami relief benefit in January 2005.
- Renee received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame [May 24, 2005].
- In 2004, Renee accepted the Screen Actors Guild Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role" on behalf of Johnny Depp, who wasn't present at the awards ceremony
- Renee wore a gown designed by her favorite designer, Carolina Adriana Herrera, for her wedding to Kenny Chesney.
- She is friend of Reese Witherspoon.
- She dyed her hair brown for her role in Cinderella Man (2005).
- Her father's family comes from Au in canton St. Gallen/Switzerland. This is just a few minutes away from Rorschach where Emil Jannings was born, the very first actor to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor.
- Interesting fact:Renee is a Fan of Chelsea FC (England soccer club).
- Her first on-screen kiss was with Ethan Hawke in Reality Bites (1994).
- She is one of six actresses to have won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award for the same performance. The others in chronological order are Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich (2000), Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005), Helen Mirren for The Queen (2006), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006) and Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008).
- Renee was considered for the role of Jessica Kimble in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993).
- She visited Argentina, in 1996, to promote, with Vincent D'Onofrio, the film The Whole Wide World (1996) in Mar del Plata Film Festival, where she won the Best Actress Award for this film.
- She was dating Dan Abrams [February 5, 2009].
- Renee was Honored as Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year for 2009 on February 5, 2009.
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